Bubble bump soccer
Bubble bump soccer, or bubble bump football, is a sport loosely based on soccer, or association football, where players wear a large air-filled donut around their heads, torsos and hips.[1][2][3][4]
The bubble suits weigh 13 kilograms.[3] According to Αίθουσα Σύνταξης, the rules are the same as for regular soccer. But Charente Libre reported the game was played with only five players per team, described the game being a cross between football, Rugby and American football.[5]
The donuts are shaped like spheres, and the air within them is under just enough pressure that players bounce off one another, when they attempted to body-check one another.[1][2][3] Body-checks often result in both players bubbles rolling across the pitch.
The game was invented in Norway, in 2011, and is so popular there that games are broadcast on television.[5][6] The Loudoun Times-Mirror reports the game was first played in the USA in 2013, and that 37 states have amateur leagues for organized play.[7] The Northwest Herald reported only 35 US cities have leagues for organized play.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amanda Jess (2015-04-01). "Sports with a soft landing". New Glasgow News. http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2015-04-01/article-4098115/Sports-with-a-soft-landing/1. Retrieved 2015-08-30. "The ball was secondary, an arbitrary piece of equipment really only there so it could be classified as a game, rather than a full-out attempt to knock your opponent off his or her feet."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Taylor Temby (2014-08-01). "Playing soccer in a bubble? Count us in". KUSA. http://www.9news.com/story/entertainment/2014/08/01/bump-soccer-denver/13425665/. Retrieved 2015-08-30. "Bump soccer requires players to wear an inflatable "bubble" tube while they run around the pitch trying to score. The "bump suits" make it easy to plow over your friends and bounce around on the field."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Γράψτε το σχόλιο σας (2014-09-30). "Ποδόσφαιρο – Φούσκα: Το πιο γελοίο νέο άθλημα (βίντεο) [Football - Bubble: The most ridiculous new sport (video)]" (in Greek). Αίθουσα Σύνταξης. Archived from the original on 2014-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140930224904/http://www.tribune.gr/sports/news/article/75227/podosfero-fouska-pio-gelio-neo-athlima-vinteo.html. Retrieved 2015-08-30. "Ονομάζεται Bubble Bump Football, δηλαδή «φουσκοχτυπημένο ποδόσφαιρο» ή σε ελεύθερη μετάφραση ποδόσφαιρο… φούσκα."
- ↑ "“L’été sera show” fait étape au Flamingo ["Summer will show" made stops at the Flamingo]" (in French). Midi Libre. 2015-08-12. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20150831134355/http://www.midilibre.fr/2015/08/12/l-ete-sera-show-fait-etape-au-flamingo,1201542.php. "Les visiteurs pouvaient également se tester au bubble bump (football où les joueurs sont chacun dans une bulle d'air)."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Embarquez pour une partie de foot bubble bump [vidéo [Embark on a game of football bubble bump [Video]]"] (in French). Charente Libre. 2014-12-28. Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703053513/http://www.charentelibre.fr/2014/12/27/avec-le-bubble-bump-le-foot-perd-la-boule,1932395.php. Retrieved 2015-08-31. "Venue de Norvège, cette version gonflée du football à cinq fait monter la température sur les terrains de foot en salle. Reportage sur la pelouse synthétique du Soccer 5 de Pessac, dans l’agglomération bordelaise."
- ↑ Stephen di Benedetto (2015-08-30). "Flopperball brings a dose of football, soccer to McHenry County (with video)". Crystal Lake: Northwest Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20150831135355/http://www.nwherald.com/2015/08/26/flopperball-brings-a-dose-of-football-soccer-to-mchenry-county-with-video/a6fnt3p/. "Originating in Norway in 2011, bubble soccer and football leagues have begun in more than 35 cities across the country, including Milwaukee, Boston and New York, according to the National Association of Bubble Soccer. The game combines the contact of football with the finesse of soccer."
- ↑ Carl Lukat (2015-08-05). "Bubble soccer bursts onto the scene". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20150831135820/http://www.loudountimes.com/sports/article/bubble_soccer_bursts_onto_the_scene835. Retrieved 2015-08-30. "The sport originated four years ago in Norway. Bubble soccer surfaced in the United States in 2013 and has grown in notoriety since - currently played in 37 states."
