Some games, such as football tennis, footvolley and teqball, although use a football and avoid the use of hands, are not goal sports. The hockey game bandy has rules partly based on association football rules and is sometimes nicknamed "winter football" (Swedish: vinterns fotboll).[3]
Although both sports arose largely independently, Gaelic football and Australian rules football or "Aussie rules" share a number of common characteristics that separate them from the other football codes, most notably the lack of an offside rule, rules requiring bouncing of the ball when running with it in hand, passing by kick or handstrike, and a scoring system with major and minor scores (goals and points in Gaelic football, goals and behinds in Australian rules). Both sports are also very popular in their country of origin, indeed the dominant code in each, but with limited global spread, a feature they share with gridiron forms of football.
Gaelic football – called "football" by this sporting community.
Australian rules football – called "football" in the south and west of Australia and also in Victoria.
Auskick – a version of Australian rules designed for young children.
