It’s designed for athletes with vision impairment. Non- blind athletes are blindfolded. Game consists of 2 goals and players pass balls around trying to score in their goal. The balls have bells in them to help track the balls.
It’s pretty fun!
Vintage Baseball https://richmondsunsetnews.com/2024/10/03/playing-like-its-1886-gg-parks-vintage-baseball-throwback/
Fielders wear thin gloves with separated fingers, teammates give each other nicknames, and use vintage vocabulary, and exhibit sportsmanlike behavior towards teammates and their opponents.
Sportsmanlike behaviour in the modern age?
That IS weird! 🤣
Calvinball.
It’s never even the same game twice.
Paintball, specifically Speedball.
Yes, the general public plays it for birthday parties and what-not, but I’m talking about the professional side. Inflatable bunkers, walking the trigger, call outs, the occasional bonus ball/fight. Really gets the adrenaline pumping!
I have seen that on TV at one point. Possibly ESPN2, idk.
Ice Cross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXqPRvXdu4
It’s unique because it’s the only sport with ice ramps.
This is “Single-Bamboo Drifting” (独竹漂), a traditional sport of the Miao peoples in Guizhou.
You stand on a broad bamboo trunk and steer/propel with a thin bamboo stick. Often combining it with complicated dance. It requires a lot more balance than I could ever have managed at any point in my life.
Underwater Football. https://www.underwaterfootball.com/main.html
Originally started (late 60s) to get SCUBA students more time snorkelling and and getting comfortable with having a mask flood and learning how to clear it.
Paintballing - I can personally confirm that this hurts a ton! It’s fun but I’ve gotten bruises from it…
Cold water swimming - can be daunting at first, I’ve participated in it a few times and you do get used to it over time though!
Sometimes you need to get household chores done… even if you’re thousands of feet up in the air 😆
Hooverball! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverball
It’s a lot of fun to play! super egg behavior from like 20 years ago before I knew; I was in the US Hoover-ball National championship games and while my own male team didn’t win the women’s team that did win was down a lady and when they asked if a male would play with them I was super delighted to and confused why I was the only volunteer!? I was the worst one on both the teams I played with but they were super nice anyway.
So I’m a legit hoover-ball national champ! But only by dumb luck.
Sounds like a workout!
Also, this: https://fmworldcup.com/microsoft-excel-world-championship/
I’m good at Excel, but not THIS good! Lol.
Beer Stein Holding
https://www.ussteinholding.com/info/what-is-beer-steinholding-faqs
Broomball.
Let’s take Ice Hockey, remove the ice skate, and replace hockey sticks with brooms.
Cyclocross. You ride a bike similar to a road bike (but with better brakes and knobby tires) until you encounter an obstacle you can’t just bunny hop over. You hop off the bike, pick it up and jump the obstacle and then continue riding. It’s the bicycle version of a steeplechase race in mud and it’s hilarious.
