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Title: Weirdest Sports You've Seen?
Post by: Galway Eagle on May 21, 2017, 10:21:57 AM
Was just thinking about this as I was playing Hurling the other day. What are the weirdest sports you've heard of or seen?

In Italian class we learned about a city that plays some crazy gladiator basketball game every year.
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Post by: Dr. Blackheart on May 21, 2017, 11:14:14 AM
Quidditch and donkey basketball
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Post by: GGGG on May 21, 2017, 11:15:55 AM
Badger basketball
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Post by: 🏀 on May 21, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Calcio Fiorentino
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Post by: Jay Bee on May 21, 2017, 11:18:14 AM
ZFB told me about this competition he and his boys do often. It's called The Cracker Game.

Sepak takraw seems like it can be entertaining.
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Post by: 4everwarriors on May 21, 2017, 12:01:19 PM
Sama kutra, hey?
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Post by: ATL MU Warrior on May 21, 2017, 12:06:37 PM
whirlyball
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Post by: source? on May 21, 2017, 12:43:10 PM
(http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Soccer-Bubble-and-Bounce-Fail.gif)
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Post by: Spotcheck Billy on May 21, 2017, 12:45:35 PM
(http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Soccer-Bubble-and-Bounce-Fail.gif)

^ early victims of cutbacks at ESPN, right Heisy?
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Post by: lostpassword on May 21, 2017, 01:32:32 PM
http://apps.npr.org/buzkashi/
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Post by: Jay Bee on May 21, 2017, 02:31:04 PM
whirlyball

There's a whirlyball place right by my house.. have only played once - very enjoyable.
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Post by: muwarrior69 on May 21, 2017, 02:42:05 PM
Turtle racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP-Y4NbytHc
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Post by: PBRme on May 21, 2017, 02:49:46 PM
Hurling

It could be called Maim the opponent
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Post by: Galway Eagle on May 21, 2017, 02:51:42 PM
Calcio Fiorentino

That's that crazy game we learned about in Italian class years ago
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Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on May 21, 2017, 02:59:21 PM
whirlyball

Whirlyball is phenomenal.
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Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on May 21, 2017, 03:00:55 PM
(http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Soccer-Bubble-and-Bounce-Fail.gif)

The Bubble Footbal World Cup (no in not joking) is in London next summer and I'm doing a media event this week for the Englan team qualifiers.
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Post by: GB Warrior on May 21, 2017, 04:18:57 PM
I watched Derrick Wilson attempt a jumpshot once
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Post by: ATL MU Warrior on May 21, 2017, 04:36:04 PM
There's a whirlyball place right by my house.. have only played once - very enjoyable.
Agreed.
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Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on May 21, 2017, 10:20:15 PM
The Bubble Footbal World Cup (no in not joking) is in London next summer and I'm doing a media event this week for the Englan team qualifiers.

#1 injury in bubble soccer?  Not concussions, but broken legs. 

A horribly unsafe activity that most people think is harmless.
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Post by: Galway Eagle on May 22, 2017, 08:15:24 AM
#1 injury in bubble soccer?  Not concussions, but broken legs. 

A horribly unsafe activity that most people think is harmless.

How many sports are really "safe" I think the difference is bubble soccer claims to be and isn't.
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Post by: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on May 22, 2017, 08:45:54 AM
In high school gym class, we played speedball. No, we were not doing drugs.  It's kinda like soccer but you can use both your hands and feet.

There are a few different variations according to Wikipedia.  I actually didn't know the sport existed outside of my high school gym class until this thread prompted me to research it.  To my surprise, it was invented in the 1920s.  Less surprising: it was invented by a high school gym teacher.
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Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on May 22, 2017, 09:19:47 AM
I learned about octopush at trivia night at the bar last week.  First time I ever missed a question in the sports category
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Post by: #UnleashSean on May 22, 2017, 11:25:57 AM
Takes the cake.

https://youtu.be/kNVkXNdH2mA
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Post by: Skitch on May 22, 2017, 01:56:49 PM
I used to play a lot of jigglyball with the interns at work.
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Post by: Benny B on May 22, 2017, 04:28:20 PM
Keeping in mind Benny's Rule of Sport, i.e. in order to be considered a sport, there must be at least one non-incidental physical motion of finesse or strength which is generally able to (though not always) be improved through conditioning and/or training and there must be at least one method to objectively determine a winner....

I would have to say beer pong is the weirdest sport I've seen.  For Christ's sake... put your balls away and just drink the damn beer.
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Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on May 22, 2017, 09:10:38 PM
I used to play a lot of jigglyball with the interns at work.

TAMU has a Jigglyball pit on campus. I've used it on more than one occasion