They play card games, Board Games, games with dice. Chess was popular.
A tournament
Your question is confusing. You ask about 2 things. War games on horse and hand to hand combat. These do not go together. Please rewrite.
While in the uniform knights enjoyed archery during free time. Though while they were with their family it was normal games such as chess, tables, alquerques, fox and geese, shovelboard, and knucklebones.
They trained through war games and workouts daily on horseback , accuracy, and physical challenges. Tournaments were another means to test skills and earn rewards/honors.
A tournament was a way for a knight to show off his skills and to earn a better place in court. A winner of games became a hero for a night and it might help him to show off for his king which could lead to something better for him.
Tournaments at court were considered high entertainment. These games showed the combat ability of knights and other soldiers and were presented in front of the monarchÊand court.
Knights engaged in many types of contests using their skills, but also in the popular festival games of the day. Skill competitions included archery, jousting, and various forms of non-lethal combat. Chess and similar table games were also developed during this time.
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In the Middle Ages, there were several types of tournaments. Jousting tournaments involved knights on horseback competing to strike each other with a lance. Melee tournaments were more chaotic, with knights fighting on foot in a melee combat. Archery tournaments tested the skills of archers in accuracy and distance shooting. There were also equestrian games like horse racing and quintain, where participants would practice their horsemanship and target skills.
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Some games children played were house, hopscotch, and ring around the rosie. People danced, went horseback riding, and sailed.
American football is called football because it evolved from a game that was played on foot, rather than on horseback. The term "football" originally referred to any game played on foot, as opposed to games played on horseback, like polo. The shape and size of the ball used in American football are not related to the name of the sport.