The international governing body of Football is the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), based in Zurich, Switzerland. Most of us are aware of this fact. But how many of us actually know the different stages of evolution of the game till it finally became what it is today? Here is some quick trivia of the early forms of football which will leave you amazed, to say the least. The earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back to the second and third centuries BC in China.This Han Dynasty forebear of football was called Tsu Chu and it consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and hair through an opening, measuring only 30-40cm in width, into a small net fixed onto long bamboo canes. According to one variation of this exercise, the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but had to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. Use of the hands was not permitted. Question of the day: What was the other form of football that also originated from the Far East? Hint: There is a Japanese connection here!
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:50:29 +0000
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