"and then crimped closed. This feature makes adding and removing the weights easy and quick. Bullet sinkers are bullet-shaped and used widely on largemouth bass fishing for rigging plastic worms ""Texas-style"". Dipsey sinkers are ovate or egg-shaped and are attached to the fishing line with a loop of brass wire embedded in the sinker. Bank sinkers are long and ovate and have a small hole at the top for the fishing line to thread through. A claw sinker consists of a sinker weight which is typically of round shape, and a number of metal wire spikes grouped around the sinker"
"sports, other sports sometimes have their own terminology for verbal abuse: for example, cricket calls it sledging and in ice hockey it is called chirping. Down Gaelic footballer Brendan Coulter has admitted to being targeted by sledging while on the field of play. The Wealdstone Raider, a notorious fan hailing from Wealdstone, is known for trash-talking the opposition and opposition's fans. Smack talk is a slang term seen in chat channels in chat room, blog, and massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) conversations. The term came about in the early 1990s. It generally refers to the use of threatening or intentionally"
"of his helmet, during a Sheffield Shield match. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a subarachnoid haemorrhage, but died from his injuries two days later, never having regained consciousness. Bouncer (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a bouncer (or bumper) is a type of delivery, usually bowled by a fast bowler. Bouncers are used to drive the batsman back on to his back foot if he has been freely playing front foot scoring shots, such as drives. To this end, bouncers are usually directed more or less at the line of the batsman's body. Aiming"
"the present day, as well as being revived in recent years for sporting purposes. In the United States the Nahuatl word ""atlatl"" is often used for revived uses of spear-throwers, and in Australia the Aboriginal word ""woomera"". The ancient Greeks and Romans used a leather thong or loop, known as an ""ankule"" or ""amentum"", as a spear-throwing device. Spear-thrower designs may include improvements such as thong loops to fit the fingers, the use of flexible shafts, stone balance weights, and thinner, highly flexible darts for added power and range. Darts resemble large arrows or thin spears and are typically from"
"rather than trying to make the ball move through the air or off the pitch. More commonly however, aggressive bowling techniques can be combined with swing bowling and seam bowling techniques to create nigh-on unplayable balls in the hands of a bowler of any speed. The inswinging yorker is seen as particularly deadly. A bouncer (or bumper) is a ball aimed to pitch in the first half of the pitch, meaning it has had time to rise sharply to chest or head height by the time it reaches the batsman. This causes two problems for the batsman who receives the"
"sport, it has developed various styles, each with its own specialized equipment and technique. The most common styles today are: freeride, freestyle, and freecarve/race. These styles are used for both recreational and professional snowboarding. While each style is unique, there is overlap between them. ""Jibbing"" is technical riding on non-standard surfaces, which usually includes performing tricks. The word ""jib"" is both a noun and a verb, depending on the usage of the word. As a noun: a jib includes metal rails, boxes, benches, concrete ledges, walls, vehicles, rocks and logs. As a verb: to jib is referring to the action"
"industrial-strength heat gun to mold the scoop to fit the ball. The game was first invented in Utah in the 1960s by Stan Mangum. Whirlyball is a sport that combines lacrosse, bumper cars, and some aspects of basketball. It features two teams of five players riding Whirlybugs, which are specialized bumper cars that offer more agility and steering ability. A Whirlybug is similar to an electric bumper car. It is round, with a bumper going all the way around. Unlike most bumper cars, however, power is not provided by an overhead grid, but rather by alternating conducting plates that make"
"by ABC radio stations, and for Radio Australia's overseas broadcasts. This was the basis for a book for children: An Australian coin known as the Silver Kookaburra minted annually since 1990. The Australian 12-metre yacht ""Kookaburra III"" lost the America's Cup in 1987. The Australian Men's Hockey team is named after the kookaburra. , they are world champions in field hockey. Australian sports equipment company Kookaburra Sport is named after the bird. Kookaburra Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28–42 cm (11–17 in) in length. The name"
