Throwing sports
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Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object.
A man bowling a ball in tenpin bowling
Ken Westerfield, side-arm (forehand) Frisbee distance throwing Record, 552'. Boulder, Colorado, 1978.
A man in the build-up phase of the hammer throw
Phases of the javelin throw
Bowling
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Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins or another target. Most references to bowling are to pin bowling, specifically tenpin bowling. Bowling ca
Throwing sports
…prominent throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts, each of which have a great number of variations. Throwing sports have a long history. Modern track and field comes from a lineage of activities…
Pin bowling: a tenpin bowler at an indoor bowling alley
Target bowling: Bowls players at a bowling club
Archeologist's drawing of items found in 1895 in a tomb in Naqada, Egypt, thought to resemble the modern game of skittles. The archeologist speculated about the arrangement of the items.
Bocce players in an illuminated manuscript