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Golf equipment
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Golf clubs A player usually carries several clubs during the game (but no more than fourteen, the limit defined by the rules). There are three major types of clubs, known as woods, irons, and putters. Wedges are irons used to play shorter shots. Woods are played for long shots from the tee or fairway, and [...]
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Basketball equipment
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
The only essential equipment in basketball is the ball and the court: a flat, rectangular surface with baskets at opposite ends. Competitive levels require the use of more equipment such as clocks, scoresheets, scoreboards, alternating possession arrows, and whistle-operated stop-clock systems. The men’s ball’s circumference is about 30 inches (76 cm) and weighs about 1 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]