"the Auburn Y. Racquetball is another Y-invented sport. Joseph Sobek, a tennis, handball and squash player who worked in a rubber manufacturing factory, was dissatisfied with the options for indoor sports in Greenwich, Conn. He couldn't find squash players of his caliber and he didn't care particularly for handball, so in 1950 he designed a short, stringed racquet, used a children's toy rubber ball, and created rules for a new game using the handball courts. He called his new sport ""paddle rackets."" The sport really took off in the 1970s and there are an estimated 15 million players worldwide today,"
"Conference from 1978–79 to 1994–95. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The HokieBird is a turkey-like creature whose form has evolved from the original school mascot of the Fighting Gobbler. While the modern HokieBird still resembles a Fighting Gobbler, the word ""Hokie"" has all but replaced Fighting Gobbler in terms of colloquial use. The term originated from the ""Old Hokie"" spirit yell, in which there"
"such as ""hardiness, democratic spirit, mateship and resourcefulness"". While the Australians and New Zealanders would call each other ""Digger"", the British tended to call the New Zealanders ""Kiwis"" and Australians ""Diggers"". The equivalent slang for a British soldier was ""Tommy"" from Tommy Atkins. Between 1998 and 2003, the term was used in the name of a team in the Victorian Football League, the Bendigo Diggers. This was partly in reference to Bendigo's history as a centre of the gold-mining industry. The team changed its nickname to ""Bombers"" when it became aligned to Essendon. In 2001, Athletics Australia suggested that it"
"is a modern, tournament-focused, , variant, devised in 2013 by US professional player and instructor Joe Tucker, to increase the difficulty of the game. It uses a different scoring system from traditional rotation. The sport is played in the US and Canada, is governed by the American Billiard Club (ABC), an affiliate of CueSports International (CSI), and is the subject of regular American Rotation Championship Series (ARCS) tournaments. The major amateur and professional competitive games nine-ball and ten-ball are essentially variations of rotation, with a smaller ball set and without the point-based scoring. In the Philippines, rotation pool is popular,"
"Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Iota Phi Teta Auburn University's sports teams are known as the Tigers, and they participate in Division I-A of the NCAA and in the Western Division of the 14-member Southeastern Conference (SEC). War Eagle is the battle cry and greeting used by the Auburn Family (students, alumni, and fans). Auburn has won a total of 21 intercollegiate national championships (including 17 NCAA Championships), which includes 2 football (1957, 2010), 8 men's swimming and diving (1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,"
"Dobbert A Dobbert or Dobert was a large ball bearing about the size of a golf ball used in games of marbles in South Lancashire after the Second World War. For example, in a game called Ringy, a circle was drawn on the ground and a fixed number of marbles from each boy were then placed into the ring. From a line drawn on the ground a short distance away, each boy would fire his Dobbert along the ground to try to knock the marbles out of the circle. Dobberts were acquired from local engineering factories. By the 1960s, larger"
"American rotation American rotation, abbreviated AR or AmRo, is a pool (pocket billiards) game. It is a modern, tournament-oriented, , variation on traditional rotation pool (or 61), devised to increase the degree of difficulty of the sport. It is the ""flagship game"" of the American Billiard Club (ABC), a division of CueSports International (CSI). The game was established by US professional pool player and instructor Joe Tucker in February 2013, and is contested in a pro–am American Rotation Championship Series of tournaments, with national championship held several times annually at varying locations. The object of the sport is to score"
"scoring works similarly for five-pin bowling, except strikes are worth 15 points rather than 10 (as the pins are scored with the values of 2, 3, 5, 3, and 2). Two consecutive strikes are referred to as a ""double"" (or a ""Barney Rubble"" to rhyme) aka the ""rhino"". Three strikes bowled consecutively is known as a ""turkey"". Any longer string of strikes is referred to by a number affixed to the word ""bagger,"" as in ""four-bagger"" for four consecutive strikes. Broadcaster Rob Stone created the name ""hambone"" to describe four consecutive strikes. When a player is ""on the strikes"", a"
