ORIGIN STORIES OF FAMOUS SPORTS...
Have you ever imagined where some of your favorite sports come from? You will not believe but some of these have really strange and bizarre origin stories. Here are some of them:
1. LACROSSE
Third party image referenceLacrosse was a game developed by the Native Americans and it was called as stick ball . There was only one rule at the time , don't touch the ball with your hands. Soon French revolutionaries saw the game and tuned it the modern day LACROSSE
2.VOLLEYBALL
Third party image referenceVolleyball was invited by a man named William G.Morgan back in 1895 when he wanted to combined handball,tennis ,baseball and basketball.Official rules of the game were set up in 1928.
3.BOXING
Boxing probably started when one man punched another and the walls of the Sumeria people from 3000 BC show carvings of people fighting.Helmets and gloves started being used very late and the Greeks believed that this is the most dangerous sport of all time.
Third party image reference4.SKIING
This is the oldest sport in history and dates back to the last ice age when the Cro-Magnon man played it and old fashioned skills from 6000 BC were discovered in Northern Russia.The first it was played in the Olympics was in 1924.
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