Sports Innovations
Scots have been instrumental in the invention and early development of several sports:
- several modern athletics events, i.e. shot put and the hammer throw, derive from Highland Games and earlier 12th century Scotland
- Curling
- Gaelic handball The modern game of handball is first recorded in Scotland in 1427, when King James I an ardent handball player had his men block up a cellar window in his palace courtyard that was interfering with his game.
- Cycling, invention of the pedal-cycle
- Golf (see Golf in Scotland)
- Shinty The history of Shinty as a non-standardised sport pre-dates Scotland the Nation. The rules were standardised in the 19th century by Archibald Chisholm
- Rugby sevens: Ned Haig and David Sanderson (1883)
Read more about this topic: Lists Of British Inventions
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