List of Sports – H

Here's a list of every sport starting with the letter H:

• Hacky Sack – A footbag game where players keep a small bean-filled bag off the ground using only their feet and body.
• Haggis Hurling – A Scottish novelty sport where participants throw a haggis as far as possible, aiming for distance and style points.
• Haidong Gumdo – A Korean martial art focused on sword techniques, forms, and cutting exercises using wooden or metal swords.
• Half-Pipe Skiing – A freestyle skiing event where athletes perform jumps and tricks on a U-shaped half-pipe snow structure.
• Hammer Throw – A track and field event in which athletes spin and release a heavy ball attached to a wire for maximum distance.
• Handball (Team) – A fast-paced indoor team sport where players pass and throw a ball to score in the opposing goal.
• Handball (Court) – A fast indoor sport played on a small court where players use their hands to hit a small ball against a wall to outscore their opponent.
• Hand Cycling – A form of cycling using arm-powered bikes, often used in Paralympic road racing events.
• Hang Gliding – An aerial sport where pilots fly non-motorized gliders, using wind currents and thermals to stay aloft.
• Hapkido – A Korean martial art emphasizing joint locks, throws, and dynamic kicking techniques for self-defense and combat sport.
• Hardball Squash – A variation of squash played with a harder ball, producing faster rallies in a smaller court.
• Hare Coursing – A field sport in which greyhounds chase hares by sight, traditionally held outdoors on open terrain.
• Harness Racing – A form of horse racing where the horse trots or paces while pulling a two-wheeled cart called a sulky.
• Harpastum – An ancient Roman ball game, considered a precursor to modern rugby and soccer, involving running, passing, and scoring goals.
• Harrow Football – A historic version of football played at Harrow School in England, with rules blending rugby and soccer elements.
• Headis – A mix between soccer and table tennis where players use their heads to hit a ball across a ping pong table.
• Heeling – A rodeo event where two riders work together to rope a steer’s horns and hind legs as quickly as possible.
• Heli-Skiing – An extreme winter sport involving off-trail downhill skiing accessed by helicopter.
• Heptathlon – A women's track and field event consisting of seven different disciplines contested over two days.
• Hide and Seek (Sport) – A competitive version of the classic children’s game, often organized with large teams and timed challenges.
• High Diving – A diving event where athletes leap from extreme heights, performing acrobatic maneuvers before entering the water.
• High Jump – A track and field event where athletes attempt to leap over a horizontal bar set at progressively higher levels.
• High Power Rifle – A precision shooting competition using high-powered rifles to hit distant targets with accuracy.
• Hill Climb – A motorsport event in which competitors race individually uphill on steep or winding courses.
• Hillclimbing – A time trial motorsport where drivers race up a hill course, aiming for the fastest ascent.
• Hill Running – A running discipline focused on ascending and descending hills or mountainous terrain.
• Hitball – An indoor Italian team sport where players hit a ball into the opponent’s goal using only their hands and arms.
• Hockey – A family of sports where players use sticks to hit a ball or puck into the opposing goal, including ice and field hockey.
• Hockey (Field) – A team sport played outdoors on grass or turf, where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into the opponent’s goal.
• Hockey (Ice) – A high-speed team sport played on ice, where skaters use sticks to hit a puck into the opposing team’s net.
• Hojōjutsu – A Japanese martial art focusing on restraining opponents with ropes, historically used by samurai and law enforcement.
• Hooverball – A medicine-ball game resembling volleyball, where teams throw and catch the heavy ball over a net.
• Horizontal Bar – A gymnastics event where athletes perform swings, releases, and dismounts on a single high bar.
• Hornussen – A traditional Swiss sport where players strike a puck-like object called a hornuss with a long flexible rod.
• Horse Polo – A team sport played on horseback, where riders use long-handled mallets to hit a ball into the opposing goal.
• Horse Pulling – A strength competition in which horses pull a weighted sled for the greatest possible distance.
• Horse Racing – A sport where jockeys race horses on a track, aiming to be the first to cross the finish line.
• Horse Soccer – A recreational sport played on horseback, where riders push a large ball toward a goal.
• Horseball – A team sport on horseback combining polo, rugby, and basketball, involving passing and shooting a ball into a high net.
• Horseback Archery – A traditional sport in which riders shoot arrows at targets while galloping on horseback.
• Horseshoes – A throwing game where players toss horseshoes at stakes, scoring based on proximity or ringers.
• Hot Air Ballooning – An aerial sport involving piloting a hot air balloon for distance, duration, or precision landings.
• Hot Rod Racing – A form of motorsport featuring modified cars designed for speed, raced on drag strips or circuits.
• Hovercraft Racing – A motorsport where hovercraft compete on mixed surfaces such as water, grass, and mud.
• Human Powered Aircraft – A sport and engineering challenge where participants design and pilot aircraft powered solely by human pedaling or propulsion.
• Human Pyramid – A coordinated group activity in which participants balance atop one another to form multi-level structures.
• Hurdles (Track and Field) – A sprinting event where runners clear a series of evenly spaced barriers called hurdles.
• Hurling – A fast-paced Irish team sport where players use wooden sticks (hurleys) to hit a small ball (sliotar) through goalposts.
• Hwa Rang Do – A Korean martial art combining striking, grappling, weapons training, and philosophy for combat and self-development.
• Hydrofoiling – A water sport where riders use boards or boats equipped with foils that lift them above the surface for speed and smoothness.
• Hydroplane Racing – High-speed boat racing on lakes or rivers using specialized hydroplanes designed to skim over water with minimal drag.

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