America

Pok-A-Tok (Meso-America)
According to historians, the Meso-American ball game Pok-A-Tok has been around since 3000 BC. However, the earliest found playing court (Paso de la Amada, Mexico) dates back to 1600 BC. The Paso de la Amada court was refurbished and expanded over a period of 150 years. It consisted of an 80-meter-long, flat playing alley bracketed by elevated "bleachers." Scientists believe that this particular court was a part of a network of similar courts throughout Meso-America.
From images on murals and pottery, archaeologists believe the ancient sport of Pok-A-Tok was similar to Tlachtli, a game documented by Spanish conquistadors in 1519 AD. The playing pitch for the game was shaped like the capital "I." The two sloping parallel walls were inset with three round disks called markers (later courts had just a single stone ring), at right angles to the ground. Players scored by hitting the markers or passing the ball through the ring. The markers and ring were several yards (up to 9 meters) above ground. Players could only touch the small rubber ball (10-15 cm in diameter) with their elbows, knees or hips. Scoring was considered such a feat that it usually ended the game.
Researchers believe that games like Pok-A-Tok were an integral part to the political, religious, and social life of the Mokaya (a name meaning "corn people"), who are thought to have been the ancestors of the Olmec and the Maya. The actual ball games may have ranged from simple recreational events to more high-stake competitions where losing team captains were beheaded and winners attained hero-like status. In Olmec times (about 1200 BC) kings were depicted as ball players, wearing leather helmets. "They may have been helmets for warriors or athletes or both," says a respected anthropology professor, "In ancient times the distinctions between a great player, a great warrior, and a great leader may not have been that great."
Between 250 BC and 900 BC the Mayan people adopted Pok-A-Tok. The Aztecs developed their own version between 1200 AC to 1521 AC.

Pasuckuakohowog (North America)
The North American Indians are also believed to have had their own kicking game, called pasuckuakohowog, meaning "they gather to play ball with the foot." It was played in the early 1600s on beaches with half-mile-wide goals about one mile apart. Up to 1000 people played pasuckuakohowog, often in a rough and dangerous manner. The players wore ornaments and war paint making retaliation close to impossible. It was common for the games to be carried over from one day to the next, with a celebratory feast following the conclusion of each match.

Asqaqtuk (Alaska)
Little is known of Asqaqtuk, a game played on ice by Eskimos. The game involved booting a heavy ball, stuffed with grass, caribou hair and moss. Legend has it that two villages once played Asqaqtuk with goals 10 miles apart.