Football

Football


Hybrid games

  • Austus – a compromise between Australian rules and American football, invented in Melbourne during World War II.
  • Bossaball – mixes Association football and volleyball and gymnastics; played on inflatables and trampolines.
  • Cycle ball − a sport similar to association football played on bicycles
  • Footvolley – mixes Association football and beach volleyball; played on sand
  • Football tennis – mixes Association football and tennis
  • Kickball – a hybrid of Association football and baseball, invented in the United States in about 1942.
  • Speedball – a combination of American football, soccer, and basketball, devised in the United States in 1912.
  • Universal football – a hybrid of Australian rules and rugby league, trialled in Sydney in 1933.[122]
  • Volata – a game resembling Association football and European handball, devised by Italian fascist leader, Augusto Turati, in the 1920s.
  • Wheelchair rugby – also known as Murderball, invented in Canada in 1977. Based on ice hockey and basketball rather than rugby.

Note: although similar to football and volleyball in some aspects, Sepak takraw has ancient origins and cannot be considered a hybrid game.

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