Sports
- Clubs
- Equipment Suppliers - Listing of suppliers of specialist equipment required for adventure races.
- General - A type of extreme sports competition blending many or all of the following disciplines into one epic adventure: canoeing, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, navigation, portaging, rafting, riding, swimming, trekking, tyrolean traverse. Mixed gender teams compete in races lasting from several hours to several days, with little or no sleep!
- Publications
- Races
- Schools
- Teams
- Equipment Suppliers - Listing of suppliers of specialist equipment required for adventure races.
- Dealers
- Includes airsoft dealers that do not offer online sales.
- General - Airsoft guns fire 6mm BBs. Airsoft skirmishes are somewhat similar to paintball fights, but airsoft equipment is more realistic and less messy.
- Manufacturers
- Organizations
- Personal Pages
- Skirmish Sites - Airsoft skirmish sites are playing sites for airsoft 'wargames' which are similar to paintball. They generally offer a secure, private location for airsofters to play in a safe atmosphere.
- Teams
- General - Airsoft guns fire 6mm BBs. Airsoft skirmishes are somewhat similar to paintball fights, but airsoft equipment is more realistic and less messy.
- General
- This category is for sports where animals fight each other, or humans fight animals. Examples include bullfighting, cockfighting, and dogfighting.
- Clubs and Associations
- Equipment Manufacturers
- Guides and Directories - This category contains International archery guides and directories.
- News and Media
- Personal Pages
- Tournaments and Events
- Equipment Manufacturers
- Associations
- Includes sites of international badminton associations and of governing bodies of badminton for countries or geographic areas within a country.
- Chats and Forums
- Clubs - Sites of individual badminton clubs and leagues.
- General - Welcome to the Badminton directory. For an introduction to the competitive sport of badminton, check out www.worldbadminton.com/ The international governing body in the International Badminton Federation (IBF) .
- Tournaments
- Chats and Forums
- Amateur
- Amateur baseball resources of national, local, or international scope, including general information, leagues, teams, and major tournaments.
- College and University
- Directories - Directories, link lists and search engines that encompass all of baseball, not just one specific element.
- Fan Pages - A collection of high quality sites made by fans, for fans.
- General - Sites about baseball in general.
- High School - Sites of or relating to high school or equivalent secondary-school level baseball and baseball teams.
- History - Pages dedicated to preserving the history of baseball. Pages could be devoted to a player, a team, or a league -- or any combination of the three. The common theme is remembering the teams and players of the past.
- Instruction
- International - Baseball organizations outside of the major/minor league system. This includes international amateur play as well as significant leagues or organizations outside the US.
- Major League - Sites about Major League Baseball in general.
- Minor League - This category is for websites dealing with professional minor league baseball.
- Negro Leagues
- News and Media - News is information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. It is also a presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. Media is transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public. Sites that pertain specifically to baseball, as well as meet at least one of the two above descriptions are placed in this category.
- Officiating
- Organizations
- People - This category holds together the subcategories for Players, Management, Sportscasters, and other baseball-related people. Please submit names to the individual categories.
- Sabermetrics - Sabermetrics comes from the acronym for the Society for American Baseball Research, SABR. Sabermetrics is the statistical study of baseball; techniques of probability and statistics are used to discern real trends in baseball [for example, the qualities of hitters] from those that just seem to happen [for example, the quality of a player to "hit in the clutch"]. As such, sabermetrics is an oft-debated field of study.
- Women
- Youth - Sites about youth baseball in general.
- College and University
- Bankshot Basketball
- Beach Basketball
- Chats and Forums
- Coaching
- College and University - This category contains web sites directly related to collegiate men's basketball--official team sites, fan pages, statistical pages, conference sites, news and information.
- Communities
- Deaf Basketball
- Directories
- Events
- Fan Pages
- History
- Maxi-Basketball - Maxibasketball is the increasingly popular sport of basketball play among adults 30 years old and older. Sites may include, but not limited to maxibasketball teams, associations, governing bodies, and tournaments.
- Mini-Basketball - Mini-basketball is a world movement of basketball for children 12 and under, played by boys and girls - often together.
- News and Media
- Officiating
- Professional
- Recruiting
- Regional
- Science
- Show Basketball
- Streetball
- Training
- Water Basketball
- Wheelchair
- Women - Sites devoted to women's basketball--professional, collegiate, youth and high school, associations, players, fan pages, news, media, history, awards, statistics, recruiting, and general information.
- Youth and High School - This is the place to find information on playing and coaching youth basketball.
- Beach Basketball
- Associations and Leagues
- Billiard associations and leagues are billiards-related organizations which exist to support specific groups within the billiards industry. The majority of these are player-oriented, but several exist to support specific vendor and manufacturer organizations.
- General - Billiards is any of several games played with a leather-tipped stick, the cue, and various numbers of balls on an oblong, cloth-covered table with raised, cushioned edges. The three main types are carom billiards, played with three balls on a pocketless table, pocket billiards or pool, using a cue ball and 15 object balls on a table with six pockets and snooker, similar to pool but with 21 object balls.
- News and Media - A category dealing with billiard magazines.
- Players - A category dealing the players.
- Schools and Instruction - A category dealing with the instruction of billiards.
- Snooker - The game of Snooker is played on an English Billiard Table and may be played by two or more persons, either as sides or independently. Points are awarded for scoring strokes and forfeits from an opponent's fouls. The winner is the player or side making the highest score or to whom the game is awarded. Each player uses the same white cue-ball and there are twenty-one object balls, fifteen reds each valued 1 and six colours, yellow valued 2, green 3, brown 4, blue 5, pink 6 and black 7. Scoring strokes are made by potting reds and colours alternately until all the reds are off the table and then the colours in the ascending order of their value, i.e. yellow to black.
- Tournament Play - Included in this category are sites that either cover professional tournaments, or sites that promote on-line tournament play.
- General - Billiards is any of several games played with a leather-tipped stick, the cue, and various numbers of balls on an oblong, cloth-covered table with raised, cushioned edges. The three main types are carom billiards, played with three balls on a pocketless table, pocket billiards or pool, using a cue ball and 15 object balls on a table with six pockets and snooker, similar to pool but with 21 object balls.
- Disabled
- This category contains links associated with participating boccia, a bocce related activity often enjoyed by individuals with celebral palsy. Boccia is an official sport of the United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association (USCPAA), the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA), and Special Olympics International (SOI).
- General - Bocce is the Italian version of lawn bowling. The earliest known form of the sport was a game played in the Italian Alps, early in the Christian Era, in which stones were tossed at a target stone in an attempt to land as close as possible to it. This was a source of amusement for Roman soldiers, who spread it through the empire. Balls were eventually substituted for the stones and they were usually rolled rather than tossed. Three distinct types of lawn bowling developed through the centuries. In France, the game was known as boules, from the Classical Latin word for ball. A different form of the sport became known in England as "lawn bowls." Bocce, also known as boccia, derived its name from the Vulgar Latin word for ball, bottia.
- General - Bocce is the Italian version of lawn bowling. The earliest known form of the sport was a game played in the Italian Alps, early in the Christian Era, in which stones were tossed at a target stone in an attempt to land as close as possible to it. This was a source of amusement for Roman soldiers, who spread it through the empire. Balls were eventually substituted for the stones and they were usually rolled rather than tossed. Three distinct types of lawn bowling developed through the centuries. In France, the game was known as boules, from the Classical Latin word for ball. A different form of the sport became known in England as "lawn bowls." Bocce, also known as boccia, derived its name from the Vulgar Latin word for ball, bottia.
- Competitions
- This category contains sites about competitive boomerang events.
- Design and Construction - This category contains sites that discuss building techniques and plans for making boomerangs.
- Directories - This category contains link lists and directories specific to Boomerang. A Directory is a sight that categorically lists Boomerang websites through a tree of pages including titles and descriptions for each site. A Link List is a list of Boomerang websites organized in some fashion including at least a titled link for each site.
- General
- Organizations - This category contains site listings for official administrative or governing bodies for the sport of boomerang.
- Personal Pages - This category contains personal sites created by boomerang fans and enthusiasts.
- Regional
- Science - This category contains sites specifically focused on the physics of boomerangs.
- Design and Construction - This category contains sites that discuss building techniques and plans for making boomerangs.
- Candlepin Bowling
- Candlepin is a variation of bowling which is unique to the New England States and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. The game consists of ten pins and a small ball much like Duckpin. Candlepin Bowling dates back to the 19th Century and is becoming more popular as it enters into the 21st Century.
- Directories - Includes sites that mainly have links to bowling relates sites and do not have much bowling related information within the page itself.
- Duckpin - A variation on tenpin bowling played with shorter, squatter pins and smaller balls.
- Five-Pin - Five-Pin bowling originated in Canada, where it is played in centres across the country. It is played with a small ball, the 5 pins have rubber rings around their middles, there are 3 balls per frame and a perfect game score is 450. Please read through the sites for more information.
- General - Information on the sport of bowling, with particular emphasis on tenpin bowling. (There are subsections for 5-pin, duckpin, candlepin, and lawn bowling as well.)
- Instructors - Websites offering bowling tips and bowling instruction.
- Lawn Bowling - Referred to as Lawn Bowling in North America and Bowls in the UK, Australia and most other countries where it is played. The sport can be played on either flat-surfaced lawns or 'crown greens', where the green has a rise in its middle. The object of Bowls is to get your bowls closest to an object ball, called a Jack. Not only do you have your competitor to deal with but the bowls themselves are not spherical and they are weighted to one side ('biased').
- News and Media - Bowling sites that include bowling news and bowling media on a national or world wide basis.
- Organizations - This is where all Bowling Associations and Organizations listed with our search engine can be found.
- Players - Includes personal pages of men and women in the sport of bowling.
- Regional - Bowling information specific to particular geographic regions, organized in the same fashion as the main Regional tree.
- Short Mat Bowls - Short mat bowls is an all-year sport unaffected by weather conditions and does not require a permanent location as the rink mats can be rolled up and stowed away. This makes it particularly appropriate for small communities as it can be played in village halls, schools, sports and social clubs, hotels etc. where space is restricted and is also required for other purposes: it is even played on North Sea oil rigs where space is really at a premium. The foam-backed rink mats range from a minimum length of 40ft to a maximum of 45ft. The width is 6ft. The game is played in broadly the same way, and provides the same enjoyment and has the same attractions as outdoor bowls. The object is for each player in a singles game or each team in a pairs, triples or fours to gain as many shots as possible by getting their bowls nearer to the jack than their opponents. The bowls themselves, and the smooth soled heel less footwear are the same as those used outdoors. The presence of the block, which prevents players from playing with force directly towards an opponents bowl in order to knock it out of a scoring position, and the narrow playing area, requires players to develop skill in using the natural bias on the bowls to bowl round the block.
- Skittles - The game of skittles, or nine-pin bowling, is the forerunner of all other modern forms of pin bowling.
- Software - Includes software related sites for the sport of bowling.
- Tournaments
- Directories - Includes sites that mainly have links to bowling relates sites and do not have much bowling related information within the page itself.
- Boxers
- Chats and Forums - Message Boards, chatrooms and mailing lists for boxing.
- Fan Pages
- General
- Gyms - This category is the place to submit official boxing gyms only. Other general purpose gyms should be submitted to /Health/Fitness/Gyms/
- History - Catergory strictly for boxing history and resources for information ang boxers of the past.
- News and Media - Web pages designed to provide historical as well as current information on the sport of boxing.
- Organizations - This catergory is solely for the sports governing bodies.
- Promotions - Catergory for the managerial, representation and promotional side of boxing. TV shows, media and press release firms close to the sport can also be submitted here.
- Regional - Category for boxing sites providing a more localized round up of news, rather than a global perspective.
- Women
- Chats and Forums - Message Boards, chatrooms and mailing lists for boxing.
- All-Stars
- All-star cheerleading teams are especially trained to compete against other cheer teams. Whereas, recreational and school sponsored cheer teams may or may not compete, and cheer for other sports such as: football, hockey, soccer or basketball.
- Camps
- College and University
- General - Sites, links, and information related to the sport of Cheerleading.
- High School - Cheerleading teams that represent public and private high schools through performing public relations activities, promoting school spirit, cheering for other sports teams, and competing with like teams.
- NFL Cheerleaders - National Football Leagues Cheerleading Squads.
- News and Media - Articles and publications about cheerleading
- Organizations
- Youth and Recreation - Midget football, elementary through Jr. High, YMCA and community sponsored teams.
- Camps
- Governing Bodies
- Categories for individual college and university athletic conferences and associations throughout the world.
- Intramural - Organized sports played among students within the bounds of a single institution.
- News and Media - Sites for articles, publications, video, and other news and media focusing on university athletics.
- Organizations - Organizations both for student athletes and for professionals working in college and university sports.
- Recruiting - Information for secondary school and junior college athletes regarding recruitment for major university athletic programs and scholarships.
- Intramural - Organized sports played among students within the bounds of a single institution.
- Blind
- This category is for sites dealing with blind cricket.
- Chats and Forums
- Coaching
- Collecting - For sites about cricket-related collectibles.
- Directories - Directories, portals, link lists and search engines that encompass the sport in general.
- ICC - Sites about members, associations, leagues, clubs and players of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
- IWCC - Sites about members, associations, leagues, clubs and players of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).
- Indoor - Indoor Cricket is an increasingly popular version of Cricket. It is played with a full-sized pitch, but on a rectangular court completely surrounded by strong, tensioned netting. International Test Matches are played regularly, and the Indoor Cricket World Cup is contested every two years. Countries which have contested the World Cup are Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and India. Indoor Cricket is also played to varying degrees in the United Arab Emirates, Namibia, Trinidad, Sri Lanka, Canada, and Papua New Guinea.
- Movies
- Museums
- News and Media - Original cricket news and commentary providing worldwide coverage of the sport.
- Office
- Players - This category is for sites dealing with cricket players.
- Ratings - This category is for sites dealing with cricket ratings.
