Ball game

Ball game

A ball game is a game played with a ball. Someone who plays a ball game is known as a ballplayer.

There are many popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These games can be grouped by the general objective of the game, sometimes indicating a common origin either of a game itself or of its basic idea:
*Bat-and-ball games, such as baseball and cricket.
*Two-goal games, such as basketball and all forms of football, hockey or lacrosse.
*Volleying games, such as volleyball and tennis.
*"Target" games, such as bowling and lotball.
*The original "Ball Game", whose objective is to keep the ball constantly moving but not allowing it to bounce twice upon the ground without being struck between bounces.
*And so on.

Popular ball games from around the world include:
* Badminton
* Baseball (in the United States, a game of baseball is referred to as a "ballgame")
* Basketball
* Basque pilota
* :Jai alai
* Billiards (including snooker, eight ball and pool variations)
* Bocce
* Boules
* Bowling
* Bowls
* Canoe polo
* Carpetball
* Cricket (see cricket ball)
* Croquet
* Dodgeball
* Floorball
* Footbag
* Football:
** Association football (soccer)
** Gridiron football
*** American football
*** Canadian football
** International rules football
*** Australian rules football
*** Gaelic football
** Rugby football
*** Rugby league
*** Rugby union
* Footballtennis
* Four square
* Golf (see golf ball)
* Handball:
** American handball
** Gaelic Handball
** Team handball
* Hockey:
** Field hockey
** Floorball
** Ice hockey
** Rink hockey
* Hurling
* Indiaca
* Juggling
* Lacrosse
* Lotball
* The Mesoamerican ballgame
* Netball
* Newcomb ball
* PaddleBall
* Paintball
* Pelota mixteca
* Pétanque
* Podex
* Polo
* Quidditch (fictional game)
* Racquetball
* Rapid Ball
* Sepak Takraw
* Shinty
* Skee ball
* Squash
* Stickball
* Stickball (Native American)
* Streetball
* Table football (Foosball)
* Tchoukball
* Tee Ball
* Tetherball
* Tennis
* Tennis Polo/Toccer
* Ulama
* Valencian pilota
** Escala i corda
** Llargues
** Raspall
** Valencian fronto
* Volleyball
* Water basketball
* Water polo


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