page_title: Throwing sports
section_title: Target sports
hierarchical_section_title: Throwing sports / List of throwing sports / Target sports
context_page_description: Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object.
  The two primary forms are throwing for distance and throwing at a given target or range. The four most prominent throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts, each of which have a great number of variations.
context_section_description: Board targets
  Axe throwing
  Darts
  Knife throwing
  Disc golf
  Bowling
  Alley bowling
  Ten-pin
  Nine-pin
  Five-pin
  Candlepin bowling
  Duckpin bowling
  Kegel
  Trick bowling
  Turkey bowling
  Boules
  Basque bowls
  Bocce
  Bocce volo
  Boccia
  Bolas criollas
  Bolo palma
  Jeu provençal a.k.a. boule lyonnaise
  Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls
  Pétanque
  Taistelupetankki
  Skittles
  Bunnock
  Finnish skittles
  Fowling
  Gorodki
  Kubb
  Mölkky
  Aunt Sally
  Bean bag throwing
  Cherokee marbles
  Chunkey
  Coconut shy
  Cornhole
  Horseshoes
  Irish road bowling
  Ladder toss
  Lawn darts
  Milk bottle pyramid
  Pitching pennies
  Ring toss
  Quoits
  Svaika
  Tin can alley
  Washer pitching
caption: A painting of children playing a ring toss game indoors
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