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Bola Canaria

The game involves throwing a ball from the ray, or starting mark, with the aim of as close as possible to a ball, or bowling, with the largest number of balls available equipment itself. Players act to shift, deciding which piece of equipment should launch.

In Lanzarote wood defends against the dough ball, which is also widespread. The old players defend the wooden ball that forces a more difficult game, which is more expensive embochar, being the lighter ball and with some lower volume.

Lucha Canaria

     It is characterized by the ability to harness the power of the opponent and not look hurt, but unbalance until he hit the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet. To break the stability of the opponent's ground fighting is not allowed, as any kind of keys occurs with other modalities, no. Canarian wrestling is a sport opposition is based on a confrontation between two adversaries, which from an initial standing position and grip the mouth-sleeve pants, seek, for no longer than a minute and a half without departing of land circular unbalance to touch the opponent with any part of the body other than the soles of the feet and used for this purpose a number of "tricks" or techniques both hands and feet or combined and in which is prohibited from striking.

Salto del Pastor

      Act navigate the terrain using a conical finished wood in a metal part which is resting on the ground. It is a traditional practice of pastors of the Canary Islands (Spain), organized by the abruptness of certain land.

     The wooden part has conical shape about 3 cm in diameter at its upper end and 4.2 cm at the bottom where the metal part is a tip of about 20 cm to press on the ground. This growth helps grip and hand pressure favoring braking.

     The group changed its name more wood metal tip and length according to the island:

     'Lanza or astia' for the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro with lengths of 3-4 m.  'Stick' in Gran Canaria on 3 m.  'Tin' in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote with wavelengths between 2.5 and 3 m.

La billarda

    This set of boys takes place between two pairs, each of which has a stick of one meter in length and whose instrument is the Billarda game or piece of wood of 15-20 cms. The game space is composed of two goals in a horseshoe of a diameter of 80 centimeters and 10 separate steps.

    It is a team game in which each player is paired with an opponent, and is located in each goal. Thus, if a goal is a defense with a stick and an opponent with Billarda, at the other end the fellow who owns the Billarda nothing and the opponent with another stick.

    It hit the stick being thrown by the opponent in front and, if hit with Billarda, make racing return.

    The goals are defended when the club is placed in contact with the ground inside the horseshoe of stones, still vulnerable if there is this contact and try to holders of Billarda inserting it into the front, taking the defenders of the goals the following options:

 1º:Stay floor with the stick in the target up to three times.

 2º:Hitting the Billarda, with two options: remain in goal or simultaneously exchange their positions between the two goals can many times and accounted for a point every time they bite the stick or paddle in the opposite and own goal until holders of Billarda will pick it up and place it in the goal achieved by throwing or depositing it, then changing possession to the opposing partner and be accounted for the points.

    The game ends when a couple comes to twelve goals or stipulated number of games. If at any time the target is exposed, and the stick is not in contact with the ground and the player who has the Billarda the deposited inside, no change of roles.

Pelotamano

    The ballgame hand is to return the ball by hitting it with the hand, before their second boat, which comes from another field, or if necessary, stop (the save) by hand or foot, so you do not follow your course. It tries to gain ground on the other team by marking a line where the ball went out or could be stopped. The game space is elongated, limited only by the sides. In the background there are two stones called kick out of the boat, one on each sideline to describe an imaginary line. The space is 60-70 paces long by 8.9 wide.

     The playing field is divided into two parts to separate the two teams through a line called stripe missing; therefore, limits the field of serve the rest of the field. In the field of kick the can, which is a device designed for the throw is located. The way to score is to blame or points (15, 30, 40 ...) and striped and accounted for a maximum of two. The line is marked with the finger on the ground next to the stripe missing. When all the points in a game is get a guy is posted. The set of five guys is a jerk. The most common number of players is five against five, but can also play four or six apiece.