What Makes Quidditch a Real-Life Competitive Sport?
If mornings racing through the streets, training in the gym or trying to meditate amidst workday chaos with the help of yoga are too shallow for you, there are plenty of strange ways to bring movement into your life. Quidditch, piglet-throwing and pretend tennis: a healthy life is anything but boring. Being on a team is not just an opportunity to have fun and share the thrill of victory, it is also a great way not to miss out on sports (it is no coincidence that urban running coaches highly recommend finding a running buddy).
But why not opt for team sports? Discovery has selected four quite serious sports games - which will make you laugh to your heart's content, have fun, provide a good load on the muscles. In short, to earn points in your favor one way or another. Of course, we are not talking about throwing a "plate" at a picnic in a casual way, but a somewhat more dynamic and, what's more, team version with clearly established rules, which is ultimate frisbee - "uncompromising frisbee". "Real" frisbee is a game with a swing.
The rules require a field 100x37 meters in area and an additional 27 meters of goal area on each side of the field
Markings or a special surface - at amateur level, at any rate - are not required: you can play in a park, and on a patch of sand, and on a lawn. You'll require 14 players to play - seven a side. Or a minimum of five. The rules of frisbee are a strange combination of handball and children's "sorcerers": the projectile is to be caught and passed on to your teammates - and if you're holding the plate, you may not move. And the supporting leg (which is predetermined) must be on the court. To score a point, you need to throw a frisbee to one of your players who is standing in the other team's goal area. There are several - and quite complex - methods of doing so.
One of the most popular is called hexagonal: players form two triangles, and one in the center - this formation gives a lot of room to each player to move and at the same time allows you to be connected with all the players and make open passes in any direction, and also quickly change the angle of attack. When it comes to real competitive thrills, ultimate frisbee turns into a full-fledged non-contact mixed team sport requiring speed, good reflexes and endurance. And also - a developed sense of justice and crystal-clear honesty, for in frisbee. there is no referee. This is no accident - but part of the game's spirit, which assumes that opponents respect each other first and foremost.
Underwater Hockey: General Information
The game, in which the main bet is made on honesty, is gaining popularity everywhere throughout the world - but it's played most of all by residents of the USA and Canada. There are an estimated 5 million avid players of frisbee in the States, while in the Land of the Maple Leaf there are not so many fans, but it is here that the largest tournaments are held and the largest ultimate leagues are found. Yet people from other countries are also very interested in the "flying saucer": the largest European regular tournament is held in Amsterdam, and the premier beach ultimate frisbee event is in Dubai.
Any team sport has the potential to unite people. Almost any can be wholesome. However, only a few get to be referred to as national treasure. For England football, in the USA - most probably baseball, and for France - petanque. And this position is absolutely official: in 2013 petanque was allotted its rightful place in the list of intangible cultural heritage of the republic (although in fairness it should be mentioned that in popularity among the French it is not the first but merely the tenth sport). All you need to play the game is a set of balls and a boulodrome: 15 meters long and 2.5-5 meters wide.
Underwater Hockey: A Brief History
The first team, determined by lot, begins the game by drawing a circle of 45 centimeters in diameter from which they throw. The essence of the game is to place your ball as close as possible to the cochon, the “piglet” (this is the name of a small wooden ball that is used in petanque along with steel ones). And, if possible, to knock the opponent’s ball from a good position. Players throw balls until they've used them all up (and there are only two or three available to each player), and then the referee decides on the points, with tape measure in hand, according to who has managed to get more balls closer to the "piglet" compared to the closest balls of the opposing team.
After determining the winner of the round, the cochon is thrown again - and the subsequent round is played until one of the teams scores 13 points. Petanque players are not always particularly sporty, and games of petanque figure prominently at picnics (and it remains to be seen what comes with what). But that may be part of the appeal of petanque - although it is a nail-biting, energy-draining and actually quite exciting game that requires a good eye and a steady hand. Where to play? If you have at least one partner - to the nearest relatively flat earthen place.
Conclusion
Naturally, the Bulgarians competing against the unbeatable Golden Snitch comes to mind first. In fact, there are even more fictional sports. From the ordinary extraterrestrial races in the first episode of "Star Wars" to "The Hunger Games". All great, but it doesn't look much like a sport. We have made a more understandable list of fictional games. Someday they will hopefully be real. The important thing is that it will not be like Quidditch.
Baseketball by the creators of "South Park". The ironic cartoon of Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman is not the only product of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. In 1998, the duo appeared in the movie "Baseketball" based on their own script. The concept is that two friends choose to merge the rules of the two most favored games in the States - basketball and baseball. The ball in this case resembles a baseball but developed to the size of a basketball.
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