Ball game
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A ball game is a game played with a ball. Someone who plays a ball game is known as a ballplayer.
There are many popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These games can be grouped by the general objective of the game, sometimes indicating a common origin either of a game itself or of its basic idea:
- Bat-and-ball games, such as baseball and cricket.
- Racquet and ball games, such as tennis, squash and racquetball.
- Hand and ball-striking games, such as various handball codes, rebound handball and 4 square.
- Two-goal games, such as basketball and all forms of football, hockey or lacrosse.
- Volleying games, such as volleyball and beach volleyball.
- "Target" games, such as bowling and lotball.
- The original "Ball Game", whose objective is to keep the ball constantly moving but not allowing it to bounce twice upon the ground without being struck between bounces.
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Popular ball games from around the world include:
- Baseball (in North America, a game of baseball is often referred to as a "ballgame")
- Basketball
- Basque pilota
- Jai alai
- Bocce
- Boules
- Bowling
- Bowls
- Canoe polo
- Carpetball
- Cricket (see cricket ball)
- Croquet
- Cue sports (also knowns as billiards, including carom billiards, English billiards, pocket billiards or pool, and snooker, among many other variations)
- Dodgeball
- Downball
- Floorball
- Footbag
- Football:
- Football tennis
- Four square
- Golf (see golf ball)
- Half-rubber
- Handball:
- Hockey:
- Hooverball
- Hurling
- Juggling
- Kick-to-kick (includes end-to-end footy)
- Lacrosse
- Lotball
- The Mesoamerican ballgame
- Netball
- Newcomb ball
- PaddleBall
- Paintball
- Pelota mixteca
- Pétanque
- Polo
- Quidditch (fictional game from Harry Potter)
- Racquetball
- Rapid ball
- Rounders
- Sepak takraw
- Shinty
- Skee ball
- Softball
- Squash
- Stickball
- Stickball (Native American)
- Streetball
- Table football (foosball)
- Tchoukball
- Tee ball
- Tetherball
- Tennis
- Tennis polo/toccer
- Ulama
- Valencian pilota
- Volleyball
- Water basketball
- Water polo
- Wiffleball
- Wireball