The sports rules book

401 Pages·2019·25.588 MB·English

by  Myles Schrag, ;

Fourth Edition
T h e
SPORTS
RULES
Book
Human Kinetics
with Myles Schrag
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Names: Human Kinetics (Organization) | Schrag, Myles, author.
Title: The sports rules book / Human Kinetics with Myles Schrag.
Description: Fourth edition. | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2019] |
Includes bibliographical references.
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Fourth Edition
T h e
SPORTS
RULES
Book
Contents
Contributors vii ◾ Introduction ix ◾ Measurement Conversions xi
1 18
Adventure Racing . . . . . . . 1 Cross Country . . . . . . . . 107
2 19
Alpine Skiing . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cross-Country Skiing . . . 112
3 20
Archery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Curling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4 21
Australian Football . . . . . 17 Cycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
5 22
Badminton . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Equestrian . . . . . . . . . . . 127
6 23
Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
7 24
Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Field Hockey . . . . . . . . . 137
8 25
BMX Racing . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Figure Skating . . . . . . . . 142
9 26
Bocce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10 27
Bowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
11 28
Boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gymnastics . . . . . . . . . . 163
12 29
Canoeing and Kayaking . . 70 Handball . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
13 30
Cheerleading . . . . . . . . . . 75 Horseshoe Pitching . . . . 175
14 31
Climbing (Sport) . . . . . . . . 80 Ice Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . 179
15 32
Cornhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Judo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
16 33
Cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Ju-Jitsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
17 34
Croquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Karate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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35 50
Kung Fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Surfing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
36 51
Lacrosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Swimming and Diving . . . . 293
37 52
Netball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Synchronized Swimming . . 301
38 53
Pickleball . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Table Tennis . . . . . . . . . . 305
39 54
Racquetball . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Taekwondo . . . . . . . . . . . 309
40 55
Rowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Team Handball . . . . . . . . . 314
41 56
Rugby Union . . . . . . . . . . 237 Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
42 57
Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Track and Field (Athletics) 326
43 58
Skateboarding . . . . . . . . . 249 Triathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
44 59
Snowboarding . . . . . . . . . 254 Ultimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
45 60
Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
46 61
Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Water Polo . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
47 62
Speed Skating . . . . . . . . . 275 Water Skiing . . . . . . . . . . 361
48 63
Squash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Weightlifting . . . . . . . . . . 367
49 64
Stand Up Paddle Boarding 284 Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
References 381 ◾ About the Authors 385
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Contributors
Adventure Racing Field Hockey
Craig Bycroft Steve Horgan
Adventure Racing World Series USA Field Hockey
Alpine Skiing Figure Skating
Chip Knight and Paul Van Slyke Mimi McKinnis
US Ski and Snowboard Association U.S. Figure Skating
Archery Golf
Guy Kruger Joe Foley
USA Archery US. Golf Association
Australian Football Handball
Steve Teakle Vern Roberts
Australian Football League United States Handball Association
Badminton Ice Hockey
Martin Andrew Matt Leaf
Badminton World Federation USA Hockey
Basketball Ju-Jitsu
Ryan Goodson Patrick Hickey
Bowling Director, USA Sport Ju-Jitsu Alliance
Terry Bigham Karate
United States Bowling Congress Patrick Hickey
Canoeing and Kayaking President, USA Karate Federation
Morgan House Kung Fu
American Canoe Association Patrick Hickey
Cheerleading Director, International Kwanmukan
Billie Ann Caya Lacrosse
National Federation Rules Interpreter Brian Logue
Climbing (Sport) U.S. Lacrosse
Alex Fritz Netball
USA Climbing National Team Coach Lainie Houston
Cornhole Netball Australia
Frank Geers American Pickleball
Cornhole Organization Justin Maloof
Cricket USA Pickleball Association
Jonny Singer Racquetball
Marylebone Cricket Club Otto E. Dietrich
Cross Country USA Racquetball
John Lofranco, Serge Thibaudeau Rowing
Athletics Canada Dr. Volker Nolte
Cycling Western University
Shawn Farrell Rugby Union
Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado Nathan Abdelnour
Equestrian Rugby Canada
Sarah Gilbert
United States Equestrian Federation
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viii ◾ Contributors
Shooting Tennis
Launi Meili Karl Davies
NCAA Rifle Coach and Olympic Gold Medalist Unites States Tennis Association
Skateboarding Track and Field (Athletics)
Don Bostick John Lofranco, Serge Thibaudeau, Les Gramantik,
USA Skateboarding Richard Parkinson
Snowboarding Athletics Canada
Alfredo Villar-Sbaffi
Mike Mallon
St. Laurent Select
USA Snowboard and Freeski Association
James Holden
Soccer
Ottawa Lions
Erika True
Triathlon
Say Soccer
Deb Wilson
Softball
USA Triathlon
Kurt Gibson
Ultimate
Illinois High School Association
Josh Murphy
Speed Skating
USA Ultimate
Guy Thibault
Volleyball
U.S. Speedskating
Paul Albright
Squash
USA Volleyball
Harry Smith
Water Polo
US Squash
Levon Dermendjian
Swimming and Diving
USA Water Polo
Ben Balkwill
Water Skiing
Synchronized Swimming
Scott N. Atkinson
Shari Darst
USA Water Ski and Wake Sports
USA Synchro
Weightlifting
Table Tennis
Suzy Sanchez
Jörg Bitzigeio
USA Weightlifting
USA Table Tennis
Wrestling
Taekwondo
Mike Clayton
May Spence
USA Wrestling
USA Taekwondo
Team Handball
Christian Latulippe
Women’s National Team Head Coach, USA
Team Handball
Introduction
Whether you binge-watch the Olympics, take part in organized activities at your local
fitness center, or make up your own games with your kids on a camping trip, you surely
have marveled at the seemingly infinite number of sports and physical activities, new
and old, that continue to evolve. It can be intimidating to try new sports, but The Sports
Rules Book, Fourth Edition, gives you a one-stop reference source for sports that are
familiar as well as those that have been a mystery to you. The Sports Rules Book, Fourth
Edition, is designed for sport administrators, coaches, physical education teachers, play-
ers, and fans who want to know a sport’s basic rules and procedures, penalties, scoring
system, playing area dimensions, and officials’ signals—providing a concise yet clear
overview of how a sport is played.
The reader-friendly format helps you understand the fundamental rules without
getting bogged down in every minute detail. Inside you’ll find overviews and rule
descriptions of 64 sports popular in the United States and around the world. In addition
to the 54 sports from the third edition, we have added 10 new chapters in the fourth.
The additions are an acknowledgment that sports participation is as popular as ever
and even more varied. The newcomers include sports that will debut at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics (surfing and speed climbing); casual backyard games (cornhole, bocce, cro-
quet, and horseshoes); sports that have been gradually gaining in popularity for some
time in recreation settings (pickleball), in the water (stand up paddle board racing),
and in the remote outdoors (adventure racing); and yet another martial art (kung fu),
the fifth in our collection.
You’ll find historical descriptions of how each of the 64 sports was started and inter-
esting statistics about the popularity of the sport worldwide. For accuracy, each sport’s
terminology and the field dimensions (metric versus English measurements) specific
to the sport are maintained. You will also find a conversion chart to help you convert
between metric and English measurements.
Here’s what you’ll find in most chapters of The Sports Rules Book, Fourth Edition:
◾ A brief introduction that touches on the sport’s origin and provides an overview of
the sport’s main features, such as number of players, length of game, scoring, and
how the game is played (When noteworthy, recent data regarding the participation
in or popularity of a sport is included in the introduction.)
◾ A diagram and description of the playing area, when appropriate
◾ Useful terms that will help you understand the sport
◾ Descriptions of the sport’s equipment
◾ Rules that pertain to the players and to the various aspects of the sport (e.g., pitch-
ing, batting, and base running in baseball)
◾ Information on the sport’s officials, occasionally including drawings of their signals
◾ For a handful of the sports, rule modifications to help teachers and sport admin-
istrators adapt the sport to make it more appropriate for younger and less-skilled
players
◾ Organizations to contact for more in-depth rules
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