"rattleback may also be known as a ""anagyre"", ""celt"", ""Celtic stone"", ""rebellious celt"", ""rattlerock"", ""spin bar"", ""Robinson Reverser"", ""wobble stone"" (or ""wobblestone"") and by the product names ""ARK"", ""Bizzaro Swirl"", ""RATTLEBACK"", ""Space Pet"" and ""Space Toy"". Archeologists who investigated ancient Celtic and Egyptian sites in the 19th century found celts which exhibited the spin-reversal motion. The antiquarian word ""celt"" (the ""c"" is pronounced as ""s"") describes adze-, axe-, chisel- and hoe-shaped lithic tools and weapons. The first modern descriptions of these celts were published in the 1890s when Gilbert Walker wrote his ""On a curious dynamical property of celts"" for"
"around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia"" NB: This competition was known as the FIBA World Championship through the 2010 edition. Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Australia national basketball team The Australian men's national basketball team is known as the Boomers, a slang term for a male kangaroo. Australia finished 4th at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Australia is a regional power in basketball. Placed in the relatively weak FIBA Oceania region, the Boomers's qualification for the Summer Olympic Games and FIBA World Cup is often a three-match competition against the other regional power, the New Zealand"
"finesse and accuracy, as opposed to crankers, who use speed and power. However, today's modern reactive resin bowling balls now allow strokers to hit the ""pocket"" at a relatively high angle. Stroking is considered the most classic of all the bowling forms and is still the most popular style of bowling in the PBA. Walter Ray Williams, Jr., the PBA's all-time leader in titles and earnings, is a stroker. The cranker strives to generate revolutions using a cupped wrist or excessive wrist action. Crankers who rely on wrist action may have a high backswing and open their shoulders to generate"
"will fight.""Grinder"" refers specifically to a style of defensive hockey which is within the rules of the game. Sometimes grinder is used in combination with ""mucker"" to describe a player as a """"mucker and a grinder"""", although it is used as emphasis. In this context, mucker is largely synonymous with grinder. Indicative of the importance of the grinder is that Bobby Clarke and Mike Eruzione, both grinder-style players, played major roles in their respective country's victories over the offensively skilled Soviet Union national team. Bobby Clarke was a significant factor in Team Canada's victory in the 1972 Super Series as"
"Bubble football Bubble football, BubbleBall, Bubble Soccer, or Airball Soccer is the recreation/sport of playing football while half-encased inside an inflated torus bubble, similar to a zorb, which covers the player’s upper body and head. This game is typically played in teams in large indoor spaces or outdoor fields. Bubble football follows the same objectives and overall rules as regular football (i.e., teams compete to hit a ball into the opposing team's goal) with the added condition that each player must wear an inflatable bubble, similar to a water ball, around their upper torso. The sport's popularity is still increasing,"
"a community card one per frame, jokers included and many other twists. Poker is also played as part of League play – usually with a set bet involved. Bumper bowling is a variation of the game for beginners or children, in which barriers known as ""bumpers"" are placed at the edges of the lane, keeping errant balls in play and out of the gutter. Modern bowling alleys often have retractable bumpers which are automatically raised or lowered depending on whose turn it is to bowl. Bumper Bowling was started in 1978 by Alex Wortman and Zena Sheinberg in Ann Arbor,"
"inner and outer orbs. In 1994 three investors created the firm ZORB Limited to commercialize sphereing. Their business model was to develop the activity via a franchise system. Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: ""a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills"". The orb is double-sectioned, with one ball inside the other with an air layer in between (unlike the water walking ball, which is usually a single thin-walled ball). This acts as"
"as a ""turkey"". Further strings of strikes are referred to as the number with the word ""bagger"", such as ""four-bagger"" for four consecutive strikes. The term ""hambone"" has also been used to describe four consecutive strikes. In target variations, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The pin version of bowling is often played on a flat wooden, or other synthetic, surface (which can be oiled in different patterns for different techniques). In target bowling, the surface may be grass, gravel or a synthetic surface. The most common types of pin bowling"
"Diver and Green Beret outfits. Wave three covered the French Foreign Legion, German Stromtrooper, Mountaineer and Royal Horse Guards (Blues) outfits. Wave four covered the Army Medic (US), 17th/21st Lancer, Astronaut (US), and British Parachute Regiment outfits. Wave five will cover the Australian Jungle Fighter, Manchester United Footballer, Olympic Champion and Royal Marine Combat outfits. Wave six will cover Adventurer's Base Camp, British InfantryMan, Polar Explorer and Soccer Player outfits. The various waves are interspersed with figures of all the 60s-70s variants; painted head/hard hand, flocked hair/hard hand, and flocked hair/flex hands. Action Man: 40th Anniversary The Hasbro Action Man:"