- Science - This category is for sites dealing with the science of cricket.
- Softball
- Statistics - Includes resources offering batting, bowling, fielding and other statistics from league, Test and One Day International cricket matches.
- Super 4s - A backyard style of cricket played in the spirit of Super 8s and with some similarities to indoor cricket.
- Tennisball
- Vigoro - Vigoro is a combination between cricket and baseball, played on a pitch similar to that of cricket.
- Chats and Forums
- Associations
- Governing bodies that regulate and promote the sport of croquet in geographical areas.
- Clubs - Organized clubs with members that play croquet at a particular croquet court.
- Coaching - Advice on how to learn to play, or improve your croquet skills.
- General - Croquet from the French word for a crooked stick, has its origins dating back since the 14th century. There are several forms of croquet including, most notably British lawn croquet and American lawn croquet. The latter offers various options including: Backyard nine-wicket, American six-wicket, international six-wicket, and golf croquet, which uses the nine-wicket layout. The World Croquet Federation (WCF) is the international governing body for croquet.
- History
- Image Galleries - Croquet picture galleries from around the world.
- Introduction - Pages the introduce the game of croquet to people who don't know much about croquet.
- Personal Pages - Individuals interested in the sport of croquet.
- Resorts - Resorts, hotels, and tours that feature the sport of croquet.
- Clubs - Organized clubs with members that play croquet at a particular croquet court.
- Antique and Collectible Bikes
- Antique and collectible bicycles include those that are old and have become rare and desirable collectors items, are custom made or are of a limited production run.
- BMX - BMX (aka, Bicycle Motorcross) and BSX (Bicycle Supercross) include a variety of cycling disciplines and areas such as street, flatland, vert and dirt jumping.
- Bike Shops - The term, "Bike Shops" and the entries in this category refer to bicycle service shops, bicycle repairs shops, full-service bicycle shops, or dealers/retailers that are of interest to a regional (or local) community.
- Chats and Forums - Use for cycling-related groups of sites that include links for interactive, real-time online chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups, and message boards.
- Choppers - This section is for bikes that are constructed for reasons other than performance or utility. The usual versions are choppers, but the category also includes species such as tallbikes, battle wagons, and amphibious pleasure craft.
- Classifieds - These are sites that allow you to either read or place classified ads to buy, sell, or trade bikes or bicycle related gear.
- College and University - College and university web sites dedicated to cycling, including regional conferences.
- Commuting and Advocacy - Category contains cycling related sites involved in transportation methods (commuting) and safety (advocacy) of cyclists within their community.
- Conferences - Use for formal and informal conferences, meetings, trade shows, and workshops, and associated events related to cycling.
- Directories - Use for sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of resources covering cycling sport. Directories is used in place of Guides for sites which provide a straight list of sites, sometimes with a brief description and not, generally, including additional information. For example, the Open Directory Project is a directory.
- Disabled - Some cyclists have disabilities which may affect the way they ride. For example, blind cyclists sometimes partner with sighted cyclists to ride tandem bicycles.
- FAQs, Help, and Tutorials - This category contains collections of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about bicycling. Most are from the various rec.bicycles.* newsgroups.
- Human Powered Vehicles - The following is an excerpt from HPV Deutschland e.V. . "Human-powered vehicles include land, air and aquatic vehicles. These vehicles are powered solely by human muscles. They don't use any form of stored energy." HPVs can be divided into three main categories: Air Human Powered Aircraft (HPA), Sea Human Powered Boats (HPB), Land Recumbents and Handcycling .
- Indoor - Includes links to sites related to the sports of Indoor Cycling. Indoor Cycling is a general classification to group several sports that may or may not be held in an international championship or tournament. Sports within Indoor Cycling include: Cycle Ball - also known as Cycle Soccer or Radball (German). It is a court game played while riding a bike. It is very popular in Europe and Asia. Artistic Cycling - also known as, Cycle Figure. Competitions involve performing acrobatic and artistic move on a bicycle. There are single and pair categories for both male and female.
- Lowrider
- Mountain Biking - The Open Directory Mountain Biking category is dedicated to cataloging all the significant mountain biking resources on the Internet. mountain bike: noun;Date-1984: an all-terrain 18 - 27 speed bicycle with wide knobby tires.
- News and Media - Magazine and e-zines, publications, books, professional journals directed towards the cycling community, including road, tandem, human-powered vehicles, recumbents, handcycles, choppers, and lowriders. Sites with large repositories of articles.
- Organizations - Cycling organizations at a national or international level that are described in English .
- Personal Pages - Collection of web pages about an individual or group and their interests in cycling, except for mountain biking and BMX (which have their own categories).
- Polo - According to the Bicycle Polo Association of America : "Bicycle polo combines three key elements: cycling, racket sports, and team play. Most active people currently enjoy at least one of those by itself (e.g. mountain biking, tennis, or basketball)."
- Racing - This category covers bicycle racing in its many forms: road races, criteriums, stage races, track, mountain biking, cyclocross. If it's on a bike and competitive, it's here.
- Railbikes - Railbikes are chain-driven cycles that are ridden on railroad tracks.
- Regional - Includes links to continental categories related to bike shops , tour operators , travelogues (personal travel accounts) , and organizations, such as clubs and teams . Sites directly listed within the regional branch of cycling are usually restricted to general resource sites such as local bicycle laws, along with annual events held within a local area.
- Safety - Sites or pages dedicated to the education and promotion of bicycling safety. Also includes information from manufacturers of cycle safety products (e.g. helmets and lights).
- Science - Sites offering techniques of engineering, construction, calculation maintenance and repair of bicycles and ancillary equipment.
- Tandem - Tandem bicycles enable two riders to share a bicycle. They usually have two sets of pedals so that both riders contribute to moving the bike.
- Travel - This category includes entries about bicycle and cycling travel, not specific to travelogues (personal accounts about tours conducted in someone's past) and tour operators (a company that provides cycle and bicycle tours). This top category would include directories of bicycle travel, chats and forums on bicycle travel, magazines and e-zines on bicycle travel, associations, guides and resources that do not directly sell bicycle travel opportunities. See the Submission Notice for more details.
- Unicycling - The one-wheeled sport of unicycling has a wide range of possibilities that can be done such as Mountain Unicycling , Long Distance, Unicycle Hockey , Freestyle and many others.
- Winter - Includes links to resources related to cycling in cold weather or winter. Sites may include, but not limited to: sites of informative nature, support groups and organizations, discussion forums, and personal pages.
- Women - Category includes features, issues, articles and web sites dedicated to cycling for women.
- BMX - BMX (aka, Bicycle Motorcross) and BSX (Bicycle Supercross) include a variety of cycling disciplines and areas such as street, flatland, vert and dirt jumping.
- Directories
- Directories of darts related sites.
- General - The game or sport of throwing a small arrow-like projectile at a target from a fixed distance. Usually the target is a board of concentric rings also divided into numbered sections. Sometimes the goal is just to hit as closely as possible to the center, sometimes the goal is to hit sections in a certain order.
- News and Media - Darts related news and media sites, including magazines and e-zines.
- Organizations - Dart leagues, associations, and organizations around the world.
- Players - Professional darts players from around the world.
- General - The game or sport of throwing a small arrow-like projectile at a target from a fixed distance. Usually the target is a board of concentric rings also divided into numbered sections. Sometimes the goal is just to hit as closely as possible to the center, sometimes the goal is to hit sections in a certain order.
- Athletes
- Sites for or by athletes that are recognized successes in their fields are listed in this category.
- Blind - This category lists sites which manage sports for visually impaired or blind athletes.
- Camps - This category lists sites for organizations or programs that offer disabled sports opportunity at a specific location. These programs may be for-profit or not-for-profit. Organizations that endeavor to provide training opportunities and competitions for a wide geographic region are not listed in this category, but in Sports: Disabled .
- Cerebral Palsy - This category is dedicated to sites which support sports for individuals with cerebral palsy.
- Deaf - Sites dedicated to organizations and clubs which support sports for deaf individuals are listed in this category.
- Events - This category contains sites about competitive events for the disabled athlete.
- General
- Mentally Challenged - This category lists sites which are dedicated to sports for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
- Regional - This category lists sites related to a specific region that cover both multiple sports and multiple disabilities. Disability specific sports sites are listed in the disability's subcategory. For example, an organization focused on sports for the deaf are listed in Sport: Disabled: Deaf .
- Wheelchair - Injuries and disabilities of the legs or lower half of body often leave people still willing and able to participate in physical activity, or sport. However, many sports and games that typically involve running or kicking have to be modified to allow wheelchair play. This category contains information and sites about those sports that are played in wheelchairs.
- Blind - This category lists sites which manage sports for visually impaired or blind athletes.
- Associations and Clubs
- Associations or clubs are formed by groups of people with similar interests - the purpose is usually to promote the interest or activity and to provide resources and opportunities for those who share the interest. Associations and clubs are usually run on a not-for-profit basis with income being re-invested in the Association or club.
- Barrel Racing - As a sport, barrel racing developed from cowboy contests in determining who had the best cow ponies that could dodge around sagebrush at breakneck speed to out-maneuver the most wayward cow. Eventually three barrels replaced the sagebrush, cowgirls replaced the cowboy, and the cloverleaf pattern of racing became the standard. This sport is generally found at Rodeos, and in performance classes at breeds shows for the Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, and Paint.
- Breeds - horse : n, pl hors.es also horse [ME hors , fr. OE; akin to OHG hros horse] 1 a: a large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal ( Equus caballus , family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated by humans since a prehistoric period and used as a beast of burden, a draft animals, or for riding..... from Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary No matter how the horse is defined, it remains that for uncountable eons it has been a companion, a slave, a friend, and a partner in the upward climb of humanity. Selectively bred for specific type of work, the horse evolved over the centuries into an amazing number of types and shapes, many which still remain as distinct breeds today. Over 85 breeds are recognized by the international horse world, sponsored and promoted by breeds clubs, and enthuastically championed by owners themselves. Below you will find a number of breeds that are supported by websites, and found in this listing. wp
- Buzkashi - Buzkashi, or goat grabbing, is the national sport of Afghanistan. The game starts with a headless goat carcass placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area. Buzkashi is divided into two versions, Tudabarai and Qarajai. The game is very similar to polo except for fewer rules. Players are not allowed to shoot or stab a member of the opposing team.
- Carriage Driving - Horse and carriage driving is one of the fastest growing equestrian sports today. Driving a horse and carriage in harmony is a true art form. It can take years to become a successful carriage driver. With any luck, this section will provide some insight into the wonderful world of carriage driving. If you would like your web site included in this listing, it can only be listed in one category. Please make sure your site is not already listed before you request inclusion--thanks! Please note that listings are in no preferential order. All sites are treated equally and objectively. Sites listed within this category are non-commercial and are sports-related.
- Carriage, Hay, and Sleigh Rides - Close enough to horseback riding to count. :) This section for sites offering carriage rides, hayrides, or Sleigh Rides.
- Chats and Forums
- College and University Teams - Riding teams from Colleges and Universities throughout the United States and abroad.
- Competition Facilities - Large scale facilities offering show grounds and cross country courses for various equine organizations for all types of disciplines and events.
- Competitive Trail Riding - Competitive Trail Riding is often seen by most equestrians as the gentle, relaxed sister-sport to Endurance Riding. Although both sports are based upon riding distances, they are very different in their philosophies. Unlike the "race-to-win" attitude of Endurance Riding, CTR focuses primarily on the ability of the horse to travel specified distances while maintaining adherence to a strict framework of equine condition specifications and rigid time limits. It is a wonderful sport that is practiced throughout the equestrian world, and continually gaining more popularity among families and casual riders.
- Directories - This category offers directories providing links to sites of a general nature to the equestrian community. Directories that are specific to certain regions will be found in the Regional sub-category. Directores that are specific to a particular sport will be found under that discipline.
- Dressage - Dressage has been called an "elegant dance of horse and rider", and has been practiced as an art for centuries. In the western world the Greeks were among the first to extol this type of equestrian partnership by putting their training methods down in writing. Among the principles espoused was the need to train the horse as a war horse, including all the intricate movements necessary to assist the rider while fighting in close quarters. By necessary, these movements had to be precise and immediate, no matter where the horse was at any particular moment or time, or the soldier risked forfeit of his life. With training, these movements became more rigorously defined, building to a level of detail and precision that often required years of study for both horse and rider to develop and hone. The ancients may have set the stage for an enduring partnership between the horse and humanity, but it was the French, as great exponents of this art, who were the first to coin it "dressage". Although the horse no longer participates in the battlefields as it did in the past, the Dressage arts have moved to a higher level in the world of sports, advancing it world-wide on many levels -- from local beginner to international Olympic. It is a beautiful discipline of classic origins -- elegant to watch and a joy to ride.
- Education - This category focuses specifically on the professional education of those seeking a career with horses. Only sites providing substantial and comprehensive educational resources for the career student are included here. For general horse information and resources, please see http://dmoz.org/Sports/Equestrian/Directories/
- Endurance - Endurance Riding is unquestionably the most grueling, demanding, and physically challenging of all the equestrian disciplines. The thought of racing 50 to 100 miles over difficult terrain - often in only one day and only on one horse - is enough to turn most riders pale at the very prospect. For those less inclined to race at speed past the scenery, the sport of Competitive Riding offers no less of the horse and rider in terms of an ideal partnership, but at a slower pace. Whether it be Endurance or Competitive, once you have tried distance riding, you can never look back without a sense of utter awe and admiration for those that can take this sport to the highest level - be it the justifiably famous (or infamous) Tevis Cup (in the western US), the unbelievably grueling Old Dominion 100 (in Virginia), or the paragon of endurance rides - the Endurance event at the Olympic trials. This category offers a plethora of sites to whet your curiosity, interest, and needs in the fascinating world of distance riding. wp
- Equipment and Apparel - Open to sites that offer information on equipment and apparel specific to the equestrian disciplines.
