Beginnings of association football
Who have kicked the ball first?
First notes about association football are dated to the end of 12 age, when Romans
went to the British islands. It was called Harpastum
and it wasn’t have a lot in common with soccer we play today, it was a violent
game and most importantly you could catch the ball in hands.
But association
football have much longer history. The beginnings of kicking the spherical
object named today a ball had place in China and Japan about 2000 years B.C.
Firstly soccer had a military usage – the army of cesar Huang Ti played soccer
to train their mobility, dexterity and discipline. It was also useful to rip
the team. On the other hand in Japan association football had a religious character
and only educated people could play it. In both countries some group of people
liked this game and started to play it on their own. They passed it from
generation to generation, in the meantime modifying the rules, and that’s how
the soccer was created
Where's the link to the sources?
ReplyDeleteAre you saying that football originated in Asia? Scottish people would certainly be surprised!
I always thought that association football have origination on British Islands
ReplyDeleteAll my life I thought soccer was played on British Islands first. I didn't know story about Japanese army who played football three thousands years ago.
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