Title: - Mike Beauchamp
1Free Time
- By
- - Mike Beauchamp
- - Kayla McGuire
- - Rylie Hayes
- - Jessey Moreau
2Questions
1.Where was invented ,and by who? 2.What game was
Badminton originated from? 3.What 2 schools
participated in the first Football game? 4.What
year did NFL become more popular than college
Football? 5. Name 3 common house chores in
Russia.
3Russia
- During their free time some of the students in
Russia participate in many of the same
activities that we do many of the popular ones
are - Shopping
- Camping
- Watching T.V
- Playing Video games
- Going to the Cinema
- Swimming
Free Time
The typical shopping mall in Russia.
4I Relax
My Hobbies
- Many common forms of relaxation include.
- Reading varies types of novels
- Listening and Playing Music
- Surfing the internet and talking on ICQ the
Russian for of MSN
- Many after school hobbies include.
- Going to after school lessons including Drama,
Music, Dance and English lessons - Participating in many sports a popular one is
Volleyball
Help
- Common ways of helping others include.
- Cleaning the house
- Helping their parents and grandparents with the
kitchen garden - Taking care of animals
- Helping the elderly
5Hockey
- Hockey is one of are nations most
played sports, it is played in so many different
ways. There is ice hockey, ball hockey, field
hockey, road hockey, and much more. Ice hockey
was invented in the 1850s in Nova Scotia, by the
British soldiers. They used a rubber ball
initially for the first games of ice hockey, and
only a few basic rules. Later in the 1879 at the
university of McGill in Montreal, the substituted
the plastic ball with a rubber puck. Ice hockey
is played on ice, there is boards surrounding the
area of play. The object of the sport is to put
the puck or other object, in the opponents net.
When happened, it is called a goal. At the end of
the game, the team with the most goals would win.
6The picture to the left, is of the object that is
used in the average game of ice hockey. It is
made of rubber and weighs around 1.0lb.
The picture to the right, is one of the most
hardest objects in the world to win, The Stanley
Cup. NHL (national hockey League) teams from all
over Canada and the U.S.A play for this cup in
over 87 games a season. The cup is named after
Lord Stanley and has been around for a really
long time.
The picture above is an average look of the area
that hockey is played. It is called an ice
surface. The different lines are for different
rules and regulations that affect the game play.
For example, the blue lines in both halves of the
surface may affect the rule of offside.
7Badminton
-Badminton was originated from a Indian game
called Poona. It was brought into England by the
army where the original rules were changed to the
ones we are familiar with now. The first game of
badminton was played by the Duke of Beaufort at
his house party. -The game can be played in an
indoor or outdoor court, You can choose to play
singles or doubles. The game is played by hitting
a light birdie with a racquet over the net to
your opponents side. The object of the game is to
not let the birdie fall on your side if you let
it fall the opposing team gets the point. First
team to 15 wins the round best 2 of 3
wins. -There are many rules in badminton so of
them include It is a fault if server completely
misses the birdie on the serve, A serve may not
be delivered until the receiver is ready and No
player may receive two consecutive serves in the
same game.
8To the right is a picture of a man demonstrating
a drop hit one of the easiest ways to serve a
birdie over the net to the other teams side.
To the left is a picture of the court dimensions
needed for a proper game of badminton.
To the right is a picture of some birdies,
birdies are the object being hit over the net
instead of a ball. A birdie is used because it is
light in weight and wouldnt damage the racquet
or hurt if you were hit by one.
9Ping-Pong
- Table tennis originated in England in the 1880s
as an after dinner amusement for the upper-class
Victorians. Mimicking the sport of tennis
in-doors. - Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is played
with 2 or 4 players at a time. The object of the
game is to hit a lightweight, hollow ball back
and forth until a player misses the ball, or a
foul is called. The player who didnt cause the
foul or miss the ball would get a point. The game
takes place on a hard table with a net in the
middle of the table. The play is fast and demands
quick reactions.
10To the left is a picture of a typical ping-pong
table and the appropriate dimensions for game
play.
Above is a picture of traditional Ping-pong
paddles and ball used to play the game all over
the world.
11Football
- Modern Football started in 1958, but variations
of the game were around since the 17th century,
in such places as Virginia, England, and the
United States.
-There were two main variations of the game a
kicking game and a running game. A hybrid of both
versions started later on, called the Boston
Game.
-An earlier version of the sport was banned by
Yale and Harvard in 1861 due to the violent
nature of the game.
-The first game of college football was between
Rutgers and Princeton, in 1869. The game involved
two teams of 25 trying to kick the ball into the
opposing teams side. No passing or running with
the ball was allowed. The game ended 6-4 for
Rutgers.
12Above is a picture of the traditional American
Football field.
Above is a picture of the official NFL football
is made of cowhide leather. College teams use
smaller balls made of t he same leather.
Below is the National Football League (NFL) logo.
The NFL took over college football in the form of
popularity in 1958.
To the left is a picture of Walter Camp a major
influence to modern day football. He was involved
in making such rules as switching from 15 to 11
players, adding the line or scrimmage, and the
snap from center to quarterback.
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