Types of Sports

Types of Sports:

A. Indoor Games: 

• Indoor games and sports are a variety of structured games or competitive physical exercises, typically carried out either at home, in a well-sheltered building, or in a specially constructed sports venue such as a gym, a natatorium (a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors), an arena or a roofed stadium. 
• They include chess, card games, games played with gamesmen and dice, carrom, etc
• Kachkavadya or Chaukabara, or as Indian Ludo Sagargote played with a bunch of seeds or stones, is usually played by girls.
• Bhatukali (playing house) is usually played by girls. However, all the members of the family can also participate in it, especially in the mock wedding of a girl doll and a boy doll. 
  

  Chaukabara

  Bhatukali

B. Outdoor games:

1. Indian Sports:

• The games which have their origin in India and are deep-rooted in Indian culture are called indigenous games.
• Langadi, Kabaddi, Atyapatya, Kho-kho, and other games are played in India.
• Marbles, Lagori, Vitti-Dandu or Gilli-Danda, Bhingari (whorls), Bhovare (tops), Phugadi, and Zimma are among the most famous Indian games.
  

  Langadi

  Phugadi

2. International Games:

• The international games include Badminton, Table Tennis, Hockey, Cricket, Football, Golf, Polo, etc.
  

  Badminton

  Polo

Other Outdoor Game based on category:

• Athletic: 100 meters, 200 meters, Marathon, obstacle race.
• Based on physical skills: Shot put, discus throw, long jump, high jump. 
• Water sports: Swimming competitions, water polo, rowing   
• Acrobatics games: Mallakhamb, rope mallakhamb, gymnastics.

C. Adventurous games:  

• Popular sports like ice skating, skiing, ice hockey, etc. require strong balancing skills
• Other adventurous games exist, such as those involving rock climbing, paragliding, and vehicle and motorcycle racing.
  

  Paragliding

  Rock Climbing

D. Different sports based on competitions: 

• Additionally, large-scale international championships are organized for a variety of other sports including hockey, wrestling, chess, etc.
• Cricket and hockey are very popular sports in India.
• Our national game is hockey. All of these games have competitions that are held at the local, city, taluka, district, state, national, and international levels.
• Professional opportunities are favorable for athletes that excel in regional, national, and worldwide contests. 
• Sports competitions of all kinds are a regular phenomenon worldwide. Sports tournaments including the Olympics, Asian Games, Special Olympics for people with disabilities, Paralympics, Cricket World Cup, etc. are often held.

Daily schedule of Indian warrior: