MEDIEVAL SPORTSJacob Whitwam

Period:5/6

Stoolball• The batter bats until he gets a hit or the pitcher

throws the ball and it hits home• No foul balls, run no matter what on contact• Batter is out when he hits a pop-fly and its caught• Every player gets to hit once per inning• You must have fun• Must run clockwise around the bases• Batter is also out when fielder hits home if the

batter has not touched the base and then came back to home

• YOU are allowed as many swings as you want.• 3o ft. from base to home• Need a soft ball

Gameball• No rules• Ball was a pig bladder• 1st team to score wins• No limit of players• Teams # of players were never the same• Field size changed from a dozen yards to 2 miles

away• “Superbowl” of gameball was played on Shrove

Thursday• Women and men played together• No penalty for hurting ref• Combined rugby, football, and soccer

Quarterstaff Quarterstaffs are long shafts that consisted of

hard wood Shaft had long fat pole between 6 and 9 ft Sometimes quarterstaffs had metal tips cut out

of iron Made of hawthorn, ash, or oak Striking Jabbing Bludgeoning You have to swing heavy pole for defense Need strength Need speed

Jousting Lance Shield Plate mail Set of greaves Leg protectors Bracers or gauntless Armored gloves Helm Heavy boots horse

Shinty Fast moving sport Like hockey or lacrosse Use curved stick called a caman 2 teams with 12 players on each team Corked ball, similar in size with a tennis ball First played = 1896 Stick made from ash of a tree Game is 90 minutes long Feet but not hands are used to stop the ball(unless

you’re the keeper) Stick is allowed to be swung ABOUT SHOULDER

HEIGHT

Archery A medieval archer had a bow and arrow-sometimes called a

bowman The time to become an archer was quite lenghtley You had to have expert marksmen skills Lowerclassmen had to practice archery Englishmen between 15 and 60 had to have a bow and

arrow The training helped the english kill 2000 french knights I n

1346 while only losing 50 men Training places called the butts Archery laws led to many accidents when people would get

hit by loose arrows Bow was 120 lbs Archer was trained to shoot 12 to 15 arrows per minute

Wrestling No holds below the waist Times could last many hours Kicking, ”showing the toe” Throw opponent to ground so he/she lands with

both hips and one shoulder squarely on the ground Very few restrictions Clasp hands behind other shoulders Squatting down to protect your legs Jumping up at your opponent Go slow to lull your opponent to sleep Grabbing and gouging opponent

Pictures and clips of Nacho Libre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hpxvzQ7d1c

Hammer Throw Originated scotland, england, ireland Started when man took a chariot wheel, grabbed it by its

axle, swung it around his head and threw it Changed when they used a boulder connected to a wooden

hurdle Received its name when king henry8 threw a sludge-

hammer Created by a forged iron No uniformed weight or length Swung it over their head and threw it standing still English created a uniform weight of 16 lbs and a length of 3

feet 6 inches Had to be thrown within a 7 foot circle in diameter Athletes would turn 1-2 circles before they threw it

Skittles Also called nine pins Players take turns throwing wooden balls Goal was to hit wooden skittles to knock them

over Each player would take a turn Each player got 5 turns Most pins knocked down at the end was winner Pins at front worth fewest points Pins in back worth most points Skittles set up in patterns Turn ends when ball comes to a stop

Bowls Played on smooth lawn Rolled balls for points Rolled grapefruit sized balls Rolled towards a target that smaller then a tennis

ball Gain points on whoever gets closest to target Can knock opponents balls away Only wealthy people could play Played on lawns, carpets, mats, etc. Didn’t want poor people playing because of loss of

archery time Poor could only play on christmas

Works cited page Connolly, Harold. “Hammer Throwing History.”

http://hammerthrow.com/technique/articles/history.htm Green, Wenyeva A. “Stoolball: a Medieval Baseball Game.”

http://slumberland.org.sca/articles/stoolball.html. Jewell, Brian. “Brief History of Wrestling in England.”

http://www.the-exiles.org/article. “Medieval Games of Bowling. “

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia.bowls. “Medieval Sports.”

http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-archer.htm. “Quarterstaff.” http://www.middle-ages.org.UK/quarterstaff.htm. Reeves, Compton. “Game of the Month: Football.”

http://www.heronter.org/library/gameofthemonth/football.html. “Rule for Toptafel.” http://www.mastergames.com/rules/toptafel-rules.htm. “Shinty.” http://www.scottishsport.co.uk/othersports/shinty.htm. White, David A. “Medieval Tournaments and Jousting.”

http://www.helium.com/items/626700-medievaltournaments-and-jousting?page=2

Time for the quiz

True or False Quiz Notes are optional

In stoolball, you are supposed to run counter-clockwise around the bases

There is no limit of players in gameball Quarterstaffs always consisted of metal tips made of iron. Jousters did not use bracers or gauntless. You may use your feet but not your hands in shinty. A trained archer had to shoot 12-15 arrows per minute. There were many restrictions in medieval wrestling. The hammer in the hammer throw had to land in 7 ft.

circle in diameter. You wanted to avoid hitting the wooden skittles for points

while playing skittles. You can play bowls on many different surfaces.

ANSWERS False True False False True True False True False true