- Eventing - For sheer thrill and excitement, there is no equestrian sport that can equal the blood-and-guts aura of Eventing -- or, as is often identified by it's proper name: Combined Training. The awesome power of a horse and rider team displaying a brilliant and fluid partnership in an elegant dressage test, and then a short time later flying at galloping speed over huge man-made and nature-enhanced obstacles in a run cross county run for miles, and then topping off their achievement in a test of skill, ability, and agility on a timed course of difficult show jumps is indeed an equestrian sport that demands the highest level of both horse and rider. The sport saw it's beginnings during the early 20th century when warfare still incorporated the use of the cavalry horse, and the rigorous training for battle demanded absolute obedience on both the parade ground and in the field under fire. The advanced military machinery of World War I, however, quickly (and utterly) destroyed forever the use of the horse in modern warfare. Nonetheless, the cavalry training methods refused to die. Still sponsored by the Olympic committee, they gradually migrated their way out of the military agenda, to be warmly received by the civilian equestrian community. The sport continues to be enjoyed on an international level, and is practiced by all levels - from novice to advanced, pony clubber to Olympian, from simple day events to the all-encompassing three-day. Some of the greatest and best known American (three day) Combined Training events are Radnor Hunt and Chesterland in Pennsylvania, Fair Hills in Maryland, Lexington in Kentucky, and Morven Park in Virginia. wp
- Fairs and Expos - Organized to present a broad overview of all facets of equestrian sports, both English, Western and driving, as well as the various breeds of horses and ponies used. Generally this includes clinics, demonstrations, lectures, preview of breeds, and educational opportunities for the spectator. Many equine fairs also host trade shows for those industries that are supported by the equestrian community.
- Gymkhana - Gymkhana means a competition in which horse and rider compete against others in timed events which test both speed and agility.
- Handicapped and Therapeutic Riding - This section is for sites that offer horse and riding based therapy for the handicapped and others.
- Health Care
- Jousting
- Mounted Orienteering - Based upon the objectives of the pioneers and explorers of the past centuries - the goal being to ride safely cross county from Point A to Point B while negotiating an unknown area with only a map as a guide - this sport involves a horse, map, compass, and a good sense of direction. The sport provides a fun unique learning experience and can be practiced either as a single or team effort.
- News and Media - This category relates to sites hosting on-line or broadcast news and media for equestrian events, happenings, and updates.
- Personal Pages - This section for anyone's personal home pages showing off their horse or telling tales (tails? :) about their horses.
- Polo - History claims that the honor of inventing the game of polo belongs to the ancient Persians whose brilliant artifacts often depicted this highly charged, fast-and-furious sport of what can loosely be described as "hockey on horseback." In truth, this fast-paced, team oriented sport is not widely seen outside the equestrian community except in South America where it is ranked among the most popular equestrian activities.
- Polocrosse - Polocrosse is a team equestrian sport similar to polo except a net is used intead of a mallet. Polocrosse was originally developed by combining the sports of polo and lacrosse at a riding school near London and was used as an exercise to help people improve their riding. The modern game took shape in Australia in the 1930s. Today, there are over 6,000 players in the world. A polocrosse team consists of six players, divided into two sections of three who play alternate chukkas of a maximum of eight minutes each, either six or eight chukkas usually comprising a full match. The three players in each section consist of a No. I or "Attack", a No. 2 or "Mid-Field", and No. 3 or "Defense". Teams score goals by throwing the ball through the opposition's goal posts. At the same time, they protect their goal from the other team. All players can catch, carry and throw the ball with their racquets. However, only the player at the number 1 position is allowed to score. The rules are designed with one primary concern, safety -- for player and horse. Anything creating a dangerous situation is ruled illegal and is a penalty. The game is played on a pitch about the same size as rugby pitch.
- Racing - Since the dawn of time, when humanity first scrambled upon the horse, racing has been a sport enjoyed by both rich and poor, educated and illiterate, young and old. Known officially as "The Sport of Kings", this exciting horse sport spans venues from turf to dirt tracks to hurtles, and a variety of distances ranging from short, explosive quarter mile tracks to races covering miles at a stretch. Specialized breeds were developed over the centuries to produce racehorses that could either run the farthest (the Arabian), the fastest (the Thoroughbred), the quickest (the American Quarter Horse), or out-trot anything on four legs (the Standardbred). The result was the promotion of an unparallel level of refinement in the selection of various racing bloodlines that are closely controlled by governing bodies overseeing the now multi-billion dollar racing/breeding industry. This category is devoted to all sites promoting, sponsoring, or providing information on flat, harness, or steeplechase horse racing. wp
- Riding Stables - This category offers a listing of equestrian riding stables that offer training, boarding, and lessons. They may also host shows and events on the facility property.
- Saddle Seat - The development of the modern Saddle Seat equitation is founded on the ideals of the early colonial plantation owners who, by virtue of their vast land holding, sought to find the most comfortable horses to ride during the overseeing of the daily operation. As a result many of America's gaited horses were selectively breed and developed to produce a smooth, fast walk and running walk (often called a "single foot") plus a rocking-horse canter that is without peer, none of which required the rider to post or rise from the saddle at any time.
- Sales and Services - This category offers information on horse sales and equine services via links to other equine related areas of ODP.
- Show Jumping
- Shows - Competitive Equestrian events covering all disciplines from riding to driving.
- Sidesaddle - A very elegant method of riding that developed in about the 16th Century for ladies to ride with more security than pillion, and is today still practiced exclusively by women.
- Training - Without proper training, a horse is just a nice looking animal. There are many types of training, and many training approaches. Horses may be trained to a high level for a particular type of sport, and specialist trainers will be found under the discipline or breed in which they specialize. Riders also must be trained, but sites relating to teaching and training the rider are not included in Sports/Equestrian/Training.
- Vacations and Touring - Horse riding is an increasingly popular activity for holiday makers and many establishments cater specifically for those wishing to enjoy a horse riding holiday. Many Riding Stables also provide facilities for the casual rider but this category is for facilities that specialise in providing horse riding tours and holidays for vistors to an area.
- Vaulting - Excerpt from American Vaulting Association's website : "Vaulting is one of the seven equestrian disciplines recognized by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) for international competition, and is most easily described as gymnastics performed on the back (or other parts) of a moving horse."
- Western Performance - Western Performance disciplines trace their roots to competitive cowboys wanting to prove they were the best rider who rode the best horse. These informal competitions have evolved in the past 100 years to organized events with specific rules and organizations to govern them. Though originating in the United States, participation in western riding has quickly spread around the World.
- Barrel Racing - As a sport, barrel racing developed from cowboy contests in determining who had the best cow ponies that could dodge around sagebrush at breakneck speed to out-maneuver the most wayward cow. Eventually three barrels replaced the sagebrush, cowgirls replaced the cowboy, and the cloverleaf pattern of racing became the standard. This sport is generally found at Rodeos, and in performance classes at breeds shows for the Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, and Paint.
- African Games
- Asian Games
- Can-Amera Games - The Can-America Games between Cambridge (Ontario, Canada) and Saginaw (Michigan, United States) Townships provide organized competitive events for male and female participants, 9 years and older.
- Commonwealth Games - Venues 1930 Hamilton (CAN), 1934 London (ENG), 1938 Sydney (AUS), 1950 Auckland (NZL), 1954 Vancouver (CAN), 1958 Cardiff (WAL), 1962 Perth (AUS), 1966 Kingston (JAM), 1970 Edinburgh (SCO), 1974 Christchurch (NZL), 1978 Edmonton (CAN), 1982 Brisbane (AUS), 1986 Edinburgh (SCO), 1990 Auckland (NZL), 1994 Victoria (CAN), 1998 Kuala Lumpur (MAS), 2002 Manchester (ENG), 2006 Melbourne (AUS)
- East Asian Games
- European Youth Olympic Days
- General - Major sporting events often feature multiple sports, and invite competitors from around the world. Sometimes these events are for specific regions, groups of people, or groups of sports.
- Goodwill Games
- Gorge Games
- Island Games
- Maccabiah Games - The Maccabiah Games, sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics", were first held in the midst of a worldwide depression. 390 athletes and 14 nations competed, figures similar to the participation in the very first Olympic Games 36 years before. The Maccabi movement, named for Judah (The Hammer) Maccabee, was initiated in 1895-96 when the first all-Jewish Maccabi gymnastics club was formed in Constantinople. By the end of World War I, more than 100 Maccabi-style clubs existed in Europe. The first Maccabiah Games, featuring 13 countries and 300 athletes, was held in 1932. World events forced the delay of the third Maccabiah Games, scheduled for 1938, until 1950. The Maccabiah Games have been a quadrennial event since 1957. In 1997, a record 5500 athletes from 53 nations competed in 43 different events.
- Masters Games
- Mediterranean Games - Includes sites about Mediterranean Games. This event features many Olympic sports in which compete athletes from countries around the Mediterranean Sea.
- Military World Games
- Olympics - Sites about the Olympic Games in general, including the history of the Games.
- Police and Fire Games
- Scholar-Athlete Games
- South Asian Federation Games - The South Asian Federation Games (SAF Games) are a regional mini competition for Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka .
- South East Asian Games
- Universiades - The world "Universiade" comes from "university" and "Olympiad," and means Olympic games for students. The first World Student Games were held in Paris in 1923. Following the Paris Games, competitions with participants from around the world were held in many places in Europe. The 1939 games were in Monaco and Vienna in the years previous. The International Confederation of Students in the West and the International Students Union in the East began separate games. It was not until 1957 that athletes from both the Western and Eastern blocks met to compete in joint games held in Paris. Two years later in 1959, the first "Universiade" was held in Turin under the auspices of the International University Sports Federation (FISU). Since then, the event has been known as "Universiade."
- Asian Games
- All-Terrain Boarding
- Combines skateboarding, mountain biking, and snowboarding into one.
- Base Jumping - BASE is an acronym standing for the four main types of objects that are jumped: building, antenna, span (bridge), earth (cliff). For a jumper to attain a BASE number they must jump from each of these objects.
- Bungee Jumping - Diving with safety rope; a dive from a high place using an elastic cord tied to the ankles as a restraint.
- Directories - Includes sites that list links to Extreme Sports sites or are portals or communities for Extreme Sports.
- Events - Includes sites focused on one or more extreme sport events, festivals, race, or competition.
- General - Sites listed in this category are for sports that are a bit over the edge and are not typically promoted and supported by traditional schools. Participants are of a thrill seeking nature and often consider themselves adrenaline junkies.
- Image Galleries - Sites with a focus on Extreme Sports photos.
- Land Luge - Land or street luge involves lying down on a board which is longer than your body and has wheels. The idea is to be propelled by gravity down a road or track.
- Magazines and E-zines
- Personal Pages - Includes personal sites focusing on more than one extreme sport.
- Videos and Films - Includes sites that include or promote Extreme Sports videos, films, or movies.
- Winter Games
- Base Jumping - BASE is an acronym standing for the four main types of objects that are jumped: building, antenna, span (bridge), earth (cliff). For a jumper to attain a BASE number they must jump from each of these objects.
- Auto Racing
- Fantasy Racing Websites
- Baseball
- Basketball - Links to Fantasy Basketball related sites. Feel free to submit links to free and pay-for-play leagues, as well as informational resources.
- Bicycle Racing
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Cricket
- Dog Racing - This category is for sites dealing with fantasy dog racing.
- Fishing
- Football - Like other Fantasy sports, Fantasy Football attempts to simulate your "dream team" if you were running the show. Players' performances in actual NFL games are translated into points to determine a final result for your team and your opponent. Scoring systems vary, with some systems penalizing your team for turnovers, giving up a lot of points, and so on, while others only work with the "positive" statistics. Some Fantasy Football players still use pencil and paper and exchange telephone calls to make roster changes and the morning paper for their statistics. However, there are legions of new fans who are using one of the many on-line services that take care of all of the number-crunching for you and allow you to play against other fans from around the world. Please note: Games in which you choose the winner of each game, whether for free or pay-to-play, straight-up or against the spread, will be found in Games: Gambling: Sports .
- General - Just about every professional sports fan has dreamed about having a team full of star players or, when their team's general manager makes another boneheaded move, that they could be the one calling the shots and signing, or releasing, players for the betterment of the team. Fantasy sports is an outlet for just such a person. By using the stats of real players in real games, team "owners" get to see how their "dream team" stacks up against others. Once relegated to pencil-and-paper and the local newspaper's sports section, Fantasy Sports have moved to the web in a big way. This category contains information on all aspects of Fantasy Sports, from places to play to guides on who to "draft" and who should start each week. Other games that use the results of real-life professional sports games, such as "pick 'em" contests, are not part of fantasy sports. (You will find most such games in Games: Gambling: Sports .
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey - Links to Fantasy Hockey related sites. Feel free to submit links to free and pay-to-play leagues, as well as informational resources.
- Horse Racing
- Lacrosse
- Resources
- Shopping
- Simulations - Unlike regular Fantasy Sports, simulations use models to determine outcomes. These models very often utilize computer software but can be board games like Strat-O-Matic. While actual team and/or player performance in a sport may help build the simulation model, the results are not based on actual games/contests. In fact, building your own player/team is one of the selling points of these types of games. In this category you will find links to Sport Simulations.
- Skiing
- Soccer - Just about every professional sports fan has dreamed about having a team full of star players or, when their team's general manager makes another boneheaded move, that they could be the one calling the shots and signing, or releasing, players for the betterment of the team. Fantasy sports is an outlet for just such a person. By using the stats of real players in real games, team "owners" get to see how their "dream team" stacks up against others. Once relegated to pencil-and-paper and the local newspaper's sports section, Fantasy Sports have moved to the web in a big way. This category contains information on all aspects of Fantasy Sports, from places to play to guides on who to "draft" and who should start each week. Other games that use the results of real-life professional sports games, such as "pick 'em" contests, are not part of fantasy sports. (You will find most such games in Games: Gambling: Sports .
