Bubble bump football

Zorb Football
Bubbleball Hand- or Headstand

Zorb football[1] (bubbleball or bubble soccer[2]) - is the recreation or sport of playing football whilst encased in an inflated torus, similar to a zorb, which covers the player’s upper-body and head.[3][4][5][6][7] The game is usually played indoors in a sports hall, or outdoors on grass or AstroTurf. The sport is becoming increasingly popular, with many people all over the world taking it up.[8][9][10] Zorb football can be played by anyone over the age of 10 and is often played amongst friends, for corporate team building days, stag parties, bachelor parties, and birthdays. There are also many variations of zorb football,[11] with scenarios such as bubble bowling or bubble sumo also taking place at zorb football venues. Some venues let you rent it and they come to you and set up a game at your House.[12]

History

A zorb football match at Texas A&M University–Commerce in December 2014

Zorb football was first created in Norway by Henrik Elvestad and Johan Golden,[13] when it made an appearance on their TV show, Golden Goal.[14] The game took a while to reach the UK though, and when British entrepreneur Lee Moseley originally tried getting zorb football going in the UK, he was turned down by investors who said the activity had no future. He was not put off however and financed the idea himself, which turned out to be a good idea as the activity is now played nationwide.[15] By 2014 had made its way to the United States[16] where several bubble suit[17] companies such as Bouncer Ball,[18]BubbleBall Inc,[19] Knockerball,[20] and the National Association of Bubble Soccer,[21] among others. The game has even made it as far as New Zealand.

Tipping Point

On November 20, 2015, zorb football was launched into the main stream media within the United States as bubble soccer when it appeared on ABC's Shark Tank. John Anthony Radosta, entrepreneur & league commissioner of the National Association of Bubble Soccer (based in the United States) appeared on the show exposing the sports to millions of network viewers in an attempt to secure a deal with Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec, and Kevin O'Leary. While ultimately unsuccessful is his pitch, the exposure launched bubble soccer to new heights within the United States, making hundreds of subsequent press coverage from publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine and Boston.com.

Different scenarios

When playing zorb football there are a number of different scenarios which can be played out:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zorb Football". A comprehensive site about all zorbing related sports and activities.
  2. ↑ "Get In The Bubble If You Want To Live: Bubble Soccer's Improbable Rise | VICE Sports". VICE Sports. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. ↑ John Anthony (2015-03-05). "What Is The Origin Of Bubble Soccer?". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-08-31. In April of 2014, a video from a Bubble Football operator in Algund, Italy set the internet on fire. Google traffic volume shows a huge spike in the sport from barely any searches to literally millions of searches throughout the world in about a weeks time, all because of one video posted on YouTube (below). Bubble soccer had exploded and the world wanted more of it.
  4. ↑ Carl Lukat (2015-08-05). "Bubble soccer bursts onto the scene". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. 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.
  5. ↑ 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. 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.
  6. ↑ Amanda Jess (2015-04-01). "Sports with a soft landing". New Glasgow News. 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.
  7. ↑ Taylor Temby (2014-08-01). "Playing soccer in a bubble? Count us in". KUSA (TV). 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.
  8. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2015-08-30. Ονομάζεται Bubble Bump Football, δηλαδή «φουσκοχτυπημένο ποδόσφαιρο» ή σε ελεύθερη μετάφραση ποδόσφαιρο… φούσκα.
  9. ↑ "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. 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.
  10. ↑ "“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. Les visiteurs pouvaient également se tester au bubble bump (football où les joueurs sont chacun dans une bulle d'air).
  11. ↑ "Watch Out, St. Louis -- Bubble Soccer Is Coming to Town". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Where To Play Bubble Football In London". Londonist.com. 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  13. ↑ "Bubble Soccer is the Safest (Kind Of?), Most Brutal Sport You’ll Ever See". Playboy. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  14. ↑ "The Brief History of Bubble Football". Bubble-soccer.us. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  15. ↑ "New sport "Bubble Soccer" bursts onto the scene.". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  16. ↑ "What is the story behind the sport of Bubble Soccer?". Sporting News. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  17. ↑ "Bubble Soccer". Soccer Politics / The Politics of Football. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  18. ↑ "BouncerBall".
  19. ↑ "BubbleBall Inc".
  20. ↑ "Knockerball".
  21. ↑ "National Association of Bubble Soccer".
  22. ↑ "Bubble soccer comes to Riverfest". kansas. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  23. ↑ "Bubble Football taking the nation by storm". prnewswire.co.uk. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-08-25.

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