Sport is a perfect way
to stay in shape, exercise, move and generally speaking take care of our
health, both physical and psychological. Sport has a
positive impact on people’s lives because it enables them to let the daily
pressure out, sweat it out and work out, so they feel more relaxed and fresh
afterwards. People enjoy sports and exercising because they feel glad, happy
and satisfied afterwards. They get such feeling thanks to endorphins, which are
also known as ‘’happiness hormones’’. It has been proven many times before that working out not only helps people control
their body weight and condition, but also influences their minds and mindset
afterwards. This is the reason for many people to do sports – not only because
they like adrenaline or competition, but also because they like the feelings they get
in the meantime or sometime after.
We have known many
various sports: football, volleyball, handball, tennis, swimming, skiing,
snowboarding, horse riding, running and other athletics… I could count many
more… However, the limits of human mind, and therefore, ideas for new types of
sports basically do not exist. Therefore I
would like to present you a couple of unusual sports which I have heard about
and I would like to ask you what you think the reasons to play them are what do
people feel playing them?
The first unusual
sport I would like to mention is Bossaball.
Bossaball originally
comes from Spain and is basically for the athletes who enjoy adrenaline while jumping
on a trampoline. The rules are based on volleyball, but it involves acrobatic
moves: players jump to hit or kick the ball on the trampoline onto the
opponent’s area. There are from 3 to 5 players in each team and one of them scores
when the ball touches the ground on the opponent’s side of the trampoline. This
sport seems to be very funny, but it also requires a huge amount of power and
stamina in order to stay active during the whole game.
Another unusual sport
I would like to show you is Underwater
Hockey. It is an underwater competitive sport for divers which has its
foundation in hockey, but you swim in a pool. It has actually become very
popular in many countries, but it has its origin in Southsea, the United Kingdom and
the first competitions among the clubs were held in 1945-55. The players
call this sport Octopush because at
first there had to be 8 players in two teams. Nowadays there are 6 players in
each team. The idea is to use a stick to hit a puck or a ball into the opponent’s goal, just like in an ice
hockey game.
The last one I would
like you to take a look at is Wife
Carrying and it has its origin in Finland. This discipline is to prove that
a man can carry his wife through a difficult
path of insane obstacles in a short period of time. The funny fact is the prize
which the man gets when he finishes the race – he gets as much beer as his wife
weighs.
What
do you think about these sports?
Why
do you think people enjoy them?
Do
you know any other unusual sports you would like to talk about?
What kind of sports do you prefer?
Links:
Bossaball
Underwater Hockey
Wife Carrying
Comments
I think people enjoy any kind of sport that it's a little bit different and new. How many times we can play volleyball? It becomes boring after some time and nobody want to play it anymore.
Personally I love team sports, because it not only keeps us in a good condition, but also provides entertainment and a lot of fun.
Do you also think that team sports make people competitive and this is also another reason for them to take part in them?
I would love to try bossball, seems really exciting. I myself like swimming, so its pretty boring. Have you ever heard of combination of boxing and chess? This seems really challenging.
When both players are done with their turn it's the end of one round. A game is played for a fixed number of rounds that is accepted between the two players. The player with the most hits at the end is the winner.
I am sure I won't try it out. When it comes to me and sports, I prefer more dynamic activities for example squash. It involves all your muscles.
To be honest, I would like to try Bossaball. It might be funny for me :) and also very hard to play.
Despite that, I prefer practicing 'normal' sports such as squash, swimming, horse riding :)
When it comes to the sports you chose to describe, Underwater Hockey seems really interesting. I feel like I'm a decent enough swimmer and I generally like hockey, so I would really like to try it. Unfortunately I don't think there are any opportunities to do it in Warsaw.
Underwater hockey must be one of the most boring sports too spectate ;)
Once, my friend told me his father was playing the grass hockey. What? Hockey on the grass? It sounded so weird and unusual for me. That is why the Underwater hockey didn't amazed me as much as Bossaball, for example.
Bossball - just try to put a trampoline few meters away from the net and you will see how this game was created.
Wife carying - another integration party special, especially fun when you try to carry two girls from marketing (about 50kg) at the same time to be a winner - you just have to imagine how it ends up :)
For me the most unusual of the list will be underwater hockey - it's hard ever to cheer any team because you can't see nothing from the top. And while playing it you cannot scream "watch out on the left" or "pass to me" because you're underwater and that won't work. And there won't be any speed of involved in real hockey there - water will slow down everything. Strange sport, don't know why people are playing it.
I usually like traditional Soccer or Volleyball. You don't how to explain everyone what the rules are (everyone usually knows) and that way you can start playing ad-hoc - no time wasted.
we live longer and healthier. So I think people should do activities, even most weird, it it good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7tHkeVR1Ms
Enjoy! Even looking at it makes me laugh.