AuthorJeffEyesRimmer
The football world can feel distant from the regular person and is now a long way from the working class game that it once was.
With the million pounds transfer offers for players, super agents and contracts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds a week there is cause for concern that football has lost its touch. Well there are alternatives and no I do not mean other sports (that would be silly). So where can you go if your football itch needs scratching but you feel disenfranchised but the current football climate? Well as luck would have it some likeminded people have got you covered. Here are a few examples of football that you can check out to get that football fix.
Fireball Football
Fireball Soccer or Sepak Bola Api is a unique game Indonesians play to welcome the month of Ramadan. Just like in the regular game of football, two teams of 11 eleven players kick a ball and try to shoot it in the opposing goal, however, the ball is on fire and the players are all barefoot!
Three Sided Football
Yes, you have to do a double take to understand this. This is a game whereby three sides take part. It was devised by the Danish Situationist Asger Jorn and played on a hexagonal pitch. Unlike in normal football where the winner is determined by the highest scoring of the two teams, in three-sided football the winning team is that which concedes the fewest goals.
Bubble Football
Its probably the most widely recognised version on this list and one that you can play in many places around the world now. We even have a league in Sydney. The rules are the same as in normal indoor football expect that you are in a zorb ball. This is particularly hard on your knees so I know one Outcast that wont be giving it a go.
Vertical Football
You read right, I thought Fireball was crazy but this is pretty up there as well. Just maybe watch the video to see what I mean.
Footdoubleball
Created in 2007 by Ukrainian students is football played with two balls of different colour, at the same time. At the start of the match each team is awarded one of the balls, and goalkeepers have to kick off the game from the corners of the keeper’s area. Each team tries to attack with one ball and defend its goal from the other team at the same time. If one team manages to steal the ball from the other team it can attack with both! I would seriously watch this. Goalkeepers often find themselves in situations where they have to parry two strikes at the same time. Some other examples of the code you may find interesting as well is Car Football and Robot Football. |
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