在中世纪的苏格兰,铁匠铺已很盛行,铁匠师傅们在业余时间里经常比比力气,看谁能把带有木柄的铁锤掷得更远。以后,这样的比赛渐渐在苏格兰、爱尔兰的矿工和山民中流行。打铁的铁锤即是链球的原形。19世纪后期,链球成为英国牛津大学和剑桥大学运动会的比赛项目。从那时起,链球才开始改为圆形。那时的投掷方法是旋转五圈后掷出,投掷的方向没有限制。 Blacksmith shops were prevalent in medieval Scotland, and blacksmith chefs often spent their free time comparing themselves to seeing who could throw a hammer with a wooden handle further. Later, such games gradually in Scotland, Ireland, popular among miners and mountain people. Blacksmith hammer that is the prototype of the hammer. In the late 19th century, the hammer ball became a competition project between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Since then, the hammer began to change to round. At that time, the method of throwing is to rotate five laps after the throw, there is no limit to the direction of throwing.