Sports - Facts for Kids

Basic Information & History

Archery is one of the world’s oldest sports, with evidence of bow and arrow use dating back over 20,000 years when our ancestors used them for hunting!

The first hockey pucks weren’t really pucks at all — they were actually frozen cow poop, which players would find in fields during winter!

History & Origins

The first bicycle was invented in 1817 by German inventor Karl von Drais, and it didn’t have any pedals — riders had to push it along with their feet!

History & Origins

Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, when he was looking for an indoor winter sport to keep his students active!

Basic Information

Judo is an individual martial art and Olympic sport where two players called judoka try to throw each other onto their backs!