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  1990–2005 style official NFL ball

  Adidas Telstar-style ball, with the familiar black and white truncated icosahedron pattern.

Sports equipment is a general term for any object used for sport or exercise. Examples of sports equipment include:

  Balls

Balls are used for ball games, including footballs.

  Exercise equipment

Examples for exercise include swiss balls, weights, equipment for the gym. Also protective equipment such as weight lifting belts and bench shirts for weight training and powerlifting.

  Flying Discs

Flying discs are used for games such as disc golf and ultimate.

  Footwear

  Cleats

Footwear for sports includes:

• Boards for surfing, skateboarding, wakeboarding and snowboarding
• Skates for sports like roller skating, ice skating
• Skis for skiing and water skiing
• Football boots
• Cricket spikes
• Golf shoes
• Track cleats
• Soccer cleats

  Goals

  A soccer goal

In many games, goals are at each end of the playing field, there are two vertical posts (or uprights) supporting a horizontal crossbar. In some games, such as association football or hockey, the object is to pass the ball between the posts below the crossbar, while in others, such as those based on Rugby, the ball must pass over the crossbar instead.

  Nets

Nets are used for tennis, volleyball, basketball and badminton. A different type of net is used for various forms of fishing.

  Protective Equipment

Protective equipment is often worn for sports including motor sport and contact sports, such as ice hockey and American football or sports where there is a danger of injury through collision of players or other objects. Protective equipment includes:

• Football helmet
• Jock strap
• Mouthguards
• Shin pads

  Racquets

Racquets are used for racquet sports such as tennis, squash, and badminton.

  Rods and Tackle

  An angler on the Kennet and Avon Canal, England, surrounded by his tackle

Fishing rods and fishing tackle are primarily used for fishing and sport fishing.

  Sticks, Bats and Clubs

Sticks are used for sports such as hockey and lacrosse. Bats are used for sports such as baseball and cricket. Clubs are used mainly for golf (Golf club)

  Vehicles

Vehicles (sometimes specialised) are used as equipment for some sports, including motor sport, cycling, aeronautics, sailing and hot air ballooning.

  Wickets and Bases

Wickets and bails for cricket. Bases are for baseball

  Various sports

  See also

• Outdoor gym
• Protective equipment

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