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Odd Team Sports

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  • 14-04-2020 9:19pm
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    PTH2009
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    There are quite a number of odd team sports around the world

    Aussie Rules is similar to Gaelic but its just odd that you get a point for hitting a wide

    American Football- how many players are actually touch the ball ???.


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    The Tetrarch
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    Netball. Everyone stops.


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    Irishphotodesk
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    Underwater hockey... I mean really !!


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    kalych
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭kalych


    Can't be any weirder than dodgeball. There's now World Cups in it:
    https://youtu.be/whuulVOawFA


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    Your Face
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    Kabaddi.


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    EmmetSpiceland
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    “Kabaddi” is a pretty cool sport played in India, and around there.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    salmocab
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    There are quite a number of odd team sports around the world

    Aussie Rules is similar to Gaelic but its just odd that you get a point for hitting a wide

    American Football- how many players are actually touch the ball ???.

    To be fair in Aussie rules if it’s wide you get no points they just have more posts but no crossbar.
    Rugby not passing forward would be considered odd if you didn’t know it as a sport.
    Kabbadi now there’s an odd sport it’s like chasing.


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    JohnnyFlash
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    Botaoshi


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    PTH2009
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Kabaddi.

    Yeah cant understands wtf is going on in that

    Same with cricket


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    ianob7
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    Calcio Fiorentino


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    Quantum Erasure
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    Buzkashi


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    Mehaffey1
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    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    Netball. Everyone stops.

    Only two players on each team are allowed to score as well.


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    Wildly Boaring
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    Canoe polo
    https://youtu.be/34GQp7UiY1g


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    JohnnyFlash
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Yeah cant understands wtf is going on in that

    Same with cricket

    Cricket is an easy enough sport to understand. There’s a bit of complexity with scoring in the test series, but the rules of the sport itself are far easier than genuinely complex sports like rugby.

    It’s also good to stick on and watch if you’re lying on the couch dying of a hangover. Moves at a gentle pace, and the commentators are picked for their gentle bonhomie and smooth speaking voice.


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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    Aussie Rules is a great game.


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    Zaph
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Aussie Rules is similar to Gaelic but its just odd that you get a point for hitting a wide

    As a soccer fan I find it equally odd that you get a point in Gaelic football for missing the goal and putting the ball over the bar. :D


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    PARlance
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    Zaph wrote: »
    As a soccer fan I find it equally odd that you get a point in Gaelic football for missing the goal and putting the ball over the bar. :D

    They get nothing for scoring a goal in rugby.


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    Zaph
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    PARlance wrote: »
    They get nothing for scoring a goal in rugby.

    Nor should they until they get themselves a proper shaped ball!


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    Insect Overlord
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    Viersljeppen is where it's at.

    Edit: ah, I should have paid more attention to the thread title. TEAM sports. Has anyone mentioned lacrosse yet? Or curling?


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    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    Quidditch, not just a fictional game from the Harry Potter book series, there is actually a real life version with a governing body, competitions and a Quidditch World Cup championship.




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    AllForIt
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    sugarman wrote: »
    Curling.

    /thread


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    Richard Hillman
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    Dressage WTF


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    Pherekydes
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    salmocab wrote: »
    Rugby not passing forward would be considered odd if you didn’t know it as a sport.

    Legally it's not permitted, but forward passes happen in every game.
    PARlance wrote: »
    They get nothing for scoring a goal in rugby.

    Eh, 3 pts. You can get a nearly automatic 3 pts if your opponent commits an offence in front of their goal, but if they commit the exact same offence in front of yours it's different.


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    Hoop66
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    There's this - completely mental - one from Japan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVkXNdH2mA

    Surprised more people aren't seriously injured or killed.


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    melekalikimaka
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    taser football - youtube it, youre welcome


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    Cookie_Monster
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    sugarman wrote: »
    Curling.

    curling is great to play. you really need to be drinking though


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    Sam Hain
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    Jai alai, the one from the Miami Vice opening credits. Some might argue that is technically not a team sport but it is literally a killer sport.


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    the beer revolu
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    If you were completely unfamiliar with rugby, it would look mind boggling bonkers.


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    CardBordWindow
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    kalych wrote: »
    Can't be any weirder than dodgeball. There's now World Cups in it:
    https://youtu.be/whuulVOawFA
    Great fun to play though.
    I was over at the World Cup in NYC in 2018.


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    kalych
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭kalych


    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    Great fun to play though.
    I was over at the World Cup in NYC in 2018.

    Miguel?


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    CardBordWindow
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    kalych wrote: »
    Miguel?
    Dimi?


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