- Tennis
- Tug of War
- Baseball
- Classical
- Category dedicated to the classical, non-electric form of fencing.
- Clubs - This category is dedicated to salles or clubs that offer instruction or practice in Olympic fencing.
- Coaching - Category for websites which contain information about coaching the sport of fencing.
- College and University - Schools, colleges and universities which field competitive Olympic-style fencing teams.
- Competitions - Sites for fencing tournaments, competitions, cups and championships are listed in this category.
- Directories - Sites listed in this category provide alphabetical or classified lists of fencing resources.
- General - This category contains general information on western Olympic, Classical, and, less frequently, Historical fencing. Each of these versions of fencing involves individual vs. individual competition using some European version of a sword. Olympic fencing enthusiasts practice the modern version of the sport, utilizing electronic scoring equipment. The majority of sites in this category are dedicated to Olympic-style fencing. Classical enthusiasts do not utilize electronic scoring and practice and compete emphasizing the nobility of the sport. Historical fencing typically utilizes multiple weapons at once, and practices the sport prior to the days of directed (refereed) bouts. Eastern fencing martial arts sites are listed in the Sports/Martial Arts category.
- News and Media - This category is dedicated to media, publications or general news about the world of fencing. Publications related to classical fencing are contained in Sports/Fencing/Classical .
- Organizations - Contains websites for organizations which govern amateur Olympic fencing.
- Personal Pages - This category contains sites about fencing that is primarily personal and subjective in nature, and not affiliated in any official manner with a club, organization or competition.
- Wheelchair - This category is dedicated to the sport of wheelchair fencing, a variant of the Olympic sport.
- Clubs - This category is dedicated to salles or clubs that offer instruction or practice in Olympic fencing.
- Disc Golf
- Category for clubs, courses, instruction, and any other topic relating to disc golf.
- Double Disc Court - Category dealing with Double Court frisbee.
- Freestyle - Category dealing with Freestyle Frisbee.
- General - This category lists all non-canine sports involving a disc including double court, disc golf, guts, freestyle, ultimate frisbee, and goaltimate.
- Goaltimate - Goaltimate is a non-contact sport where the objective is to throw the disc through an arched goal with the disc then being caught by the offensive receiver in the 24 x 24 end zone.
- Ultimate Frisbee - Ultimate is a non-contact sport that combines the endurance of soccer, with the strategic play of basketball and the precision passing and teamwork of football. But the truth is it's unlike any other sport. Men and women play on the same teams. The rules are simple, but the strategies are complex. Played with a frisbee, Ultimate relies on the mutual respect of players rather than the use of referees to insure fair play. There are no referees. The object of the game is to score goals. The disc may only be moved by passing as the thrower is not allowed to take any steps. A goal is scored when a player successfully passes the disc to a teammate in the endzone which that team is attacking. Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.
- Double Disc Court - Category dealing with Double Court frisbee.
- American
- This category is for topics relating to American rules football, by various measures the most popular spectator team sport in the United States. The American game is played by two opposing teams of eleven on a 100x53 yard field, delinated by a goal line and an elevated set of goal posts at either end. The offense must move the ball, by passing or running, ten yards in four plays ("downs") towards the opponent's goal line in an attempt to score. If the line is crossed, they score "touchdown," worth six points; otherwise, possession is yielded; scoring and possession may be accomplished through various additional means depending on the rules of the game in question. Kicking games were practiced in pre-colonial and colonial times under various rules. The first intercollegiate matchup took place on November 6, 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers Universities, but the distinctive rules of American football developed from the merging of the soccer-like rules adopted by Princeton, Rutgers, Yale and Columbia with those of the rugby-like running game observed by Harvard and McGill in the 1870s and 1880s.
- Arena - Closely related to American or gridiron football, arena football is played indoors on a 50-yard field with 8 players to a team, limited substitutions and no punting.
- Australian Rules - Australian Rules Football is a fast growing sport which originated in Victoria, Australia and was originally called the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1990, due to a number of interstate sides joining the competition, the VFL changed its name to the Australian Football League or AFL, making it a National Sport. In recent years more people have been drawn to the sport from overseas, with 8 leagues competing in the International Cup and 47 countries now involved with the Sport.
- Canadian - Canadian Football is very similar to American Football with some significant differences. Canadian Football fields are larger and they play twelve to a side. Canadian Football is generally more "wide open" than its American counterpart. Here you will find information about Canadian Football, from Youth to the Pros. In some cases, Canadian football refers to football played in Canada but some teams/leagues follow American rules.
- General - A wide variety of sports are known by the name 'football' in various parts of the world. Please see the appropriate subcategory for the type of football in which you're interested.
- International Rules - International Rules is a recently developed football code which is a hybrid of Australian Rules Football and Gaelic Football. These latter two codes have quite a few similarities. International Rules was developed primarily so that top-level Irish and Australian footballers would be able to play international matches against each other.
- Rugby League - In 1895, when 12 clubs decided to split from the Northern Rugby Football Union, few could have envisaged that 100 years later, the game of rugby league would become the second most popular spectator sport in Britain and spread as far and wide as Australia, New Zealand and even Papua New Guinea. Two teams take part in a game of rugby league with 13 players on each team at "kick off". Each team also have 4 substitutes/replacements available to bring on at any appropriate moment in the game. Each teams "13" is made up of 7 "backs" and 6 "forwards" . The backs are generally regarded as the attacking players and usually have more pace than the bigger more powerful forwards who are usually the "yard" makers. The object of the game is for one team to score more points than the other team. There are 80 minutes in which to do this. A team can score points through scoring a "try" or kicking a "goal".
- Rugby Union - The object of the game is that two teams of fifteen, ten or seven players each, observing fair play according to the Laws and sporting spirit, should by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding the ball score as many points as possible, the team scoring the greater number of points being the winner of the match.
- Arena - Closely related to American or gridiron football, arena football is played indoors on a 50-yard field with 8 players to a team, limited substitutions and no punting.
- Camogie
- Camogie is a field game similar to hurling but played by women and girls.
- College and University
- Football - Gaelic Football can be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, although it predates both. Australian Rules football is said to have evolved from Gaelic football. The sport is played on a field approximately 137m long and 82m wide. The goalposts are the same shape as in rugby, with the crossbar lower than rugby and slightly higher than soccer. There are fifteen players per side. The ball is round and slightly smaller than a soccer ball. It can be carried in the hand for a distance of four steps and can be kicked or "hand-passed", a striking motion with the hand or fist. After every four steps the ball must be either bounced or "solo-ed," an action of dropping the ball onto the foot and kicking it back into the hand. You may not bounce the ball twice in a row. To score, you put the ball over the crossbar by foot or hand/fist for one point or under the crossbar and into the net by foot or the hand/fist in certain circumstances for a goal, the latter being the equivalent of three points.
- General - Gaelic sports consist of hurling , camogie , and Gaelic football , as well as handball and shinty .
- Hurling - Hurling is an ancient field game played with a stick (hurley) and ball (sliotar) in teams of fifteen. The sliotar may be struck with the hurley, an open hand, or kicked but may only be lifted directly from the ground using the hurley. Shoulder to shoulder contact is allowed.
- News and Media - News and media sites related to any or all of the Gaelic sports.
- Organizations - There are over 2,500 Gaelic sports clubs in Ireland alone. Most have both hurling and football teams, but some concentrate exclusively on one sport. As well, there are established clubs located in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and many other parts of the world.
- Shinty
- College and University
- General
- Goalball was invented in 1946 by an Austrian Hanz Lorenzen and a German, Sett Reindle. It is a unique team sport for the visually impaired, played by 2 teams of 3 players. All players are blind-folded to enable blind, visually impaired and sighted athletes to compete together. The game is of 14 minutes duration (playing time) divided into 2 x 7 minute halves. The ball used (which is called a goalball), weighs 1.25 kg and contains noise bells. The object of the game is to roll the ball over the opponent's goal line using a bowling action.
- Torball - Torball is a sport for the blind and visually impaired. It is played by two teams on opposite sides of an indoor playing field.
- Torball - Torball is a sport for the blind and visually impaired. It is played by two teams on opposite sides of an indoor playing field.
- Chats and Forums
- This category is a collection of sites with chat rooms and message forums for golf enthusiasts.
- College and University
- Community and Clubs
- Course Architecture
- Courses - This category is for the sites of individual golf courses , golf course directory sites, tee-time reservations sites, and course management companies . Please list your company or club under the appropriate sub-category .
- Directories - Web sites that contain data relating to golf in a searchable format. For example listings of courses, instructors, clubs, or golf destinations to name a few.
- Disabled - This category contains sites for clubs, organizations and resources that support disabled golf.
- Driving Ranges - For ODP listing purposes, a "Driving Range" is defined as either an indoor or outdoor facility whose primary purpose is the practice of golf or recreational functional known as "ball beating." It may have periperhal functions such as batting cages, but golf must be the primary purpose. If instruction is also a function of the center, determine whether the primary element is a place of recreation or practice or the function of teaching, coaching or instructing. If the primary purpose is the former, submit here. If it is the latter, submit in Golf/Instruction.
- Etiquette
- Golfers - This category is a collection of pages dedicated to specific golfers and includes biographical and fan pages.
- Humor - This category is a collection of jokes, cartoons or funny anecdotes about the sport of golf or golfers themselves.
- Instruction - We have developed the category of Golf Instruction to provide golfers with information that is necessary for finding the right golfing information to help them learn and gain the ability to play this great game.
- Miniature Golf - This category is a collection of sites about the sport of miniature golf with sites about courses and course designers.
- News and Media - Sites for newspapers, television stations, magazines, publishing entities that relate to golf. Also includes internet based media sites. Does not include personal golf sites, or link sites.
- Organizations - This Category is for Golf Organizations , to include Associations, leagues, and Tours. All submissions should fit into one of the sub-categories listed below.
- Regional
- Resources - This category contains sites that provide golf information that are not covered under a specific category. Specialty software, handicap information.
- Software and Simulations
- Tournaments and Events - This category is for sites dedicated to a specific golf tournament or outing. The sites listed and maintained here should be annual events, and must be kept up to date to retain a listing.
- Travel - This category is a collection of sites that offer travel opportunities and packages for golfers.
- Women - This category is a collection of sites that cater specifically to female golfers.
- College and University
- Chats and Forums
- General - Sites that are associated with greyhound racing including, tracks, adoption agencies and news.
- Greyhounds
- News and Media - For categories related to greyhound racing news and media. News is information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. It is also a presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. Media is transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.
- Organizations - Sites dealing with racing tracks and organizations.
- Personal Pages
- Racing Kennels and Breeders - Racing kennels (including syndicates) and breeders of racing greyhounds.
- Statistics
- Tracks
- General - Sites that are associated with greyhound racing including, tracks, adoption agencies and news.
- Artistic
- For artistic men's and women's gymnastic sites.
- Organizations - For all gymnastics sites focusing on the USA.
- Rhythmic - For sites dedicated to the art of Rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnasts compete using different apparatus such as the ball, the hoop, the ribbon, clubs etc. There is a minimal amount of flipping and other artistic gymnastic moves.
- Trampoline and Tumbling - The sport of trampolining includes single trampoline as well as duo tramp and mini tramp. Routines are devised for the trampoline and put together, and judged for execution and style.
- Organizations - For all gymnastics sites focusing on the USA.
- General
- Modern version of a typical Irish sport introduced into the United States by Irish immigrants in the 19th century. Handball may be played by 2, 3 or 4 players. It is played outdoors (one-wall and three-wall versions) as well as indoors in a four-wall court. Handball players wear form-fitting gloves, usually made of soft leather. The purpose of the game is to hit the ball against a wall with either hand in such a way that the opponent or opponents cannot return the ball?that is, drive the ball back against a wall, before it has hit the floor twice. The open palm or the clenched fist may be used in hitting the ball. Server is a awarded a point if the ball is missed by the receiver. If during the volley the server misses a return, the opponent, becomes the server. The achievement of 21 points wins a game. Usually the best of three games wins a match. Handball should not be confused with the Olympic sport called "Team Handball", although it is very common in international circles to call Team Handball just Handball.
- Bandy
- Bandy is played on an ice rink the size of a soccer field with a low barrier along the side of the rink to stop the ball from rolling out of play. Teams are composed of 11 players on skates, who work to shoot the ball into the other team's net and prevent the other team from scoring into theirs.
- Broomball - Broomball is similar to ice hockey: it is played on a regular ice hockey arena with the same intention as hockey and that is to score more goals then your opposition. Broomball players run on the ice using specially designed shoes. Players move a rubber ball, approximately six inches in diameter, around the ice surface with the aid of a broom, and like ice hockey, the teams try to get the puck into the net more often than their opponent.
- Field Hockey - Field Hockey, or (just plain) Hockey as it is known in most parts of the world, is a stick and ball game with origins dating back thousands of years. It's traditionally played on grass, but it has become increasingly popular to play on synthetic surfaces at the elite level and in certain countries.
- Floorball - Floorball, Florball, Unihoc, Unihockey, Uni-Hockey, Innebandy, Salibandy, Hockey consom ... All you want to know about this sport is here (or will be here soon).
- History - Hockey has a rich and colorful history that rivals the history of any other sport. Pages dedicated to preserving this history of hockey are in this category. Pages could be devoted to a player, a team, or a league -- or any combination of the three. The common theme is remembering the teams and players of the past.
- Ice Hockey - General sites about the sport of ice hockey.
- Roller Hockey - Roller hockey is similar to the sport of ice hockey, but it is generally played on inline skates. Instead of ice, players skate surfaces ranging from driveways to Sport Court rinks. Pucks can be similar to ice hockey pucks, but often a ball is used.
- Services - This category contains sites about businesses offering hockey-related services, such as statistics, web site design, or skate sharpening.
- Street Hockey - Street hockey, also known as road hockey, ball hockey, or dekhockey, is played with tennis shoes in the street or outside. A rubber ball is used instead of a puck. It can be as informal as a group of kids playing a pickup game on a cul-de-sac or as formal as teams competing for a national championship.
