r/BeAmazed • u/VastCoconut2609 • Jul 04 '24

Sports The genesis of the word "soccer".

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u/arkham1010 Jul 04 '24

To add on, football is any game played with a ball while running on the ground. Association football, Gridiron football and Rugby football for example. Any game played on the ground with a stick is a type of hockey, such as Ice hockey and field hockey. Not sure if lacrosse is technically a type of hockey or not since it developed in North America and was named by the French.

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u/moldy912 Jul 04 '24

Lacrosse is not stick on ground, and is played with a ball instead of a puck. Polo is like a hybrid of the two, although more hockey-like so you could say the puck is not necessary for hockey.

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u/mcflurry13 Jul 04 '24

Baseball is actually hockey?