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Football: A variety of forms and options

Big football lives and develops, and in his shadow – other varieties of the game in the ball, ready to break into the light of sofitis at the first opportunity. The portal Sport – the norm of life talks about non -standard views of the most popular game in the world.

Football (Eng. Football from the Foot Fe + Ball Ball) is the most famous and mass sport in the world. The exploits of famous players on the field, exactly like their personal life and hobbies outside the boiling stadiums are the subject of close attention from fans and fans, capable of a lot for the opportunity to talk or simply take an autograph from their idols and celestials. The game, in which two teams of 11 people take part in order to score the ball into the goal of the opposite side, captured the minds of many millions of people.

At the same time, the classic generally accepted type of team game, known as “Football” (Eng. Association Football) and managed by the FIFA international organization is far from the only one. Such varieties as rugby, footzal and beach football are widely known, and their competitions are global, global in nature and have long gained recognition.

And in parallel they live, develop, and feel pretty well, less popular types of ball playing, which does not reduce their value in the eyes of real connoisseurs.

From the beginning of the century

To begin with, they always played the “ball”. Mention of football came to us from the depths of centuries, from the ancient world. For ancient Romans and Greeks, the game served as exercises and military training. The Mayan Indians had a game in which the ball should be scored in a vertically located ring, acquired a sacred, religious meaning – at stake, according to some information, was human life. The surviving sources say that in China and Japan, as well as among the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands, in America and Europe, sports passions were boiling long before the emergence of rules and norms.

Football: a variety of forms and options.

Of course, many games with balls from different peoples and countries gave rise to “tons” of football types. Some acquired global status, others remained national, cultivated in a single country. It is human thought, invention, a variety of forms and rules, sizes and quality of fields, the number of playing the game, they create a stir and attract attention, which makes football an important sport around the world.

Beach football

Football in the sand. Spectacular, energetic, bright. Soft and viscous sand forces the players of both teams consisting of 5 people (four fields and goalkeeper) a lot to improvise, use beautiful technical techniques (for example, blows in the fall through themselves – “bisiclets”).The compact dimensions of the game field (28 by 37 meters) allow football players to score from almost any position, even with a direct blow from their gates, and fans applaud with luxurious actions and “tasty” blows!

Beach football originated in Brazil and grew to the level of sports of international significance. Since 2005, world championships under the auspices of FIFA have been held. The Russian team in beach football twice (2011, 2013) became the world champion, beating in one of the finals of fashion legislators – Brazilians.

It would seem that mini-football should play in the northern countries, where weather conditions do not always allow you to play all year round in the open air. But no: “mini” is very popular in the southern countries – Spain, Italy, Brazil. Traditionally, it takes place in closed rooms on the parquet. The game consists of two half of 20 minutes each, and two teams of 5 people each on the field reveal the strongest. The goal is to score more goals into the opponent’s goal. There are practically no separation of players in the role: all 4 players are constantly attacking and defending.

It is believed that a mini-football appeared in Brazil. In Europe, he gained popularity largely thanks to the Austrians in the middle of the twentieth century, who, having seen enough of the game of Latin American football players in the hall, held several championships in their homeland and this impulse was picked up and developed by other countries.

One of the varieties of big football, popular in the USA, Mexico, Canada and Brazil among professionals and students. Playing shoibol on artificial coating. The dimensions of the field are 40 by 20 meters, and its perimeter is fenced with “hockey” sides. Each team consists of five (sometimes six) people, including the goalkeeper. Russian football lovers got acquainted with this type of football thanks to the “Cup of Legends” among veterans, held in Moscow, in which foreign and domestic large football stars play.

Swamp football.

Rains, puddles and dirt are unwanted sport satellites in the open air. But there is a type of football that is not against any vicissitudes of the weather. Precipitation, on the contrary, “nourish” it. Two teams of 6 people play swamp football, oddly enough, in a swamp field of 60 by 35 meters. The match lasts 26 minutes and is divided into two half.

Such football is surprising: the players of both teams in bright equipment, in the mud knee -deep, the smeared from head to toe fight against each other in conditions unusual for ordinary people. Swamp football gained the most popular in Finland, England, Canada, Norway, Wales, Scotland. Teams from Russia are permanent winners and prize -winners of the world championships.

Gaul football

The national sport in Ireland, known since 1308. Two teams of 15 people compete on a rectangular lawn, trying to score as many glasses as possible, scoring the ball into the opponent’s goal or falling into the zone between two rods rising above the gates of 2.5 meters above the ground.Opportunities to carry the ball, beat with a rebound from the lawn, throw a hand and use a leg for a decisive blow make this type of football dynamic, and wide opportunities for tactics, strategies and cunning combinations do not allow the Irish fan.

The Georgian game with the ball, mentioned in the poem of the XII century Knight in the Tiger skin. It resembles a traditional rugby, but with a local color. Initially, the field was chosen, most often between two streams, which was called Lelo. On this field in the game there were two teams that could consist of several dozen or even hundreds of people without age restrictions. Even cases are known when sports meetings were held with the participation of 2000 people! And the mass of the ball in this game sometimes reached 16 kilograms. To win, it is necessary to bring this difficult shell into a certain section of the field, breaking through the ranks of the rivals.

Football varieties are a great many. People continue to come up with new directions in the spirit of modern life.

How do you like these? Trilateral (three teams play at the same time), footdabbrical (played on a standard field with two goals at the same time), football in balls (played in large inflatable transparent areas).

Does it sound and looks a little wild? Maybe, but who knows – suddenly, after some period of time, a new leader will come to the place of big football, which will capture the minds of football lovers.