"Dunker (basketball), Touchdown (football), PC Pitcher (baseball), Net Set (tennis ball). The Sports Popples included Cuester, who turned into an 8-ball, but no known toy has been made of him. Similarly, no toy was made of the original Pitcher but PC was dressed in a baseball outfit to replace him. There were numerous variants: Flower Popples (who would turn into flowers when you flipped them inside out), Pillow Popples (wearing pajamas and turned into sleeping bags), Fruit Popples (who turned into different fruits), and Special Editions with limited distribution (including an animal series only released in Europe with Popples that"
"ball is caught and then thrown back. The weight of the medicine ball can make the sport quite physically demanding. The sport was conceived shortly after Hoover's 1928 election. On a trip to South America Hoover observed a game of ""Bull-in-the-Ring"" being played on the Battleship Utah. Bull-in-the-Ring was popular among navy ships and was an inspiration for Hooverball. In Bull-in-the-Ring the ball was soft and weighed 9 lb (4 kg). The person within the circle was called the ""bull"". While on these navy ships, Hoover enjoyed watching and playing the game. The net was 8.5 to 9 ft (2.6"
"2018, the first ever World Cup will take place in Shoreditch, London, with the finals taking place at Wembley. Nations who will be attending the world cup include Finland, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. A tournament is being run to find the team that will represent England. Bubble football Bubble football, BubbleBall, Bubble Soccer, or Airball Soccer is the recreation/sport of playing football while half-encased inside an inflated torus bubble, similar to a zorb, which covers the player’s upper body and head. This game is typically played in teams in large indoor spaces or outdoor fields. Bubble football follows the same"
"States of America. Diving as part of defensive skills has been used as a training activity for (sighted) sports teams. Professional teams trying goalball have included the Boston Bruins ice hockey, Queensland Fire cricket, and Seattle Sounders FC soccer. teams. Goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear-hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent. Played"
"it would probably be deemed a no-ball. In accordance with Law 42.6b(ii), a slow ball that passes the batsman's shoulder height on the full is a no-ball (a fast ball can not pass above the waist on the full (Law 42.6b(i))). Charles Palmer (1919–2005), who played for Worcestershire and Leicestershire, sometimes used donkey-drops to good effect. Lob bowling is still sometimes found in village cricket; these deliveries are known as donkey-drops. More usually these are over-arm deliveries ; but round-arm is also possible and would more closely approximate a traditional lob. Underarm bowling became virtually extinct after the First World"
"professional archers. The unqualified phrase ""recurve bow"" or just ""a recurve"" in modern archery circles usually refers to a typical modern recurve bow, as used by archers in the Olympics and many other competitive events. It employs advanced technologies and materials. The limbs are usually made from multiple layers of fiberglass, carbon and/or wood on a core of carbon foam or wood. The riser (the centre section of the bow) is generally separate and is constructed from wood, carbon, aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy. The term 'riser' is used because, in a one-piece bow, the centre section rises from the"
"a ""rhino"". Some locations still call it a ""Hambone"" even though that term has been changed to mean four strikes in a row by announcers on television. (Four strikes in a row is also referred to as a ""Llama."") A double's pinfall is: Three strikes bowled consecutively are known as a ""turkey"" or ""triple"". A turkey's pinfall is: Three consecutive strike in the 10th frame is equal to 30 points Longer strings of strikes are called by various names, including ""-Bagger"" (Four Bagger), ""Llama"" (Four consecutive), and ""-Pack"" (Six Pack) depending on local use, equipment, and exposure to the sport."
"Archery Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin ""arcus"". Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who participates in archery is typically called an archer or a ""bowman"", and a person who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite. The bow and arrow seems to have been invented in the later Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods. The oldest signs of its use in Europe"