Equipment | Sports Betting

Players, equipment and officials in soccer

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Pavel Nedvěd Each team consists of a maximum of eleven players (excluding substitutes), one of whom must be the goalkeeper. Competition rules may state a minimum number of players required to constitute a team; this is usually seven. Goalkeepers are the only players allowed to play the ball with their hands or arms, but they [...]
Ice hockey equipment

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

The hard surfaces of the ice and boards, pucks flying at high speed (over 160 kilometers per hour (100 mph) at times), and other players maneuvering (and often intentionally colliding, AKA checking) pose a multitude of inherent safety hazards. Besides ice skates and sticks, hockey players are usually equipped with an array of safety gear [...]
Rules and equipment of biathlon

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Andrea Nahrgang prepares to shoot from the prone position at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The complete rules of biathlon is given in the official IBU rule book. However, the concise description given below, along with the section on competition format, should be enough for a spectator to understand what is going on at a biathlon [...]
Equipment for cross-country skiing: Bindings/boots

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Three different binding systems are used in modern cross-country skiing: NNN (New Nordic Norm) – including the new R4 NIS variant SNS (Salomon Nordic System) Profil SNS Pilot Older styled three-pin bindings (Nordic Norm), with or without cables, are still used by backcountry and Telemarking enthusiasts. NNN New Nordic Norm (NNN) bindings, made by Rottefella, Rossignol, [...]
Equipment for Cross-country skiing: Skis and poles

Friday, April 10th, 2009

The skis are long and thin, to distribute the weight of the skier and allow the skier to move quickly. Typical ski dimensions are 2 metres in length, about 5 centimetres in width and one to four centimetres in thickness, depending on the ski brand and which point of the ski is measured. Depending on [...]
Darts

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Darts in a dartboard Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term ‘darts’ usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific [...]