List of hybrid sports

Man playing disc golf

A hybrid sport is one which combines two or more (often similar) sports in order to create a new sport, or to allow meaningful competition between players of those sports.

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  • Biathlon - a hybrid sport combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Contestants ski through a cross-country trail system whose total distance is divided into either two or four shooting rounds.
  • Bossaball – a hybrid sport combining elements of volleyball, association football, gymnastics, and Capoeira, played on a field with three bases, there is a trampoline at the third base along with a net.[1] Allowing players to bounce high to spike or touch the ball and touch it with any part of the body, especially arms and hands
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  • Rap-7 ball – an other hybrid of baseball and cricket which played under the baseball rules
  • Roll ball – a unique combination of roller skating, basketball and handball which played under the handball rules
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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bossaball: the volleyball, football and gymnastics cross-over". inews.co.uk. Alex Nelson. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ShieldSquare Captcha". validate.perfdrive.com. Sayon. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Hybrid of Scots Shinty and Irish Hurling created". www.scotsman.com. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "topend sports".
  5. ^ "Cross County Big Ball".
  6. ^ "A Guide to Disc Golf from the PDGA". Professional Disc Golf Association. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ^ HaKobal.nl
  8. ^ "Hybrid sport smashes tennis and squash together on Calgary courts". CBC.ca. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  9. ^ Holland, Stephen (18 January 2023). "Councillor Dara Mulvey calls for tennis-squash hybrid sport facilities to be brought to Sligo". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  10. ^ "My Fictional Sport - Vertiball". DeviantArt. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  11. ^ THE BOSTON GAME article by Michael T. Geary at academia.edu
  12. ^ Who Invented Football? at History.com – SEP 25, 2013
  13. ^ The Boston Game: Origins of Football