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Traditional Sports and Games ( TSG) are physical activities which were played for centuries by people around the world before the advent of modern sports. Many TSG's lost popularity or died off during the colonial era due to the imposition and spread of Western sports. [1] [2] [3] Further decline has occurred in the post-colonial era. [4] [5] [6]
Sports medicine physician, Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) physician. Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports ...
Ethnosport is an institutional form of united social and cultural space for all traditional styles of physical activity. The purpose of ethnosport theory is to provide a methodological basis for the design and prediction of the formation and functioning of social and cultural systems in conditions of rising representations of ethnocultural ...
Indigenous sports and games of the Americas (4 C, 15 P) K. ... Pages in category "Traditional sports" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
E-sports have emerged in the modern era; video game adaptations of Western sports have also become popular, such as the FIFA video game series. Some traditional Western games have been adapted into major professional competitions, as is the case with World Chase Tag for the game of tag. Major multi-sport events
Some traditional South Asian games, such as kabaddi, kho-kho, and atya-patya, are believed to be thousands of years old, dating back to ancient India. [3] [4] [5] Kho-kho, for example, dates back to at least the fourth century BC. [6] Many South Asian games likely reflect characteristics of traditional life in the subcontinent; for example, the ...
History Ancient era See also: Western sports § Antiquity An ancient Greek depiction of long-distance running. The practice of calisthenics by the ancient Greeks, as well as the way in which sport was a major part of their society, as seen in events such as the Ancient Olympic Games and the way in which sport featured in domains such as poetry and religion, served as a foundation for modern ...
Woggabaliri. Woggabaliri is a traditional Indigenous Australian co-operative kicking volley game. Described as a kicking game similar to soccer played in a group of four to six players in a circle, the game has been encouraged in schools in New South Wales and Queensland .