Ninh explains the Top 10 Weirdest Sports in the World … part 2.
Wait, didn’t you already do one of these?
I certainly did.
It recently got over 1 million views and a hell of a lot of comments – so thank you
very much for watching and subscribing and if you haven’t already do so, subscribe
obviously, but here’s 10 more of the weirdest sports in the world.
#1 Calcio Storico One of the oldest versions of football, it’s
one part soccer, 90 parts beating the shit out of each other.
The idea of the game is the same, you have to throw or kick the ball a net.
But your opponents are allowed to punch, kick, wrestle and beat the crap out of you, whether
you’re holding the ball or not.
If you want to find out more about this brutal form of football, I actually made a video
about it right here!
#2 Hornussen This rather strange looking game belongs to
Switzerland and is sometimes known as ‘farmer’s golf’.
Players will swing this club/whip hybrid to hit this puck, known as a ‘Hornus’.
And surprise-surprise, the object of the game is to smack the hornus as far as possible
and for it to land on the ground.
But there’s a catch.
Members of the opposing team will be lined up with these strange looking paddles, and
if they manage to knock the hornus out of the air, the player does not score.
The team or player with the most hits or the longest distance, wins.
Yes, this is an actual thing.
#3 Toe Wrestling Do you like arm wrestling, but have the same
size guns as Mo Farah?
Well fear not because you can now do this with your feet!
Toe Wrestling, is pretty much exactly the same as arm wrestling, you have to lock toes
and try and lever your opponents’ foot over to one side.
Once their foot hits the deck, they lose and you win.
You also win a healthy dose of athlete’s foot, fungal infections and some really unpleasant
smells.
Whhhy would you ever do this?!
#4 Ferret Legging Toes wrestling is an English sport developed
in Staffordshire.
Not to be outdone, Yorkshire have decided to double down on the weirdness.
The object of this game is to stuff a ferret down your trousers, and try and keep them
in your pants for as long as possible.
The person who can keep them from escaping the longest, wins.
Ferrets can get pretty nasty, especially when provoked or scared – so expect there to
be some form of pain.
I also forgot to mention one other thing: you’re not allowed to wear any underwear.
So …. ummm … anybody want to play?
#5 Hobbyhorsing It’s our friends from Finland again, and
this time – they’ve come up with this.
A popular sport amongst teenage girls, participants must negotiate a showjumping style obstacle
course, whilst holding a horses head on a stick between their legs.
The rules … it’s basically that.
Judges will be on hand to time and judge the performer on how well they completed the course.
The person who scores highest, wins.
Finland, you’re a unique country I’ll give you that.
#6 Buzkashi Whilst were on the subject of animals, how
about we play a game with the carcass of a dead goat?
Nobody ever said that, right?
Wrong!
In Persia, the sport of Buzkashi exists – and the aim of it is to drag the carcass of a
dead goat into a goal whilst on horseback.
It’s contested between two teams of riders … and throwing around a dead goat isn’t
even the worst bit.
Opposing players carry whips with their teeth, and can whip you or your horse at any time
to try and get the goat from you.
You’d either have to be brave, or completely crazy to play this sport.
#7 The Redneck games For some, the events of the Olympic games
are just far too complicated.
There’s a much simpler version played in America called the ‘Redneck Games’ . These
include the toilet seat horseshoe toss, seed spitting, a wet t-shirt contest … and the
most popular event of them all, the mud pit belly flop.
How do you win these events?
I erm … I actually have no idea?!
#8 Fierljeppen If it’s Dutch, it’s probably going to
be weird.
And this also applies to their sports.
Fierljeppen is basically pole vaulting, but for distance.
Players will try and vault as far across a canal as they can, using an extremely long
pole and climbing onto it whilst they’re vaulting, They have three attempts at which
to do it and the person who can jump for the longest distance, wins.
But Fierljeppen is pretty normal compared to
#9 Bo Taoshi Two teams of 150 will try and pull down a
pole that the other team is defending, whilst trying to stop the opposing team from pulling
down theirs.
It seems like absolute carnage of people just physically assaulting each other … and well
that’s exactly what it is!
If you want to find out more: check out my other video here.
#10 Ultimate Tazer Ball Soccer, it’s too soft, I want more violence!
Okay, how about American Football?
More violence!
Calcio Storico?
MOAR motherfucker!
Very well, I give you Ultimate Tazer Ball.
The pinnacle of bravery and outright stupidity.
It’s basically the same concept as soccer – you have to carry or kick a ball into
a goal.
But your opponents will try and stop you … by electrocuting the shit out of you.
All players are armed with stun guns and to stop the ball carrier, you can zap the bastard
into submission.
Once you’ve done this, and your opponent has lost control of their bowels maybe – you
can pick up the ball and run with it.
However, watch out – as electrical retribution awaits you.
The team with the highest score at the end of time, wins.
You don’t get any extra points for killing someone, but you do get bonus points if you
make them piss themselves.
Actually I made that last bit up – you don’t get any points for that either.
Honorable mention goes to the Russian sport of … I actually don’t know what this is
called.
But as you can see from this video footage, there are two competitors who take it in turns
to slap each other in the face.
The idea is to inflict as much pain on your opponent as possible.
If you flinch or move, you lose.
If you get knocked out or quit, you lose.
If you die …. ummm, yeah, you lose.
Is there any more sports that I don’t know about?
Comment below and let’s enjoy the random weirdness that exists in the world.
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK