Sports
Team sports
Games that need a side, and usually a fixture list.
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67 activities in the catalogue.
3x3 basketball
SportHalf-court basketball to a single hoop, with a shot clock, a twelve-minute game and Olympic status.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
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American football
SportEleven a side, heavily coached, with a substantial playbook to learn.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Australian rules football
SportAn oval-ball running game with no offside, now with established amateur leagues across Britain.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Bandy
SportAn eleven-a-side stick-and-ball sport played on a football-sized sheet of ice.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Baseball
SportBat and ball on a diamond, nine a side.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
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Basketball
SportFive a side on a hard court, or three-on-three on any playground.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
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Beach volleyball
SportTwo a side on sand, where the surface does most of the damage.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Bell boating
SportPaddling twin-hulled stable craft, used as an accessible introduction to team paddling.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
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Bike polo
SportThree-a-side polo on bikes in a hard court, with home-made mallets and an urban club culture.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Blind football
SportFive-a-side football with a ball containing bearings, played blindfolded with a sighted guide.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Broomball
SportA team game on ice played in shoes rather than skates, with brooms and a ball.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
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Camogie
SportThe women’s stick-and-ball code of the Gaelic games, with its own association and rules.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Canoe polo
SportFive-a-side ball game played in kayaks, with contact.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cricket
SportBat and ball between two teams, over an afternoon or five days.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
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Cycle speedway
SportShort oval racing on unbraked bikes with no gears, on a shale track, in a league.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Dodgeball
SportThrowing, dodging and catching foam balls, played seriously in leagues.
Under £25 to startIndoorsDemanding
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Dragon boat racing
SportTwenty paddlers in one boat, to a drum, over short sprints.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Field hockey
SportEleven a side with sticks on artificial turf.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Fistball
SportA net sport where the ball may bounce once and is struck with fist or forearm only.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Five-a-side football
SportShort-sided football on a small pitch, usually one booked hour a week.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
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Flag football
SportAmerican football with belts and flags instead of tackling.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Floorball
SportIndoor stick hockey with light sticks and a perforated ball, huge in the Nordics and cheap to start.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Flyball
SportRelay racing for dog teams over hurdles to a ball box.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
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Football
SportEleven a side, the most played team sport in the world.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Futsal
SportIndoor five-a-side on a hard court with a low-bounce ball and real rules.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Gaelic football
SportFifteen a side, hand-passing and kicking towards an H-shaped goal.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Goalball
SportA Paralympic team sport played blindfolded with a bell ball, where everybody plays blind.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
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Handball
SportSeven a side, indoors, throwing at a goal — fast and physical.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Highland games
SportTraditional Scottish heavy events — hammer, stone, weights and the caber — with a season.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Horseball
SportA mounted team ball sport, part rugby and part basketball, played at a canter.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hurling
SportAncient Irish stick-and-ball game, and one of the fastest field sports there is.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ice hockey
SportSix a side on ice, at considerable speed and expense.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Inline hockey
SportFour-a-side hockey on skates on a hard floor, with no offside and no icing.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Kabaddi
SportA raiding and wrestling team sport played on breath, enormous in South Asia and growing in Britain.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
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Korfball
SportA mixed-gender court sport with a high basket and no dribbling.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
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Lacrosse
SportCarrying and passing a ball in a netted stick, at speed.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mounted games
SportFast relay races on ponies with batons, poles and vaulting mounts, run by clubs across all ages.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Netball
SportSeven a side, no dribbling, positions that limit where you may go.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
One-wall handball
SportStriking a small ball against a single wall with a gloved hand, from an urban street tradition.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Polo
SportA mounted stick-and-ball team game on ponies, with a real amateur and university entry route.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quadball
SportThe full-contact mixed-gender field sport adapted from fiction and since separated from it.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Roller derby
SportA full-contact team sport on quad skates, with a distinctive volunteer-run club culture.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rounders
SportThe British bat-and-ball game most people last played at school.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Roundnet
SportFour players around a small trampoline net, spiking a ball off it.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Rugby league
SportThirteen a side, six tackles, and far fewer stoppages.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Rugby union
SportFifteen a side, contested at every breakdown.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Sepak takraw
SportVolleyball played with the feet and head over a net, with a rattan ball and overhead kicks.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
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Shinty
SportThe Highland stick-and-ball game, played in the air as much as on the ground.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Sitting volleyball
SportVolleyball played seated on a smaller court with a lower net, at club and Paralympic level.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
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Softball
SportBaseball’s more accessible cousin, widely played in mixed social leagues.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
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Sports officiating
SportHobbyRefereeing or umpiring at grassroots level, which is a qualification, a skill and a shortage everywhere.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
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Stoolball
SportA bat-and-ball game older than cricket, still played competitively in southern England.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
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Tchoukball
SportA non-contact indoor team sport where the ball is rebounded off angled frames at either end.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
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Teqball
SportFootball played over a curved table, no hands, no contact, and unusually easy on the joints.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
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Touch rugby
SportRugby without contact — mixed, fast, and the usual way adults start.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
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Tug of war
SportA governed international sport with weight classes, technique and a national championship.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
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Ultimate
SportSeven a side, no referees, disputes settled by the players themselves.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Underwater hockey
SportA six-a-side sport played on the bottom of a pool with short sticks and a weighted puck.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Underwater rugby
SportA three-dimensional pool sport played on the bottom with a negatively buoyant ball, on breath-hold.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Unicycle hockey
SportFive-a-side hockey played on unicycles, with an established league structure.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Volleyball
SportSix a side over a high net, three touches at a time.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Walking football
SportFootball with running banned — designed to keep older players playing.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
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Walking netball
SportNetball without running, designed for returning and older players and growing fast.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
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Walking rugby
SportNon-contact rugby at walking pace, aimed squarely at people who thought they had stopped.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
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Water polo
SportSeven a side in deep water, treading water for the whole game.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Wheelchair basketball
SportA fast Paralympic team sport played in sport chairs, open to disabled and non-disabled players.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
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Wheelchair rugby
SportA full-contact indoor team sport in purpose-built chairs, classified by functional ability.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet