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"Model C" indoor rowers]]
An indoor rower (also known as an ergometer, ergo, erg or rowing machine) is a machine used to simulate the action of rowing on land. Originally a training method, it has become established as a sport in its own right. The term also refers to a participant in this sport.
''Ergo'' comes from the Greek word ''ergon'', meaning ''work''. Therefore ergometer literally means "work meter".
Layout of the machine
Although several simple machines exist for casual home use, there are three major models: RowPerfect, WaterRower and Concept2. Of these the Concept2 is the most popular, and is generally considered the standard training option for world-class rowers. Each machine consists of a flywheel connected to a chain and handle. The rower pulls the handle, causing the flywheel to spin. The flywheel has a damping mechanism applied (using either air or water) that is intended to simulate the feel of an oar moving through water. Depending on the machine the rower either moves back and forth as part of the rowing action, or the rower remains stationary and the flywheel mechanism moves. The machines where the rower remains stationary are generally considered to better simulate the feel of a boat.
Each machine features a digital performance monitor that can display the athlete's work output in watts, calories, or notional "metres" that are roughly calibrated to correspond to the speed of a four-man boat on the water.
Competitions
Concept 2 organizes a large number of indoor rowing competitions all over the world, including the world championships (a.k.a. CRASH-B Sprints) held in Boston, Massachusetts,USA. The usual distance for competition is 2,000 m.
The world records for 2,000 m are currently (as of September 2004) 5:37.0 for men and 6:28.6 for women.
http://www.concept2.com Concept2
http://www.waterrower.com WaterRower
http://www.rowperfect.com RowPerfect
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Indoor Lacrosse
Indoor lacrosse is a version of lacrosse played, unlike other varieties of lacrosse, in winter in ice hockey arenas (a floor for lacrosse is placed over the ice). Indoor lacrosse was intended to be less violent than the other indoor version of the game, box lacrosse, on which it is based. However, subsequent changes in the rules of both games have made them more smilar. The chief difference between the two forms of the game now is that indoor lacrosse allows only sticks with hollow shafts, while box lacrosse allows solid wooden sticks.
In North America, indoor lacrosse is chiefly played by box lacrosse players. Box lacrosse is a summer game, while indoor lacrosse is played in the winter, so the players simply change codes. Indoor lacrosse is also played in regions where box lacrosse is not played.
The first World Indoor Lacrosse Championships were held in 2003. The competitors were national teams of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Iroquois Nation, Scotland, and the United States. Canada defeated the Iroquois Nation in the final by a score of 21-4.
For information about professional North American indoor lacrosse leagues, see National Lacrosse League and Major Indoor Lacrosse League.
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Indoor Soccer
: ''This article is primarily regarding indoor soccer as played in North America. Indoor soccer may also be used as a generic term for versions of soccer played indoors; See futsal and five-a-side football for similar games.''
Indoor soccer is a game derived from association football (soccer), adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink.
Indoor soccer is a somewhat common (though not extremely popular) sport in the United States, with both amateur and professional leagues dedicated to it. It is also played outside of the US, however most indoor play outside of North America involves the FIFA-sanctioned game of futsal in which the ball is not allowed to carom off of boards surrounding the playing surface and still remain in play as in indoor soccer, and which has only five active players per team.
Rules vary between governing bodies, but some of the nearly universal rules are:
The arena. Virtually all indoor soccer arenas are rectangular or oblong in shape, with turf floors. In many collegiate intramural leagues, the game may be played on basketball courts, in which case the floor is hardwood. Walls at least six feet tall bound the arena. Ceiling heights vary. Arena sizes are generally smaller than association football pitches, and the goals are recessed into the walls. Goals are also smaller than standard association football and generally the goalie box is smaller.
The team. Virtually all indoor soccer games are played with six active players per team, one of which is the goalkeeper. Substitute players are permitted.
Play off of walls. The ball may be struck in such a way that it contacts one or more walls without penalty or stoppage. If the ball flies over the walls or contacts the ceiling, play is stopped and the team that did not most recently touch the ball is awarded a free kick at the location where the ball left the arena or contacted the ceiling.
Relaxed
Indoor Cricket
Indoor Cricket is a variation on the conventional game of cricket. The game originated in Perth, Western Australia, in the 1970s. It is now popular across the world.
Differences from cricket
The biggest difference between cricket and indoor cricket is, obviously, that it is played indoors. As large indoor playing fields are extremely rare, the game of indoor cricket has been adapted to suit much smaller playing areas. As a result of this, the game is much faster than conventional cricket.
Rules
For the most part, indoor cricket follows the usual Laws of Cricket, with some changes. Those changes are discussed here.
The Playing Arena
The length of an indoor cricket pitch is the same as a conventional cricket pitch, and has 3 stumps at each end, but there the similarities end. The arena is completely enclosed by tight netting, a few metres from each side and end of the pitch. The playing surface is normally artificial grass matting. Whilst the pitch is the same length, however, the batsmen don't have to run the entire length. The striker's crease is in the regulation place in front of the stumps, but the non-striker's crease is only half way down the pitch.
Players
Indoor cricket is played between 2 teams of 8 players. Each player must bowl 2 overs, and bat in a partnership of 4 overs.
Equipment
The stumps used in indoor cricket are not, for obvious reasons, stuck in the ground. Instead, they are collapsible spring loaded stumps that immediately spring back to the standing position when knocked over. The ball used in indoor cricket is a modified cricket ball, with a softer centre.
Scoring
Scoring in indoor cricket is split into 2 areas: physical runs and bonus runs. Physical runs are scored by both batsmen completing a run from one crease to the other. Bonus runs are scored when the ball hits a net. Bonus scores for particular parts of the nets follow:
Zone A (front net - behind the keeper): 0 bonus
Indoor Football
:''This article discusses indoor variations of American football; for indoor versions of association football (soccer), see futsal and indoor soccer.
Indoor football in the sense contemplated here is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas.
The first major indoor football game was the 1932 NFL championship playoff game, which was played indoors in the Chicago Stadium due to a severe blizzard that prevented playing the game outside. A dirt floor was brought in, and to compensate for the 80-yard length of the field, teams were penalized twenty yards upon crossing midfield.
In the 1960s the "Boardwalk Bowl", a post-season game involving college teams, was contested at the Atlantic City Convention Center, probably known better as the home of the Miss America Pageant, in another attempt to make Atlantic City more of a year-round resort in the pre-gaming era as opposed to a single-season one (the Miss America pageant likewise began as an attempt to extend the season beyond Labor Day). This, however, was not technically "indoor football" as contemplated here, as the size of the playing surface and hence the rules were essentially the same as in the standard outdoor game, with only the necessity of contengencies for what were to happen should, say, a punt strike the ceiling. Some would say that the relative success of this game, which was staged for several years, helped lead to the domed stadium era which began with the opening of the Houston Astrodome in 1965. The Astrodome in turn led to the development of the artificial turf playing surface required to make the indoor game truly practicable. (The Houston Oilers did not move their games inside the Astrodome as soon it was completed; they continued to play outdoors until 1968.) Football played in domed stadiums such as the Astrodome, however, is not truly "indoor football", as the game as played in
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