Bubble soccer ball
Bubble soccer (also known as bubble soccer or bumper soccer ) is a leisure activity in which the participants put inflatable, mostly transparent, balls (the so-called bubble balls or bumper balls) over their upper body and play soccer with them. Both the upper body and head of the players are protected by the inflatable bubble balls. The bubble balls are made of PVC or TPU and when inflated they usually have a diameter of one and a half meters.
The bubble balls thus act as a kind of airbag when playing bubble soccer, since they protect the players in the event of collisions. This creates a game principle that is completely different from classic football. Similar to American football, the players storm each other at kick-off and first try to knock over the opponents and thus pave their way to the goal.
Game flow
Usually a team consists of four to five players. Two teams compete against each other. The field size is usually half of a regular field. The playing time is usually five to seven minutes. The enormous effort as well as the resulting heat in the bubble balls do not allow much longer playing times. After kick-off, in bubble football, just like in classic football, the goal is to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. The same rules apply as in classic football; with one exception: body contact is desirable in bubble soccer and is part of the game. The teams often develop their own strategies, with a popular strategy being that three players on the team are responsible for pushing, the so-called bumping, of the opposing players, while the other two players take care of the ball and try to get it into the opposing goal to shoot.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jochen Fillisch: Weil am Rhein: Accept the ball - and then kiss the grass. Badische Zeitung, August 18, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 .
