One of few indoor water sports, water polo Is another ball based sport. The idea of the game is to navigate the ball throughout the ‘pitch’ by throwing it to various team members, and then throwing it into the opposing team’s net, which in turn gains a point.

Kind of like football, water polo features defenders, attackers and a goalkeeper. Whilst playing, a player cannot swim with the ball, but rather swim into position to receive the ball (nor can a player swim underwater with the ball). This game is often played in leisure centres as the direction of wind wont have an effect on the ball, or the players.

The aim of this sport is to beat the other team by a larger score margin. This can be accomplished by working in a team to score goals, which are technically points. 5 a side football is very similar to the sport football, however, there are several different rules. For example, as in the name, there are only five players compared to eleven, secondly, a player may not hit a ball over head height or score a goal in the ‘D’ of the goal. Since it is an indoor sport, the ball is more than likely to rebound of a wall due to a player’s direction of the ball.

Badminton is a racket sport. The sport involves either a one-on-one match or teams of two-v-two wherein the player has to hit a shuttlecock over a net into their fellow competitor’s side. To begin the game, a player must serve (which means hitting the shuttlecock to the counter-player’s side) and the server changes after each round.

If the shuttlecock is hit outside of the opposing player’s ‘W’ shaped area, then the serve or shot doesn’t gain a point as it is outside the playing area. Badminton rackets aren’t too different compared to tennis rackets, the difference being is that the badminton rackets are a lot slimmer, allowing lighter hits to the shuttlecock.

Indoor basketball, as in its name is an indoor sport which is based on a court with two opposing nets. The nets are held by a pole so that a player may ‘throw’ the ball from a certain area within the court into the net, by doing so, that earns the team points. Whilst in game, a player cannot run with the ball, unless they bounce it directly against the floor.

There are usually five players in basketball though the game is also played socially and can be played with the simple number of just two people at a time!

This is somewhat a different indoor game as it has no outdoor game that is similar to it. This game is also fairly competitive and is ‘ferociously-paced’. The aim of the game is to thrash a suash ball (bright orange ball usually) against a ‘wall-marked’ wall, whilst the opposing player carries out the same action.

If the ball rebounds onto the ground on the ‘non-game area’ then points aren’t counted. Squash rackets are similar to tennis rackets although the laces in the racket are a lot tougher as to avoid the laces detaching due to contact with the ball.