- Underwater Hockey - Underwater Hockey is a fast paced sport played on the bottom of a pool using a mask, snorkel and fins (not SCUBA gear). Players advance the puck, pass the puck, and curl with the puck using a stick (or "bat"), usually held with a protective glove. Each side defends a goal, located at the bottom of one end of the playing area, into which the opposing team seeks to flick the puck. Players choose when they must breathe and when they must play; since there is no air at the bottom where the game is played, teamwork and timing are critical.
- Broomball - Broomball is similar to ice hockey: it is played on a regular ice hockey arena with the same intention as hockey and that is to score more goals then your opposition. Broomball players run on the ice using specially designed shoes. Players move a rubber ball, approximately six inches in diameter, around the ice surface with the aid of a broom, and like ice hockey, the teams try to get the puck into the net more often than their opponent.
- General
- This category is for sports games that are played informally and do not have organized federations or international events.
- General
- Jai Alai or Pelota Vasca (Basque Ball) is played hurling the ball (pelota) with the cesta directly into the front wall. The other player must catch the ball (with the cesta) on the fly or at the first bounce and throw it in one fluid motion. Only sites devoted to Jai Alai are appropriate for this category.
- General
- Kabaddi is a popular game among the people of Asia, especially in the villiges of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Japan. Some people believe it is an Indian game but no one knows the origin of this game. Some historians believe that it is nearly a 4,000 year old game. Kabbadi involves skills and powers of two teams and combines the characteristics of wrestling and rugby. It was originally meant to develop self defense, in addition to responses to attack, and reflexes of counter attack by individuals, and by groups or teams. It is a rather simple and inexpensive game, and neither requires a massive playing area, nor any expensive equipment. This explains the popularity of the game in rural areas. Kabaddi is played all over Asia with minor variations. Kabaddi is also known by various names such as Chedugudu or Hu-Tu-Tu in southern parts of India, Hadudu (Men) and Chu - Kit-Kit (women) in eastern India, and Kabaddi in northern India.
- Clubs
- General - Korfball is a game comparable to netball and basketball, invented in 1901 by an Amsterdam schoolmaster, Nico Broekhuysen (source: Encyclopedia Brittanica). First demonstrated in Holland in 1902. Korfball is played by two teams of 8 (4 men, 4 women) on a rectangular court roughly the same size as a basketball court. Action consists almost entirely of passing from hand to hand. Passing and movement forms the basis of the game with attackers using changes of speed and direction, combined with team tactics to try to lose their defenders in order to create a shooting chance.
- General - Korfball is a game comparable to netball and basketball, invented in 1901 by an Amsterdam schoolmaster, Nico Broekhuysen (source: Encyclopedia Brittanica). First demonstrated in Holland in 1902. Korfball is played by two teams of 8 (4 men, 4 women) on a rectangular court roughly the same size as a basketball court. Action consists almost entirely of passing from hand to hand. Passing and movement forms the basis of the game with attackers using changes of speed and direction, combined with team tactics to try to lose their defenders in order to create a shooting chance.
- Camps
- Camps offering instruction in the sport of lacrosse.
- Clubs - Post-collegiate lacrosse clubs located around the world.
- College and University - Lacrosse as it is played at colleges and universities.
- Directories - Lacrosse directories, offering organized links and resources.
- Drills and Coaching - Instructions, drills, hints, and tips for playing the sport of lacrosse.
- General - Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America, dating back to the 1400s. In 1636, Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary, witnessed Huron Indians playing a game with a ball carried and hurled from a curved stick with a pouch at the top. The Hurons called the game 'bagataway' but, since the stick was similar to a bishop's crosier (la crosse in French), it became known as la crosse and, eventually, lacrosse. Field lacrosse is played on a grass field about as long as a soccer field and box lacrosse is played indoors. It is the national sport of Canada but is also played in many other countries.
- Major League Lacrosse - Major League Lacrosse was formed in 1999 and began play in the summer of 2001 with six teams. MLL has made some rule changes to the traditional game to make it more exciting for fans.
- National Lacrosse League - The National Lacrosse League, or NLL, is a professional indoor or "box" lacrosse league. Founded in 1986, it was first known as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and later the Major Indoor Lacrosse League before assuming the NLL name in 1997.
- News and Media - News and media sites dealing with the sport of lacrosse.
- Organizations - Organizations promoting the sport of lacrosse.
- Personal Pages - Personal homepages dealing with the sport of lacrosse.
- Tournaments - Lacrosse tournaments around the world.
- Youth and High School - Lacrosse as it is played at the youth and high school level.
- Clubs - Post-collegiate lacrosse clubs located around the world.
- Arenas
- Indoor or outdoor locations to play laser tag and other laser games.
- General - This section is for web sites relating to laser games such as Laser Challenge, Lazer Tag, Q-Zar, and the like. Included are sites for arenas, clubs, and message boards.
- LaZerware
- Laser Challenge - This section is for web sites relating to the Laser Challenge brand of laser games. Included are sites for arenas, clubs, and message boards.
- Laser Quest
- Lazer Tag - This section is for web sites relating to the Lazer Tag brand of laser tag games. Included are sites for arenas, clubs, and message boards.
- Others
- Q-zar
- Zone Empire
- General - This section is for web sites relating to laser games such as Laser Challenge, Lazer Tag, Q-Zar, and the like. Included are sites for arenas, clubs, and message boards.
- General
- Lumberjack Sports. Chopping, sawing, logrolling,and other lumberjack events that are all current day sports throught the world today.
- Capoeira
- Capoeira is a martial art developed by African slaves in Brazil over 400 years ago. It is a mixture self-defense, acrobatics, dance, music and Brazilian culture. Please read the category guidelines before submitting a site.
- Christian - Christian Martial Arts schools, organizations and resources.
- Chung Moo Doe
- Disabled - Sites that primarily offers information, training, and support to the physically challenged in the Martial Arts.
- Events - Major Martial Art events often feature multiple styles, and invite competitors from around the world. Sometimes these events are for specific regions, groups of people, or groups of styles.
- Filipino - This category includes all Filipino martial arts, including Arnis, Escrima, Kali, Sikaran, and others.
- Fitness and Conditioning - Fitness and conditioning is a category indexing a variety of resources that are generally martial art based such as cardio kickboxing and self defense variants. Includes general combat sports training styles, exercises and nutrition.
- Hapkido - Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art that includes a collection of self defense techniques to deal with common attacks. The practice of Hapkido usually is focused on how to control atackers and therefore does not stress tournamants or competition. It is suitable for men and women of all ages. Hap Ki Do translates as 'The Way of Co-ordinated Power.'
- Humor - Martial Artist don't always take themselves seriously. This category just proves the point.
- Hwa Rang Do
- Iaido - Iaido is a Japanese martial art. The goal of Iai is to achieve the perfect draw, killing one's opponent in a single motion, removing the blood from the blade, and returning the sword to the scabbard. The aim of Iaido is to perfect oneself through the practice of Iai.
- Jeet Kune Do - Jeet Kune Do is the popular name of the martial arts training system and philosophy developed by the late Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee studied traditional Chinese gung-fu and other arts during his lifetime. He also developed some distinctive techniques and articulated his own theory of training. This category contains information about the martial arts as practiced by those who attempt to follow Bruce Lee's approach and methods.
- Jujutsu - Jujutsu is the traditional martial art of the Samurai of Japan. It's focus is on using an openent's energy against him/herself. Characterized by throws, joint locks, and sword techniqes, Jujutsu is also the predecessor to Aikido and Judo.
- Karate - Karate is one of the most well known Martial Art word in the world. As such, it is probably the must misunderstood and misused word. There are many schools that use the term "Karate" to describe their Martial Art. For the purposes of this category, "Karate" will be understood as the following. Karate, meaning empty hands, is a style of Martial Art with Okinawan and Japenese roots and traditions. One of the key figures of Karate is Gichin Funakoshi. Most of the traditional Karate systems today, can trace their lineage to him. Today, there are more systems of Karate than could possibly be categorized here. For your site to fit this category, it must represent a "Karate" system that has its origin in an Okinawan/Japanese traditional karate.
- Kendo - Kendo is the way of the sword, Japanese fencing. About 8 million people world-wide participate, 7 million of them in Japan. Kendoka wear armour protecting the head, throat, wrists and abdomen; these are the only legal targets. The split-bamboo practice sword, called a shinai, is wielded two-handed. Kenjutsu is the art of winning real fights with real swords is The primary goal of kenjutsu is victory over opponents; the primary goal of kendo is to improve oneself through the study of the sword. Kendo also has a strong sporting aspect with big tournaments avidly followed by the Japanese public. From JAPANESE SWORD ARTS FAQ VERSION 2.7 (c) Neil Grendzill 1998 Used with permission of the author
- Kenpo - Kenpo or Kempo (pronounced kempo) means law of the fist. Kenpo is comprised of many systems and it's history can be complicated to follow. It has strong ties to China, Japan, and Okinawa. Kenpo has many branches. Ed Parker's American Kenpo, Tracy Kenpo, Okinawan/Japanese Kenpo, Kenpo-Jujutsu, KaraHo Kempo, Kajukenbo, Shaolin Kenpo, and many more than can be listed here. The one thing that most Kenpo/Kempo systems have in common is it's focus on self-defense. Kenpo is very fast and very fluid in motion.
- Kickboxing - Kickboxing is a combat sport that combines Wester Boxing and Eastern Martial Art kicking.
- Kuk Sool Won
- Kung Fu - This category includes all martial arts of Chinese origin, often known in the West as "Kung Fu." It is the generic name for literally hundreds of individual Chinese fighting arts, both "internal" and "external," ancient and of relatively recent invention.
- Kyudo - Kyudo, literally the "way of the bow", is the traditional Japanese form of archery. The roots of this martial art come from battlefield archery (kyujutsu) and from ceremonial court archery, which was formed by neoconfucianistic thought via Chinese influence. No further encompassing definition shall be attempted here, as there is a variety of schools and groups with different traditions and shooting techniques, and a large number of ideologies and viewpoints. The official governing body in Japan is the All Nihon Kyudo Federation (ANKF) overseeing examinations (the usual Dan graduations and advanced teacher's grades: Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi) and organizing various championships where both esthetic and technical competence and the number of hits are evaluated. Affiliated to the ANKF are the European Kyudo Federation (EKF) and the American Kyudo Renmei (AKR). The ANKF teaches two shooting styles that differ in to the way of lifting the bow to or above head level: * Shomen style: Shomen uchiokoshi stems from horseback and ceremonial archery. The bow is raised in front of the body. Shomen style is the most common standard form within the ANKF and derived from Honda-ryu, an eclectic style established by Honda Toshizane around 1900. * Shamen style: Shamen uchiokoshi stems from footed battlefield archery, and is derived from the different branches of Heki ryu. The bow is raised on the left side. Besides these official shooting techniques of ANKF there are the classical schools (ryu) , dating back to the pre-Meji-period, including - Ogasawara-ryu: heavily stressing etiquette and ceremonies, for which they have been responsible at the imperial courts besides horsemanship and archery since the 13th century. - Takeda-ryu: teaching only yabusame, or traditional horseback archery (since the15th century) - Heki-ryu: preserving the foot soldier's traditional accurate shooting technique and battle drill dating back to the 15th century in a few surviving branches like Satsuma-ha, Chikurin-ha, and Insai-ha. There are other groups that are not affiliated to the ANKF: * Chozen-ji kyudo founded by Jackson Morisawa in Hawaii (combining Shomen style kyudo and Rinzai zen) * the groups taught by Shibata Kanjuro (having their main dojo in Boulder, Colorado and associated with the Shambala organization of Tibetan Buddhism)
- Ninpo - Ninpo is a martial system from Japan with roots extending centuries into history. The concept of Ninpo includes combat techniques (also known as ninjutsu), non-combative skills for working one's will in the world, and philosophies and spiritual training. As a martial system, all of these arenas are focused on enduring conflict succesfully, and the "nin" kanji in Japanese can be translated as "endurance" or "perseverance". Ninpo is characterized by some as "the art of winning". Ninjutsu techniques comprise grappling, striking, and joint locks, all either unarmed or with weapons. Timing and distance are emphasized over speed and strength. Adaptability and economy of movement are prized. Focus is on combat applicability (either modern or historical), with virtually no competitive element.
- Organizations - This category is for Martial Arts organizations, federations, and associations which are of a general aspect to martial arts or organizations for specific styles for which no category exists.
- People
- Resources - Includes links to sites and subcategories that cover a range of martial arts-related topics. Includes, but not limited to: News and Media coverage Chats and Forums Directories
- Russian - The arts of SAMBO, ROSS, Systema and others. These were all Russian military combat arts.
- Schools and Instruction - Includes schools as well as training and instructional programs for Martial Arts. Listings of non-traditional and eclectic martial arts.
- Silat - Silat is a general term that comprehensively denotes all Martial Arts based on the originally Southeast Asian (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Philippines) arts of Penca(k) and Silat . The root philosophy of Penca(k) and Silat in Southeast Asia includes aspects of self defense, social and spiritual ethics, arts, and sports. Further Martial Arts (i.e. Kun Tao , Pukulan ) have contributed to the actual forms of practice worldwide. Besides its native cultures in South East Asia, Penca(k) Silat especially began to flourish in the USA, the Netherlands, and other mainly European countries after World War II. In South East Asia and other parts of the world a world union of Pencak Silat (PERSILAT, headquarters located in Jakarta, Indonesia) exists, though this organization is not recognized by all schools. The PERSILAT organizes national and worldwide tournaments of Pencak Silat Sports ( Olahraga ) and Pencak Silat Art Form ( Seni Budaya ). According to the description of PERSILAT, one should distinguish between traditional, transitional (semi-modern) and modern type schools. However, this description may not fit completely to describe the forms of Penca(k) Silat schools generally and worldwide. Though many aspects and terms related to Penca(k) Silat are shared worldwide, a definite use of terminology and its meanings is currently not yet established. [last update of this description: Feb., 11th, 2003]
- Submission Fighting and MMA - Mixed Martial Arts is a relatively new and politically correct term for a sport that has been called Submission Fighting, No Holds Barred, Total Fighting, Anything Goes etc. Mixed Martial Arts incorporates the best of well established Martial Arts. Techniques from Jiu-Jitsu, Submission grappling, Muay Thai, Boxing, etc., are combined to create an all-around fighting style. The common denominator is reality. Testing what works within the limits of safety. Full contact. Mixed Martial Arts delivers what martial arts has promised for so long. Something exciting, and something that works. Other names for MMA sports include Vale Tudo, Shootfighting, Pankration and Submission Fighting
- Sumo
- Tae Kwon Do - The physical techniques of Taekwon-Do are based on the principles of modern science, in particular, Newtonian physics which teaches us how to generate maximum power. Military tactics of attack and defense have also been incorporated.
