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Sports are competitive physical activities and games. These fulfill the human need for play, physical activity and competition. All sports are potentially competitive. This is the key difference between sports and leisure, recreation or entertainment. As a venue for competition, sports can build life skills. For example, winning may build confidence and losing may build personal resilience. Sports can also build a sense of sportsmanship, camaraderie, shared experience and community. The process of improving at sports such as knowledge of performance and knowledge of results can be applied to any pursuit. The following are examples of common sports.
American Football | Archery | Arm Wrestling | Auto Racing | BMX | Badminton | Baseball | Basketball | Bobsledding | Bodyboarding | Bowling | Boxing | Canoeing | Capture the Flag | Competitive Dancing | Cricket | Cross-country Skiing | Curling | Cycling | Diving | Dodgeball | Dragon Boat Racing | Electronic Sports | Esports | Field Hockey | Figure Skating | Fishing | Footbag (Hacky Sack) | Football (Soccer) | Frisbee | Gliding | Golf | Gymnastics | Hang Gliding | Hide and Seek | Hiking | Horse Racing | Ice Fishing | Ice Hockey | Inline Skating | Kayaking | Keep Away | Lacrosse | Logrolling | Luge | Martial Arts | Miniature Golf | Mountaineering | Outrigger Canoeing | Paragliding | Parkour | Pickleball | Polo | Racquetball | Rafting | Ringette | Rock Climbing | Roller Derby | Roller Skating | Rowing | Rugby | Running | Sailing | Skateboarding | Skydiving | Snorkelling | Snowboarding | Snowshoeing | Squash | Street Hockey | Sumo | Surfing | Swimming | Table Tennis | Tag | Tennis | Tobogganing | Track & Field | Trampolining | Triathlon | Ultimate Frisbee | Unicycling | Volleyball | Wakesurfing | Walking | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Windsurfing | Wood Chopping | Wrestling |
NotesSports may be conducted in a non-competitive way such as a runner who only seeks enjoyment from a run.Some sports are viewed as a form of adventure, exploration and calculated risk taking.Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
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