How motorcycle skirmishes, mud dives and violent scuffles have become the founding rules of various types of amateur soccer.
Swamp Soccer
One of the most evolving types of soccer in the world. No, we’re not talking about spring matches in the FNL and PFL. In Swamp Soccer, the playground is an area filled with mud and silt, reaching the players up to their waists. The game is played in two 30-minute halves. Players are replaced without stopping the game, free kicks are taken with their hands, and the players wear rubber boots instead of cleats. According to legend, the game was invented by a Finnish skier Esa Rompainen, when during training he was strengthening his ankle on the swamp. Deciding to combine business with pleasure, the athlete invented a new and exciting sport. Not without reason marsh sport originated in Finland. In translation from the Finnish “Suomi” – Land of swamps.
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The creators have decided to bring new colors to the familiar rules and simply threw in the game a second ball. The game is played until the two shells are either in the goal net, or in the hands of the goalkeeper or in touch. This game is much more dynamic than traditional soccer, but also has its own disadvantages – it is extremely difficult for viewers to watch two balls, and referees even less. In the first match there was even confusion and after long arguments the match was ended with the score 15-8.
Florentine soccer
Few people know but soccer, as calico is now called in Italy, appeared in the Apennines long before the British brought here the traditions of modern soccer. Since 1580 Florence holds an annual tournament on the same calcio, which means “kicking”. Yes, yes, this uncomplicated activity is at the heart of Florentine soccer. The match involves two teams of 27 people each. At the beginning of the game the referee tosses the ball in and it stays on the field until the end of the game while the opposing players beat each other up for 50 minutes in vain. A dozen maimed people after the game, teary eyes from sand and broken bones are part and parcel of this competition.
Gaelic soccer
The Irish, the sport’s ancestors, claim the game’s roots go back to the 14th century. Gaelic soccer is a mixture of basketball, soccer and rugby. Gates here are reminiscent of rugby, and the ball can be scored in both areas, earning a different number of points (into the net – 3, between the bars – 1). Here are welcomed power tackles, hand punches and pressure. Two centuries ago the Irish even formed an association dedicated to old sports, and sincerely do not understand how Gaelic fun is inferior to English soccer and cricket.
Cycleball
Legend has it that in the 19th century an American clerk, while cycling, kicked the wheel of a small dog that kept barking at him. At that very moment, he came up with the genius idea of kicking objects while sitting on a bicycle, but using a ball instead of an animal. His idea was supported by friends, and soon a new kind of soccer was born, in which two teams, sitting on bicycles, try to drive the ball into another’s goal. You can only use the head, torso and wheel, other limbs and objects to touch the projectile is strictly prohibited.
Underwater soccer
Soon enough, they tried to move the ball game to another space. So the soccer shell ended up underwater. Not everyone can play underwater soccer – its rules combine elements of rugby and water polo. The ball can be held and hands and kicked, but in no case can it appear on the surface. It is interesting to see what the dives in the penalty area look like here.
Fireball
In India, the so-called fireball is gaining popularity. The rules are the same as in traditional soccer, only hot Hindus play barefoot and the ball, stuffed with coconut shavings, is set on fire at the beginning of the game. The match continues until the shell goes out.
Crabby soccer
One of the strangest and most controversial sports in the entire world. Just try to realize it: an 11-on-11 team kicks a ball on a green court, moving around the field in a crab pose. The rules are the same as in regular soccer, only it all looks much more comical. Invented it in Britain, but every year this entertainment is gaining popularity in the United States. It would not surprise anyone in the United States to learn that this is what real soccer looks like.
