A hybrid sport is one which combines two or more (often similar) sports in order to create a new sport, or to allow meaningful competition between players of those sports.
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Biathlon - a hybrid sport combining
cross-country skiing and
rifle shooting. Contestants ski through a cross-country trail system whose total distance is divided into either two or four shooting rounds.
Bossaball – a hybrid sport combining elements of
volleyball,
association football, gymnastics, and
Capoeira, played on a field with three bases, there is a trampoline at the third base along with a net.[1] Allowing players to bounce high to spike or touch the ball and touch it with any part of the body, especially
arms and
hands
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Chess boxing – a hybrid sport which combines the sport of
boxing with games of
chess in alternating rounds. Chess boxing fights have been organized since early 2003.[2] The sport was started when Dutch artist
Iepe Rubingh, inspired by fictional descriptions of the sport in the writing of
Enki Bilal, organized matches. The sport has become increasingly popular since then. To succeed players must be both skilled chess players and skilled boxers.
Composite rules softball-baseball - a hybrid bat-and-ball sports which combines the elements of
baseball and
softball, played on the large identical
baseball diamond with the larger ball, ten rather than nine innings, and both underarm and overarm pitchings.
Cross-country BigBall - a golf-like sport where players use soccer balls and baseball bats to race to a goal.[4][5]
Hybrid martial arts – a full contact individual combat sports which allowed to use the wide range of all aspects and techniques of several different martial arts and combat sports.
Segway Rugpolocrosse - A field sport which combines elements of
Segway polo,
rugby, and
lacrosse, played on the
segway rather than horse, allowing players to run with it either in hands or in the netted racket of lacrosse stick, and contact, impede, and tackle each other with the player's body, lacrosse stick, and segway.
Slamball - a full-contact team hybrid sports which will combine elements of
basketball,
American football,
ice hockey, acrobatics, and video games, played on the basketball court, surrounded by hockey-style plexiglass walls, with two sets of four
trampolines at the front of net and boards around the edges of this court.
Dartchery - the hybrid sports combining both
Darts and
Archery, using bows and arrows typically used for archery but the target is the dart board. It was contested at the
Paralympics since
the first one until
the 1980, but it has possible comeback in the future.
Iomain – a variation of shinty-hurling, using a compromise stick, piloted once in 2013
A hybrid sport is one which combines two or more (often similar) sports in order to create a new sport, or to allow meaningful competition between players of those sports.
List
B
Biathlon - a hybrid sport combining
cross-country skiing and
rifle shooting. Contestants ski through a cross-country trail system whose total distance is divided into either two or four shooting rounds.
Bossaball – a hybrid sport combining elements of
volleyball,
association football, gymnastics, and
Capoeira, played on a field with three bases, there is a trampoline at the third base along with a net.[1] Allowing players to bounce high to spike or touch the ball and touch it with any part of the body, especially
arms and
hands
C
Chess boxing – a hybrid sport which combines the sport of
boxing with games of
chess in alternating rounds. Chess boxing fights have been organized since early 2003.[2] The sport was started when Dutch artist
Iepe Rubingh, inspired by fictional descriptions of the sport in the writing of
Enki Bilal, organized matches. The sport has become increasingly popular since then. To succeed players must be both skilled chess players and skilled boxers.
Composite rules softball-baseball - a hybrid bat-and-ball sports which combines the elements of
baseball and
softball, played on the large identical
baseball diamond with the larger ball, ten rather than nine innings, and both underarm and overarm pitchings.
Cross-country BigBall - a golf-like sport where players use soccer balls and baseball bats to race to a goal.[4][5]
Hybrid martial arts – a full contact individual combat sports which allowed to use the wide range of all aspects and techniques of several different martial arts and combat sports.
Segway Rugpolocrosse - A field sport which combines elements of
Segway polo,
rugby, and
lacrosse, played on the
segway rather than horse, allowing players to run with it either in hands or in the netted racket of lacrosse stick, and contact, impede, and tackle each other with the player's body, lacrosse stick, and segway.
Slamball - a full-contact team hybrid sports which will combine elements of
basketball,
American football,
ice hockey, acrobatics, and video games, played on the basketball court, surrounded by hockey-style plexiglass walls, with two sets of four
trampolines at the front of net and boards around the edges of this court.
Dartchery - the hybrid sports combining both
Darts and
Archery, using bows and arrows typically used for archery but the target is the dart board. It was contested at the
Paralympics since
the first one until
the 1980, but it has possible comeback in the future.
Iomain – a variation of shinty-hurling, using a compromise stick, piloted once in 2013