- Taido
- Tang Soo Do and Soo Bahk Do - The first evidence of Tang Soo Do, an ancient form of Korean martial arts, appeared during the Three Kingdom era (57 BC-935 AD) as Hwa Rang Do. The indigenous martial arts quietly developed through generations of the Korean people. During some eras it flourished and other times it diminished, according to the political, economic or cultural environment. The art was known by various names throughout the eras as Hwa Rang Do, Moo Sul, Kyuck Too Ki, Soo Bahk Ki, Soo Byuck Ki, and Taek Kyun respectively. Following Korea's independence in 1945 the Korean martial arts were again merged and flourished throughout the entire Korean Peninsula. Many organizations were founded with various names such as Soo Bahk Do, Tang Soo Do, and Tae Soo Do. At the beginning of the modern era of Korean martial arts, Tang Soo Do was the most popular term for these arts. However, at that time, the Korean political leader was concerned about establishing Korean values based on Korean nationalism. The political leaders recognized the popularity of Korean martial arts around the world, but were opposed to the use of the name Tang Soo Do for the art as it sounded like a Chinese martial art. The first word "Tang" could be interpreted as representing the Chinese Tang Dynasty (617-907 AD). In 1964, a small government-sponsored group created a new name for the Korean martial arts, Tae Kwon Do.
- Tukong Moosul
- Western - Western martial arts are often overlooked in favor of Asian martial arts. There is however a rich history of weapons and unarmed combat training and methods that trace back to ancient Western civilations. Modern boxing, fencing, and even wrestling have roots in older martial forms. Western or "Occidental" describes cultures stemming from the Greco-Roman, Celtic and Germanic traditions, and the lands those cultures historically dominated. Typically, this would include Europe and the Americas. A marked difference between Oriental and Occidental martial arts is the general Occidental mind set in terms of the time to train and learn new martial skills. The Occidental instructor's mind set appears very different from those of the Oriental instructor's mindset, in that the Occidental instructor is not concerned with deep ritual or ceremony that are often, an integral part of the Oriental martial arts. Occidental students expect their Masters to provide systematic and effective knowledge, that has immediate application. Given the rapidity of the growing numbers of western-oriented martial arts groups and schools, the indication is evident that technique and the ability to learn a new skills quickly are the biggest draw for western martial arts schools today. Portions of this description are (C)2001 by David M. Cvet from the Journal of Western Martial Art. Used with permission fo the author.
- Women - Women in Martial Arts. Includes clubs, organization, news, and informational.
- Christian - Christian Martial Arts schools, organizations and resources.
- ATV Racing
- Auto Racing
- Bar Stool Racing - Some believe this sport was created when a man, dealing with a mid-life crisis, decided to try something new. Bar stool racing involves an actual bar stool incorporated into a kart-type vehicle. One rider has achieved a world record of 45 miles per hour with his vehicle.
- Boat Racing - Includes links to Boat Racing sites including: Inboards Outboards Drags Offshore Juniors
- Chats and Forums - Includes links to sites offering a forum for discussion regarding motorsports. Sites may include, but not limited to: discussion forums, listservs, mailing lists, chat rooms, message boards (such as Yahoo! Groups), and related sites focused on providing fans the opportunity to ask questions, get answers or just to talk to other motorsport fans.
- Directories - Includes links to sites that serve a directory and link index sites to motorsport resources.
- Drivers and Teams - Includes links (but more importantly subcategories) offering sites for motorsport drivers and teams. It is recognized that many drivers/teams use the wording "[Team Name] Motorsports". However, if you only compete in various auto/truck racing (aka, 4-wheel racing), then please re-direct submission to the Auto Racing Drivers or Auto Racing Team categories.
- Events - Includes links to sites (and @linked subcategories) related to specific motorsport events. The intention of this category is to offer a common category to link all the 'Events' categories for specific motorsport types .
- General - Motorsports includes a variety of motorized sport racing. Air Racing ATV Racing (All Terrain Vehicle) Auto_Racing (includes all forms of racing an automobile, car or truck) Boat Racing Karting (think 'go-karts') Lawn Mower Racing (yes, its true) Motorcycle Racing Personal Watercraft Racing Snowmobile Racing Tractor and Truck Pulling Please note that all these categories offer links to the racing and competitive forms of these vehicles, and do not (directly) include sites to manufacturers or leisure and recreational use of these vehicles. Separate categories are listed within each racing category to its recreational counterpart or related Shopping: category.
- History - Includes links related to motorsports history. Sites may include but not limited to: Motorsport-related Museums and Hall of Fames Sites focused on statistics or listing of past championships Quotations Almanacs
- Karting - Karting could be considered the best kept secret in Motor Sports. However recently it has shown tremendous growth. Equipment costs are reasonable, and the sport itself is family oriented. Karters race on Sprint, Dirt oval, asphalt oval, or road course tracks. The drivers range from the ages of 5 years old and up. These links offer explanation, advice, and discussion. Welcome.
- Lawn Mower Racing
- Motorcycle Racing
- News and Media - Includes links to news and media coverage of all motorsports (that is to say), the site covers more than one type of motorsport. Sites (and subcategories) may include but not limited to: Magazines and E-zines Publications (such as books, journals, and motorsport-only newspapers) Image Galleries Multimedia Galleries (such as sites focused on providing downloadable or streaming video of motorsport events
- Organizations - Includes links (and subcategories) to sites related to motorsport organizations. Sites may include, but not limited to: Governing bodies Charitable organizations Driver organizations Owner associations [Motorsport type] associations, organizations and governing bodies (includes @links to those categories that exist)
- Personal Watercraft Racing - Includes sites of novice and professional racers, racing sponsors, racing schools, racing teams, racing associations, and anything to do with personal watercraft competition.
- Regional - Includes links (and subcategories) to sites focused on motorsports for a particular geographic region, continent or country. Sites that are typically included provide coverage of all motorsports for a particular country drivers, athletes, and teams covering Formula One to motorcycling racing to drag racing and karting and everything in between.
- Science
- Snowmobile Racing
- Tractor and Truck Pulling
- Auto Racing
- Aquathlon
- Multi-sport event consisting of a run, swim, run. Biathle, a multi-sport event consisting of run, swim and run events may also be listed herein.
- Biathlon - This category is for sites about the biathlon. Several events exist which call themselves "biathlon.' For this category, the term is for events which combine cross-country skiing with shooting. There are eight biathlon events in the Olympic program. Men and women compete in a sprint, pursuit, individual and relay competitions.
- Duathlon - For sites on the duathlon. Duathlon is defined as a multi-sport event that involves a running event, followed by a cycling event, followed by another running event. The winner is determined by the combined overall time of these three events. Although anyone who participates is a winner. Some events that call themselves a "biathlon" may consist of a run and bike event are also listed here. Traditionally, biathlon is cross country skiing and shooting.
- Events - This category is reserved for listing of sites for an individual multi-sport event or group of events. This particulary category contains events that don't quite fit into a specific 'multisport' category. They may be unique and unconvential, such as a triatlon with a mountain bike leg.
- General - This category is for sites about sports which contain two or more distinct and different activities and in which the results of those activities combine together to determine the winner. An example of this would be the triathlon because the combined times of the swim, run, and cycling phases determine the winner. Gymnastics would not fit here even though there is an all-around winner because each of the individual events also have winners.
- Military Pentathlon - An international armed forces competition usually consisting of rifle and pistol marksmanship, obstacle run, obstacle swim and cross country run or orienteering events.
- Modern Pentathlon - This category is for sites about the Modern Pentathalon. Modern Pentathlon is a multi-event Olympic sport. The events of Modern Pentathlon include: Pistol Shooting, Epee Fencing, Swimming, Equestrian Show Jumping and Cross Country Running. Modern Pentathlon was first introduced into the Olympic program in 1912.
- Off-Road - Includes multisport organizations, race series, individual races and events, resources, news and media coverage, magazines and e-zines related to off-road, all-terrain multisport events. Activities may include, but not limited to: Off-road triathlons (open water swim, mountain bike, trail run) Off-road biathlons/duathlons (mountain bike, trail run) Nissan XTERRA Point Series events
- Triathlon - In the sport of Triathlon, participants compete in a race with 3 different stages, typically swimming, bicycling and running.
- Biathlon - This category is for sites about the biathlon. Several events exist which call themselves "biathlon.' For this category, the term is for events which combine cross-country skiing with shooting. There are eight biathlon events in the Olympic program. Men and women compete in a sprint, pursuit, individual and relay competitions.
- Events
- General - Popular sport among women, but men are catching on. Netball is closely related to the original version of basketball developed by James Naismith in 1891. Netball game consists of four 15-minute quarters. Court is divided lengthwise into thirds with goalpost (with a net but no backboard) on each end. Shots must only be attempted within the circle specified. Dribbling is not allowed, only throwing and catching and shooting hoops without dunking. During play, each of the 7 players do not move outside his/her designated area on the court. The ball must not be held for more than 3 seconds, players cannot take more than two steps with the ball. Only the goal attacker and goal shooter can shoot baskets (1 point each).
- Regional - This category contains listings of netball resources related to a specific region of the world. Subcategories exist for specific nations.
- General - Popular sport among women, but men are catching on. Netball is closely related to the original version of basketball developed by James Naismith in 1891. Netball game consists of four 15-minute quarters. Court is divided lengthwise into thirds with goalpost (with a net but no backboard) on each end. Shots must only be attempted within the circle specified. Dribbling is not allowed, only throwing and catching and shooting hoops without dunking. During play, each of the 7 players do not move outside his/her designated area on the court. The ball must not be held for more than 3 seconds, players cannot take more than two steps with the ball. Only the goal attacker and goal shooter can shoot baskets (1 point each).
- Associations
- Associations are groups of sports officials together under one banner. They may be affiliated with a particular sport, or a group of sports. They may work in one league, or multiple leagues.
- General - This category contains sites about sports officiating and sports officials.
- General - This category contains sites about sports officiating and sports officials.
- General
- This category lists sites for English only international, national, and local general sports organizations. Includes non-profit, charitable, and governmental organizations developing and supporting programs in a variety of sports. Organizations for a specific sport are listed under the corresponding category for the sport.
- Equipment
- Equipment used in competitive orienteering.
- Events - Orienteering competitions in many parts of the world.
- General - Orienteering is a sport where the competitors use a very detailed map and a compass to find their way through pre-specified control points in the landscape. Orienteering is special because it can be enjoyed by everyone, from a highly competitive endurance sport where the runners are among the strongest endurance athletes of any sport in the world, to a slow walk in the woods at your own pace. Needless to say, it is a sport where brainwork is essential, it is therefore said that orienteering is like "playing chess while running." This category emphasizes the sport of orienteering, not the act of navigating in the woods, so you will find related sites in the Recreation : Outdoors hierarchy.
- Organizations - This category offers links to orienteering organizations, such as interntational confederations, national federations and associations, along with regional and local clubs. Clubs typically feature their own events, training, contact information and local information.
- Ski-orienteering - Ski-Orienteering is done on cross-country skis. In a good ski-o-event, the organizers have prepared a very dense network of trails, mostly using snowmobiles, so that the best racers will meet a cross every 15-20 seconds. Ski-orienteering is very concentration intensive, in addition to that it is one of the most demanding endurance sports.
- Technology - Orienteering has seen a rapid development in new technologies, touching everything from normal competitions, map making and media attention. This catogory lists web sites of the new technologies involved.
- Events - Orienteering competitions in many parts of the world.
- General
- Paddleball was created at the University of Michigan in 1930 by Earl Riskey, a Physical Education instructor in that university. It is played in one of two versions: 1-wall paddleball and 4-wall (indoor) paddleball. The latter is similar to a racquetball court. Game is played with a rimless paddle and a ball slightly smaller than a tennis ball. Paddleball may by played by two players (singles) or four players (doubles). The object is to win the rally by serving or returning the ball so the opponent is unable to return the ball to the front wall before it touches the floor twice. Points are scored only by the serving side when it serves an ace or wins a rally. Match is won by the side that wins two of a possible 3 games by scoring 21 points first (lesser points for a win are also common). If the games are tied 1-1, the tie-breaker game is won by the side that scores 11 points first.
- Pickleball - Pickleball (or Pickle-Ball) is a paddle game played with wood paddles and a plastic ball over a tennis height net on a badminton size court.
- Pickleball - Pickleball (or Pickle-Ball) is a paddle game played with wood paddles and a plastic ball over a tennis height net on a badminton size court.
- Chats and Forums
- This category is for sites that offer interactive, real-time online chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups, and/or message boards.
- Directories - This category is for sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of resources covering a particular subject area.
- Fields - Pages about a specific paintball playing field or fields.
- General - Paintball is a team sport where individuals try to eliminate members of the opposing team from the game by marking them with balls of paint, which are fired from a carbon dioxide or nitrogen powered airgun.
- Owners Groups
- Personal Pages
- Publications
- Regional - Information about paintball in specific areas.
- Reviews - Sites primarily aimed at reviewing paintball markers and equipment.
- Teams - Sites for paintball clubs and teams around the world.
- Tournaments
- Web Rings - Paintball Webrings are sites that support site rings that belong to the paintball genre.
- Directories - This category is for sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of resources covering a particular subject area.
- Fans
- Sports, of course, is nothing without its Fans. Most scholars suggest that "fan" is a shortened form of "fanatic." In some cases they're quite right. This category contains sites that are general resources for sports fans. The sites listed are either not specific to a single sport or cover multiple sports. For information for/about fans of a particular sport, please see that sport category.
- General - All kinds of people are involve in sports: amateurs and professionals; juniors just starting out and retired greats; athletes and the fans cheering them on.
- Partner Finding - This category is for services that match players up with other players.
- Training
- General - All kinds of people are involve in sports: amateurs and professionals; juniors just starting out and retired greats; athletes and the fans cheering them on.
- Events
- Tournaments, national or international championships, petanque related happenings.
- General - Petanque, also called "boules" looks like the Italian bocce, but is played with smaller, metal balls. The aim is to roll or toss the metal boules as close as possible to a little wooden aim ball. Originated in the South of France, the game is now probably the most popular lawn game in Europe and spreading all over the world.
- Organizations - Federations, Associations, Clubs
- General - Petanque, also called "boules" looks like the Italian bocce, but is played with smaller, metal balls. The aim is to roll or toss the metal boules as close as possible to a little wooden aim ball. Originated in the South of France, the game is now probably the most popular lawn game in Europe and spreading all over the world.
- Courts
- General - Racquetball is a racquet sport usually played indoors in an enclosed court. Other variations of racquetball can be played on one, two, or three walled courts outdoors. Racquetball is an offshoot of squash, which is popular in the European countries. The racquets are shorter than tennis racquets and the ball is made of rubber. Racquetball is a fast and exciting game which has turned many players into hopeless, hardbodied addicts of the sport. Because of it's starting and stopping charactersitics, racquetball is not considered to be an "aerobic" sport by definition, although it definately can contain an element of aerobic exercise. Many pounds have been sweated away on the racquetball courts. It's a great addition to your diet plan. One more thing.. if someone on the court asks you if you want a donut, just say NO! (A donut is racquetball jive for a really big ball-shaped bruise.) We racquetball players wear our donuts proudly because it means we played someone who hits really hard..
- Organizations - Find information on racquetball organizations and state associations in this category.
- Teams - This category contains sites about racquetball teams.
- General - Racquetball is a racquet sport usually played indoors in an enclosed court. Other variations of racquetball can be played on one, two, or three walled courts outdoors. Racquetball is an offshoot of squash, which is popular in the European countries. The racquets are shorter than tennis racquets and the ball is made of rubber. Racquetball is a fast and exciting game which has turned many players into hopeless, hardbodied addicts of the sport. Because of it's starting and stopping charactersitics, racquetball is not considered to be an "aerobic" sport by definition, although it definately can contain an element of aerobic exercise. Many pounds have been sweated away on the racquetball courts. It's a great addition to your diet plan. One more thing.. if someone on the court asks you if you want a donut, just say NO! (A donut is racquetball jive for a really big ball-shaped bruise.) We racquetball players wear our donuts proudly because it means we played someone who hits really hard..
- Chats and Forums
- This category is for sites presenting opportunities for site visitors to discuss sports-related topics, whether live or through a bulletin board system.
- Directories - Sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of sports resources.
- General - Includes links to sites (but more importantly) subcategories that cover a range of sports-related topics. Includes, but not limited to: News and Media coverage Chats and Forums Directories History Business Resources Legal Resources Additional Sports -related categories are provided as "@links" such as art, trivia, quotations, sports medicince, world records, humor, economics.
- History - This category contains sites and links to categories containing sites about sports history.
- News and Media - Sport news, audio, and streaming media.
- Tournament Organization - This category contains sites of use to tournament organizers. These can be in the form of general advice, or specific matters such as tournament designs and schedules.
- Trivia
- Directories - Sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of sports resources.
- Announcers
- Announcers or Master of ceremonies for rodeo and rodeo type events.
- Arenas - Includes arenas that have or is capable of having rodeos or rodeo type events.
- Bullriding - Includes associations, information, and aspects of bull riding.
- Clowns and Contract Acts
- Contractors
- Directories - Directories of rodeo related links.
- Events
- General - For pages involving Rodeo, people in Rodeo, News of Rodeo, and even clothing and equipment. If your site does NOT involve Rodeo, please search for a different category. If your site is of interest to rodeo but you are selling items, please submit your site to Shopping/Sports/Rodeo
- Livestock for Sale - Category includes farms and individuals who sell livestock for the sport of rodeo. This includes but not limited to horses, and cattle.
- News and Media - Includes sites that have news, publications, subscriptions free or for a fee, and webzines.
- Organizations
- Personal Pages - Personal Homepages related to the rodeo world.
- Rodeo Queens
- Schools
- Services - Includes sites that are a service to the sport of rodeo.
- Arenas - Includes arenas that have or is capable of having rodeos or rodeo type events.
- General
- This sport involves jumping a rope being twirled by other participants. Often a recreational activity, or a training activity for other sports such as boxing, but is also a competitive sport in its own right.
- General
- Rounders is the sixteenth century British version of a bat and ball game that dates back to "the dawn of time". In USA, the game underwent many changes, and was commonly called townball and a version of that is still played under the name baseball .
- Chats and Forums
- Chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups, and message boards for running topics.
- Clubs - This category includes sites for running clubs, from serious competitive runners to the recreational jogger.
- Cross Country - Sites about cross country running are found in this category and its subcategories.
- Directories - Contains sites which serve as general directories of running resources available online.
- Disabled - This category lists sites which are specifically dedicated to promoting running for disabled individuals.
- Events - This category is a collection of running events throughout the world.
- General - Whether you're an experienced racer, or are thinking of starting to jog, this is the place where you'll find the best sites on the WWW!
- Hashing - Basically a hash consists of three main parts: The Run. One or two hashers mark a trail before the hash, or lay the trail as "live hares" running ahead of the pack with only a short head start. At a given signal, the rest of the hash set off in pursuit of the trail. The Circle. At trail's end hashers gather to drink beer. The Circle can last a couple of minutes or half the night depending on the level of the hash. The On-On. Some hashes suspend drinking for awhile to consume food provided by the hare(s), others repair to a nearby restaurant or pub.
- News and Media - News is information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. It is also a presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. Media is transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public. Sites that pertain specifically to running, as well as meet at least one of the two above descriptions are placed in this category
- Personal Pages - Running pages may contain experiences and information from the web author's point of view. Examples include training logs, race results, race information, and running advice.
- Regional - This category contains general sites about running in various geographic locations.
- Road Running
- Trail Running - A running experience for individuals who can handle changing environments, challenging obstacles, solo travel, and the quest for adventure. Trail races are slower than road races, and pace is crucial to enjoying the trail event.
- Training - This category contains general sites concerning training and nutrition for runners.
- Women - This category contains sites that focus on female running or female runners.
- Clubs - This category includes sites for running clubs, from serious competitive runners to the recreational jogger.
- General
- Sepak Takraw is a game that originated in Malaysia and is played like volleyball over a badminton net using any part of your body except your arms.
- Directories
- Includes sites that provide a directory of sites pertaining to skateboarding.
- Fingerboarding - Includes sites significantly about fingerboards which are mini-skateboards that you can do tricks with using your fingers.
- General - Sites about skateboarding in general, including but not limited to clubs and organizations, personal pages, informational, magazines and regional information.
- Longboarding - Includes sites significantly focused on longboarding.
- Magazines and E-zines - Includes magazines the have both webzines and subscription based hard copies.
- Personal Pages - Includes personal sites of skateboarders.
- Ramps and Skate Park Equipment
- Regional
- Scooters - Non-commerical sites about non-motored Scooters.
- Skate Parks - Includes sites about skate parks, their development, construction, and tips and advice on getting community approval and acceptance.
- Skaters - Includes official, media, and fan sites of professional skateboarders.
- Streetboarding - Streetboarding, formerly known as "Snakeboarding" is the art of riding a board consisting of two articulated footplates joined with a crossbar. Being able to accelorate from a standing start without ever putting your feet on the ground. Riders can choose to use footstraps so that they can do big airs, grabs, grinds etc.
- Fingerboarding - Includes sites significantly about fingerboards which are mini-skateboards that you can do tricks with using your fingers.
- General
- Ice and roller skating and related topics, including inline skating (blading). Skateboarding can be found separately in Sports/Skateboarding. Supply and equipment sites will not be listed here, and should be listed in Shopping/Sporting_Goods/Skate_Ski_Surf/Skating.
- Ice Skating - This category contains links and subcategories associated with ice skating. Supply and equipment sites will not be listed here, and should be listed in Shopping/Sporting_Goods/Skate_Ski_Surf/Skating/Ice_Skating.
- Roller Skating - Sites about inline skating (often called blading). Sites about traditional "quad" roller skates can be found in Sports/Skating/Roller_Skating. Some sites cover both types of skates, and those are usually found listed under Roller Skating. Sites about inline, roller, *and* ice skating can be found in Sports/Skating. Supply and equipment sites will not be listed here, and should be listed in Shopping/Sporting_Goods/Skate_Ski_Surf/Skating/Inline_Skating.
- Ice Skating - This category contains links and subcategories associated with ice skating. Supply and equipment sites will not be listed here, and should be listed in Shopping/Sporting_Goods/Skate_Ski_Surf/Skating/Ice_Skating.
- AFC
- AFC, the Asian Football Confederation, is the governing body for soccer in all of Asia including most of the Middle East. Notable exceptions are Israel and Turkey, which are members of UEFA.
- Academic Study of Soccer - For pages about soccer studies, including sociology, history, medicine and physiology.
- CAF - CAF, Confederation Africaine de Football, is the governing body for soccer in Africa.
- CONCACAF - CONCACAF stands for Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. It is the governing body for soccer in all of the Americas except for South America, which is governed by CONMEBOL. CONCACAF is sometimes called the Football Confederation, FC for short.
- CONMEBOL - CONMEBOL is the governing body for soccer in South America.
- Campaigns - Sites about campaigns such as "The Let's Kick Racism Out"
- Chats and Forums - This category is for general chats and forums.
- Coaching - For sites about soccer coaching and training. Sites that are country specific should be placed in the appropriate subcategory. If no subcategory exists you may place them into this category.
- Competitions - Sites about competitions between national teams, including competitive and friendly games.
- Directories - Directories and search engines used for finding other soccer sites.
- Fun - Assorted fun stuffs with a soccer theme.
- General - In 1863 in England when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses the oldest football association in the world was founded, namely The Football Association, England. The Oxford University students of the 1880s used the word "soccer" an abbreviation of "asSOCiation" from Association Football. An International Board was created in 1882 to look after the laws and rules of soccer. Today it consists of four representatives nominated by FIFA, and one from each of the four UK associations, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. FIFA, Federation Internationale de Football Association, was founded in Paris in May 1904. Today FIFA has 204 members in every part of the world. There are six confederations within FIFA organizing soccer in Africa(CAF), Asia(AFC), Europe(UEFA), North America(CONCACAF), Oceania(OFC) and South America(CONMEBOL). This category uses the FIFA Confederation format for listings of countries and clubs. For advice on using this category, please take a look at the FAQ
- Indoor Soccer - Indoor soccer refers to any of several variations on soccer that are played indoors. Exact rules, including court size and number of players, may vary from league to league.
- Jorkyball - Jorkyball is played by four players. 2 vs 2
- Mailing List Teams - Internet Football (Soccer) comprises of teams from all over the world. Each team is made up of fans from official clubs, and are brought together through mailing lists representing those fans.
- News and Media - For categories related to soccer news and media. News is information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. It is also a presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. Media is transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.
- Non-FIFA Nations - Nations that are not members of FIFA, soccer's international governing body.
- OFC - OFC, the Oceania Football Conference, is the governing body of soccer in Oceania.
- Officiating - Referees and Referees' Assistants and their societies.
- Players - A category for sites which deal with players. The players are categorised according to the national teams they represent, not the leagues they play in.
- Stadiums - Sites about soccer stadia.
- Statistics - Soccer statistics and results archive.
- UEFA - UEFA, Union des Associations Européenes de Football, is the governing body of soccer in Europe.
- Women - Sites about women's football, including teams, organisations, players and tournaments.
- Academic Study of Soccer - For pages about soccer studies, including sociology, history, medicine and physiology.
- Directories
- For directories, web rings, or other link lists pertaining to the sport of softball.
- Fastpitch
- Modified Pitch
- News and Media - Softball news and directories and links to softball web sites. These sites offer information about fastpitch, slowpitch and/or modified pitch.
- Organizations - For softball organizations.
- Playing Fields - For softball fields and complexes.
- Slowpitch
- Fastpitch
- Freeware
- Includes sites for free, downloadable sports software.
- General - This category contains sites for software developers and manufacturers but do not offer online ordering.
- General - This category contains sites for software developers and manufacturers but do not offer online ordering.
- Clubs
- This category is for squash clubs that are not part of a University or College. Please submit your site only once and supply a useful, concise description.
- College and University
- Directories
- General - Squash : a singles or doubles game played in a 4-wall court with a long-handled racket and a rubber ball that can be hit off any number of walls Squash is an international game that is governed by the World Squash Federation.
- Junior Squash
- News and Media
- Organizations
- Schools and Instruction
- Tournaments
- College and University
- Arm Wrestling
- Armwrestling is a sport that everyone knows. This well-known sport, however, is not restricted to winning a bet between friends. It has developed into one of the most sought-after sports by the competitive trainer.
- Bodybuilding - For sites pertaining to weight training and/or bodybuilding. While these two are not the same, they are equated by many and much of the information regarding one will also be appropriate for the other.
- Directories
- General - Sites covering a range of strength-based sports.
- Highland Games - Sites, links, and information related to Highland Games in all arenas.
