Friday, May 20, 2016

10-12 medieval games

We are supposed to look up 10-12 medieval games and their rules.


10-12 medieval games

Archery- Involves an arrow, bow or crossbow, and a target. In Medieval times people would shoot at a target at a festival or just at home for fun or for prizes. The closer to the center you get, the more points you would get. The rules would consist of pretty much the same archery rules in which people follow today. However, Medieval archery was a little more hectic and less safe.

 Colf- Colf would consist of a curved wooden club and a wooden ball. Colf was basically the younger brother of golf. They consist of the same way to win and what you could and could not do. The only difference was that the goal could also be a tree or stake as well as a tree. 


  GameBall- GameBall would consist of a pig's liver stuffed with dried peas or inflated with air and a fairly large field. This game was pretty much football, but with no rules. The only rule was that to win you have to bring the ball to the end-zone. That's it! Everything else was legal. 

Wrestling- Medieval wrestling only really involved a fairly medium sized area. It would involve no rules and no equipment. The goal was to either push the enemy out of the circle around you or- in other types of game modes- throw them on the floor.



Horseshoes- Horseshoes consists of horseshoes and a stake. In this game, players try to throw a horseshoe as near to the stake as possible; the closer to the stake the horseshoe is, the more points you get. You get the highest score possible when you are able to actually ring the stake witht the horseshoe.

Hockey (shinty) - Medieval shinty is the ancestor of modern ice hockey.It was created to be a type of sword pactice. It used curved sticks called "camans" and a leather ball. Two goals called "hails" were set apart on a  field and each was protected by a goalkeeper. This team sport was similar to hockey, as each team passed the ball to each other with the camans in order to hit it into the opposing hail. Tackling, blocking and fouls were part of the original game. 

Skittles-This game uses things called skittles, they look like bowling pins. The skittles are placed at the end of an alley and players throw wooden balls,  a little larger than a tennis ball and try to knock as many skittles over during one turn.

Stool ball- The pitcher tries to hit a stool or stump with the ball, while the batter tries to defend the target using bare hands or a bat. Stool ball was known for being played by both women and men together and there are indications that it was a sort of springtime
ritual, played at Easter time.

La Soule-  Variations of Football, like la Soule or Soulette in France, or Calcio in Italy, were also popular. La Soule was played using a large ball of hay covered over with leather, the
possession of which was contested by two opposing teams


Tennis-  The medieval game of tennis is like modern handball games. . Tennis balls were originally cloth pieces wound
tightly into a sphere and stitched together. Players passed the ball to each other by hitting it with open palms. Later, players wore gloves to protect their hands, which were then wrapped with rattan or cording to give the ball more spring. Eventually, rackets made of
parchment stretched across a wooden frame were introduced. The parchment was later replaced with catgut strings, which directly influenced our modern tennis racket designs. 


http://www.lscacamp.org/portals/0/medieval%20games%20and%20recreation.pdf

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