Unusual sports

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Unusual sports

• By Jakub Wudarczyk

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Elephant Polo

• The sport of elephant polo has been around since
  the British first went to India and adapted their
  horseback game to use elephants. The rules are
  very similar to horse polo, except the pitch is
  shorter and the riders have a trainer on board as
  well (called a 'manout') to help control the
  elephant. Originally a soccer ball was used, but
  nowadays has been replaced by a standard polo
  ball.

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Bossaball

• Bossaball is spectacular new and unusual sport
  that is a hybrid of volley ball, beach soccer,
  gymnastics and capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian art
  form that combines parts of martial arts, games,
  music, and dance), played on a specially designed
  inflatable court with a circular trampoline on
  each side of a net. It is a ball game between two
  teams, each consisting of 3 to 5 players. The
  sport was invented in Belgium.

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Swamp football

• Swamp football is an un usual form of the game of
  football (Soccer), which is played in bogs or
  swamps. Players compete on a wet bog, though for
  the major tournaments the pitch is simply a dry
  muddy field which is covered in water, rather
  than a naturally occurring swamp. The dimensions
  of the pitch are roughly 60m long and 35 meters
  wide.

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Chess Boxing

• The sport alternates between games of boxing and
  chess after each round - waiting for a checkmate
  or knockout to decide the match. A Chess Boxing
  match between two individuals lasts up to eleven
  rounds, starting with a four minute chess round
  and followed by two minutes of boxing. There is
  even a World Chess Boxing Organization, which
  motto is Fighting is done in the ring and wars
  are waged on the board.

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Toe Wrestling

• Toe Wrestling is another childhood game that has
  made it to the big time adult sporting world. The
  rules for Toe Wrestling are pretty simple. With
  shoes off, the competitors face other toe-to-toe
  across the 'toedium', where they interlock their
  big toes and try to force each other off the
  toedium (a lot like arm wrestling).

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Wife Carrying

• The Finish Wife Carrying Festival is held
  annually in Finland in early July, and requires a
  man to negotiate a 253.5 m course while carrying
  their wife on their back. The course includes
  various surfaces and getting through dry land and
  water based obstacles. The prize to the winner is
  a mobile phone, and more importantly they also
  win their wife's weight in beer!

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