- News and Media
- Olympic Lifting - Sites and links devoted to Olympic-style Weightlifting; competition, training, and organizations.
- Powerlifting - All things associated with powerlifting, which pertains to sports centering around any or all of the powerlifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. There is information on powerlifting organizations, personalities, records, powerlifting-specific training, and more.
- Strongman - For strongman sports, odd-lifts of all kinds, strongman feats and training, and armwrestling.
- Training
- Tug-of-War
- Bodybuilding - For sites pertaining to weight training and/or bodybuilding. While these two are not the same, they are equated by many and much of the information regarding one will also be appropriate for the other.
- Clubs
- General - All around table-tennis. Including clubs, federations, companies and everything else, that's in contact with table-tennis.
- Leagues
- Organizations
- Personal Pages
- Tournaments
- General - All around table-tennis. Including clubs, federations, companies and everything else, that's in contact with table-tennis.
- Beach Handball
- Business
- Directories
- General - Team Handball is an exciting, fast paced sport that is an olympic sport and is gaining popularity. Teams consist of seven players: six court players and a goalkeeper. Court players try to throw the ball into the opposing team's net.
- Organizations
- Personal Pages
- Regional
- Tournaments
- Wheelchair Handball
- Business
- Fight Songs
- Fundraising - Fundraising ideas and resources specific to sporting teams.
- Mascots
- Fundraising - Fundraising ideas and resources specific to sporting teams.
- College and University
- Directories - Collections of links to sites about tennis.
- General - The game of tennis most commonly played today has been adapted from a much earlier game called Court Tennis, Real Tennis, or Royal Tennis (depending on where you live). Modern tennis is played on a special court divided by a net, with a single player at each end (singles), or a team of two players at each end (doubles). Players use racquets to hit a ball back and forth, either on the full or after a single bounce. There are many sites listed in this category which can give you a better understanding of how the game is played. Not many sites should be listed directly in this category. There is usually a more appropriate subcategory or related category. Sites in languages other than English belong in the World/ hierarchy. Sites selling tennis gear online belong in the Shopping hierarchy. Sites relating to a specific area and primarily of interest to people residing in that area (such as local tennis clubs belong in the Regional hierarchy. Sites about the manufacture of tennis equipment and courts usually belong in the Business - Sporting Goods or Construction - Athletic and Recreational Surfaces hierarchy.
- Instruction
- Juniors - This category includes sites about up-and-coming junior players, and information of interest to junior players in general. "Juniors" are normally players aged 18 and under, although some juniors make the leap to professional ranks at an earlier age in their career.
- News and Media - Sites which focus on tennis-related news and events. Includes general tennis news magazines with a mixture of latest news and general features.
- Organizations - Tennis-related organizations of interest across a large geographical area, or worldwide. Local organizations such as clubs belong in the Regional/ area.
- Personal Pages - This category includes sites of fairly simple design and content, usually created by fans, and with a focus on tennis in general. Sites devoted to a specific aspect of tennis (such as a particular professional player) can be found in the appropriate sub-categories under http://dmoz.org/Sports/Tennis/ .
- Players - Sites for and about those that play professional tennis.
- Real - This game is the predecessor of modern tennis and other racquet sports. Either singles or doubles matches can be played. In England the game is known as Real Tennis, in America, Court Tennis, in France, jeu de paume, and in Australia, Royal Tennis. (Description adapted from that provided by the Ballarat Tennis Club)
- Science
- Social - This category is for sites aimed primarily at social, or amateur, tennis players.
- Tournaments - This category includes sites about professional tennis tournaments. It can also include amateur or social tournaments if they are of wide interest. Tournaments of local interest only should be listed in the Regional section.
- Wheelchair
- Directories - Collections of links to sites about tennis.
- Athletes
- Clubs - Contains sites for clubs devoted to track and field training and competition.
- College and University - This category is for websites providing news, results, history, or other information on collegiate track and field. Includes NCAA, NAIA, and Junior Colleges.
- Directories - Contains sites which serve as collections of resources for track and field.
- Events - Contains sites for track and field meets of all types.
- High School - This category is for websites dealing with scholastic (school grades 9-12) track and field.
- Jumps - This category is for websites dealing with track and field jumping events (e.g., long jump, high jump, and triple jump).
- Masters - Also known as Veteran Athletes, Masters Track and Field competitors are women over 35 and men over 40; the closely related Seniors (over 50) category will be included here for now.
- Multi-Events - Decathlon, Pentathlon, Weight Pentathlon and other Track and Field Multi-Events
- News and Media - This category is for websites dealing with track and field news or media coverage.
- Organizations - Governing bodies for the sport of track and field, from the international to the local level, may be found here. Organizations involved in promotion or competition in track and field on a national or international level also appear here.
- Personal Pages - Contains sites concerning the personal experiences or advice of the author(s) in track and field.
- Pole Vault
- Running - This category is for websites dealing with track and field running events, including sprints (100-400 meters), middle distance (800-3000 meters), long distance (5000-up), and hurdle races.
- Throws - This category is for websites dealing with all track and field throwing events (e.g., discus, javelin, shot put, and weights).
- Training - This category contains sites which provide training information for multiple track and field events.
- Clubs - Contains sites for clubs devoted to track and field training and competition.
- College and University
- Category for site with both men's and women's volleyball. Also the parent category for the sub-categories, "Men" and "Women".
- Directories
- Disabled
- General - This category contains English language sites dedicated to the sport of volleyball.
- High School - This category contains sites for volleyball teams that represent high schools or secondary schools.
- News and Media - Webzines and articles dedicated exclusively to the sport of Volleyball.
- Officiating and Rules - This category is dedicated to officiating and discussion of rules governing the sport of volleyball.
- Organizations
- Outdoors - This category contains listings for sites that cover both forms of outdoor volleyball, beach and grass.
- Personal Pages - These sites are either about players, created by those players, or about an individual's personal experience in the world of volleyball.
- Players - This category contains sites dedicated to specific volleyball players.
- Regional - This category is for clubs, teams and leagues sorted by country.
- Tournaments - Indoor, Beach, and Grass Tournaments
- Training
- Wallyball
- Directories
- Freestyle Walking
- Freestyle walking, or fsw for short, is an extreme sport that requires no equipment or accessories. It basically is skateboarding without a skateboard, or aggressive rollerblading without the rollerblades. So what does that mean? That means that it's jumping off of things, grinding down rails, doing flips and spins all on your feet.
- General - All sites and information regarding the sport of Walking. Power, pleasure, or health.
- Racewalking - Racewalking is a sport. It has been a Summer Olympic Track & Field event since 1908 for men and 1992 for women. Currently men compete in both the 20K and 50K events, and women compete in the 20K event. Racewalking has an international indoor season as well. Racewalkers compete in races on oval tracks that range in size from 200m to 400m in races ranging in distance usually between 1500m and 5000m in length. Racewalking is not only for those that want to compete at an international level. It is also an extremely effective way to exercise for weightloss, getting fit, or for those that wish to compete locally or nationally. There are several clubs located throughout the World that were created especially for Racewalking, and most are willing (if not eager) to accept new people into the sport. And with Racewalking, which is not the case with most other sports, age is not a factor in being able to compete. Athletes as young as 5 to as mature as 99+ can and do compete in this sport.
- Women
- General - All sites and information regarding the sport of Walking. Power, pleasure, or health.
- Canoe and Kayaking
- Definitions: Canoe - a long narrow open boat with sharp ends and curved sides which is usually propelled by one bladed paddles. Mostly constructed from fibreglass, aluminum, wood, or composites. River Kayak (aka whitewater kayak) - a shorter closed craft usually made of plastic and propelled with a two bladed paddle. Usually only designed for one person. Sea Kayak - a longer closed craft with rudder controls which can seat either one or two people. Also propelled with a two bladed paddle. Dragon Boating - large canoes designed for racing. Propelled by many people with one bladed paddles.
- Freediving and Snorkelling - The basic equipment used by a snorkeller is a mask, a pair of fins, and a snorkel (hence the name). Snorkelling is often used as an introduction to SCUBA diving, as you can use all the same equipment, including buoyancy aids, suits and weights. The difference being that when a snorkeller submerges he/she relies on a single breathe, whereas a SCUBA diver relies on air (or gas) contained in their aqualung. Snorkelling is often used as a pool based fitness activity for SCUBA divers. Snorkelling is often done for pleasure - such as viewing the tops of coral heads in warm seas; but may also be competitive, through such sporting activities as Octopush (Underwater Hockey), Bog Snorkelling, and Spearfishing. Freediving is another competitive offshoot of snorkelling, but instead involves attempts at depth records, based on a single breathe.
- General - Water Sports is an 'umbrella' category that contains links to sites and subcategories related to aquatic and underwater sports, and related activities. Sites may include, but not limited to: Boat Racing@ Boating@ Canoeing and Kayaking Fishing@ Freediving and Snorkelling Kitesailing Kitesurfing Personal Watercraft@ Rowing Sailing@ Scuba Diving@ Surf Life Saving Surfing Swimming and Diving Synchronized Swimming@ Underwater Hockey@ Water Basketball@ Water Polo Water Skiing and Wakeboarding Whitewater Rafting@ Windsurfing
- Kitesailing - Kitesailing uses a huge, often maneuverable, kite or a stack of kites to power a boat.
- Kitesurfing - Kitesurfing is sailing, surfing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, etc. powered by a huge, often maneuverable, kite or a stack of kites. This sport is also referred to as flysurfing and kiteboarding.
- Rowing - This category is for rowing, including information on regattas, associations (this includes RCs and BCs), and governing bodies.
- Surf Life Saving
- Surfing - Sites listed in this category are strictly of a general surfing nature.
- Swimming and Diving - This category contains links to sites associated with competition swimming and diving (but not Scuba diving ).
- Water Polo - A fast-paced Olympic sport played in swimming pools around the world. 2 teams of 7 players (including a goalie) try to score in the opposition's net. Using only one hand to pass, shoot and handle the ball, top players build up great skills similar to those in basketball. Rules are also similar to basketball with a shot clock, zone defence and personal fouls. Please submit you site only once. If the site does not use the English language (or have an English translation) it will not be accepted here. Instead submit the site to the appropriate World category, eg. World: Italiano: Sport World: Deutsch: Sport World: Español: Deportes: Waterpolo
- Water Skiing and Wakeboarding
- Windsurfing - Sites listed in this category are about windsurfing, using a surfboard and a sail.
- Freediving and Snorkelling - The basic equipment used by a snorkeller is a mask, a pair of fins, and a snorkel (hence the name). Snorkelling is often used as an introduction to SCUBA diving, as you can use all the same equipment, including buoyancy aids, suits and weights. The difference being that when a snorkeller submerges he/she relies on a single breathe, whereas a SCUBA diver relies on air (or gas) contained in their aqualung. Snorkelling is often used as a pool based fitness activity for SCUBA divers. Snorkelling is often done for pleasure - such as viewing the tops of coral heads in warm seas; but may also be competitive, through such sporting activities as Octopush (Underwater Hockey), Bog Snorkelling, and Spearfishing. Freediving is another competitive offshoot of snorkelling, but instead involves attempts at depth records, based on a single breathe.
- Curling
- All websites about curling.
- Events - This category includes links to sites related to winter sporting events, competitions, races and tournaments.
- General - Many sports are played in cold environments, on ice or snow. These sports are grouped together under the Winter Sports category.
- Ski Joring - In ski joring, cowboys and cowgirls on horseback pull skiers around a track complete with ski jumps and gates.
- Skiing - This category includes listings of resorts, ski reports, equipment, technique tips and general information about all types of snow skiing.
- Sledding
- Snowboarding - Sites listed in this category are strictly of a snowboarding nature.
- Snowshoeing
- Events - This category includes links to sites related to winter sporting events, competitions, races and tournaments.
- General
- Women in sports. Includes clubs, teams and groups.
- Amateur
- This category covers sites dedicated to amateur wrestling including junior, high school, college, freestyle and greco-roman wrestling.
- Backyard Wrestling - Backyard Wrestling is a form of amateur wrestling that is not associated with any athletic commissions. It grew from some friends getting together in their backyard and having wrestling matches; hence the name. Some Backyard Wrestling federations are quite large while others are still just some friends getting together. Keep in mind that some federations may have risky practices, but any physical activity can be risky without the proper precautions and training.
- Professional - This category is for all sites related to professional wrestling, with the exception of Shopping sites which should be submitted to Shopping: Sports: Pro_Wrestling . (Or sites which fall under the Adult guidelines.)
- Traditional - This category contains links to resources associated with traditional wrestling styles that are commonly associated with a particular culture or region. Many of these wrestling forms date back thousands of years, and may or may not be practiced today. Examples include but are not limited to: Canary Style (Lucha Canaria)- Canary Islands Cornish Wrestling - Cornwall, England Cumberland and Westmoreland - England Devonshire Wrestling - Devon, England Glima - Vikings Gouren (Breton Style) - France Inner/Outer Mongolian - Mongolia Kato pale (Ground Wrestling) - Greece Laamb - Senegal Oilwrestling - Turkey/Egypt Orthia pale (Upright and Proper Wrestling) - Greece Pankration - Greece Ranggeln - Austria Sambo - Russia Schwingen - Switzerland Scottish Backhold - Scotland Shuai Chaio - China S'istrumpa - Sardinia Sumo - Japan and other forms.
- Backyard Wrestling - Backyard Wrestling is a form of amateur wrestling that is not associated with any athletic commissions. It grew from some friends getting together in their backyard and having wrestling matches; hence the name. Some Backyard Wrestling federations are quite large while others are still just some friends getting together. Keep in mind that some federations may have risky practices, but any physical activity can be risky without the proper precautions and training.
- General
- This category is for general sites about Youth and High School sports. Look to get broad based coverage about youth sports in general. The who, what when, where, and why of sports. What are the good things to look for in programs, etc. Info on Scouting merit badges in sports, or the presidential fitness award, or AAU Olympic development team formation and operation.