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Title

Rules of the game : the complete illustrated encyclopedia of all the sports of the world / by the Diagram Group.

Author

Diagram Group.

Publication

[New York] : Paddington Press, [1974]

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Details

Description

320 pages : illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

"The purpose of this book is to assist the reader in understanding the world's major sports ... The guidelines ... are the official international rules and laws." -- Foreword.

Subject

• Sports > Rules
• Sports
• Sport

Genre/Form

Rules.

Contents

1. Athletics ; Athletics arena; Olympic events ; Running events; relay events ; Steeplechase; hurdle events; marathon ; Walking events ; Javelin ; Shot put ; Discus ; Hammer ; High jump ; Pole vault ; Long jump ; Triple jump; decathlon and pentathlon ; Special Olympics games ; Olympics of the paralysed ; Cross-country running; fell running ; Orienteering ; Modern pentathlon -- 2. Gymnastics ; Equipment ; Horse vault ; Floor exercises ; Asymmetrical bars; horizontal bars; beam; parallel bars ; Rings; pommel horse ; Trampolining ; Weightlifting -- 3. Combat ; Boxing ; Wrestling ; Judo ; Karate ; Kendo ; Akido ; Fencing -- 4. Target ; Horseshoe pitching ; Darts ; Target archery ; Field archery ; Crossbow archery ; Rifle shooting ; Pistol shooting ; Clay pigeon shooting: Olympic trench ; Clay pigeon shooting: skeet ; Clay pigeon shooting: down-the-line -- 5. Target ball ; English billiards ; Carom billiards ; Snooker ; Pool ; Skittles ; Tenpin bowling ; Canadian fivepin bowling ; Flat green bowls ; Crown green bowls ; Boules (boccie) ; Curling ; Croquet ; Golf -- 6. Court ; Court handball ; Rugby fives ; Jai alai (pelota) ; Squash ; Paddleball ; Badminton ; Lawn tennis ; Table tennis -- 7. Team ; Volleyball ; Basketball ; Netball ; Korfball ; Team handball ; Speedball ; Gaelic football ; Australian rules football ; American football ; Canadian football ; Comparison of American and Canadian football ; Rugby union; rugby league ; Soccer (Association football) -- 8. Stick and ball ; Baseball ; Softball ; Rounders ; Cricket ; Lacrosse ; Roller hockey ; Field hockey ; Hurling ; Shinty ; Ice hockey ; Bandy -- 9. Water ; Swimming ; Water polo ; Diving ; Surfing ; Water skiing ; Rowing ; Canoeing: sprint ; Canoeing: slalom; wild water ; Canoe polo ; Canoe sailing ; Yacht racing ; Olympic yacht racing ; Yacht identification ; Offshore yacht racing ; Powerboat racing -- 10. Winter ; Speed skating ; Figure skating ; Skiing: alpine, Nordic ; Skiing: downhill racing; alpine combined event ; Skiing: slalom ; Skiing: giant slalom ; Ski jumping ; Skiing: cross-country, Nordic combined event ; Biathlon ; Skibob racing ; Luge tobogganing ; Bobsleigh racing -- 11. Animal ; Pigeon racing ; Sled-dog racing ; Greyhound racing ; Horse racing ; Harness horse racing; trotting; pacing ; Show jumping ; Dressage ; Three-day event ; Polo -- 12. Wheels ; Roller skating (speed); roller derby ; Roller skating (artistic) ; Cycle racing ; Motorcycling: circuit racing ; Motorcycling: drag racing, sprint, speedway, ice racing ; Motorcycling: motocross (scrambles) ; Motorcycling: trials, grasstrack racing ; Motor racing: circuit racing (single-seater) ; Motor racing: circuit racing (sedan and sports car) ; Motor racing: stock car racing, rallying ; Motor racing: hillclimb, slalom, autocross, rallycross, hill trial ; Karting ; 13. Air ; Gliding ; Ballooning ; Air racing ; Aerobatics ; Helicopter flying ; Sport parachuting -- Index of sports -- Index.

ISBN

• 0846700255
• 9780846700258

LCCN

73020954

OCLC

• ocm00947571
• 947571
• SCSB-511818

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library