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Teqball is a new sport after it was founded in 2014 and today there are roughly 20 countries participating in the World Championship. I only stumbled on this after seeing an advert for it on Eurosport and it is different to say the least. Because it is so new the World Championships held two weeks ago in Budapest had only 90 participants.
Think of a table tennis table that has been left in the rain and the ends have warped slightly. A net in the middle and a football is all you need to get going. You can use any part of your body to get the ball back except your hands, This takes immense skill and anyone lacking ball skills should forget about this.
Watch the video clip above to get an idea of how difficult this actually is. I could see those of injuries with people kicking the table or worse still diving for a header into the table. It looks as though it is perfect for the beach and countries that do soccer volleyball this is another perfect addition.
Many well known footballers are backing this sport and are trying to push it as an Olympic sport. I would say that it is a specialist discipline and personally time will tell if it is just a crazy fad or will it take off in popularity at some point. I was curious enough to watch some videos on this, but I doubt I would go and watch an event. I think you would get bored fairly quickly as I did and I am a sports lover. I just don’t see how you can make it more entertaining for spectators. I see it as a sport that is more fun for the competitors than the spectators unfortunately.
That is crazy! I have heard of using a soccer ball to play golf before, but I have never seen this. It almost looks like a cross between table tennis and volleyball because you are obviously able to volley the ball a couple of times before you hit it over. Cool stuff!
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Howdy sir cryptoandcoffee! I agree, it looks crazy difficult but kind of boring for most people. Very interesting though, maybe they'll change the format to make it faster and more appealing to the masses.
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Well, people are different. For me, i think its interesting, its almost like football and tennis. But the issue is ensuring it touches the board, which may require much fall of the players. The sand is not even helping, haha. This is really new to me, thanks for sharing.
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