Comment by drstewart
10 hours ago
Also:
basketball -> handball
hockey -> stickball
volleyball -> handball
rugby -> handegg
baseball -> stickball
cricket -> stickball
golf -> stickball
Hopefully this will finally appease the football literalists and make things simpler for you all to understand :)
I like the basketball, volleyball, and baseball way where the noun before ball has some leeway but should be clearly identified with an aspect of the sport.
football -> tackleball rugby -> tossball cricket -> paddleball golf -> clubball hockey -> icepuck
I find it werid that you keep calling soccer football.
Handball’s already taken though.