{"id":3016,"date":"2022-02-02T09:33:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realvalladolidacademy.com\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2024-06-03T17:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:05:13","slug":"the-origin-of-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realvalladolidacademy.com\/en\/the-origin-of-football\/","title":{"rendered":"The origin of Football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Football is the most popular sport in the world today. Millions of people follow it all over the world. But how many of them know its origins? Today on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realvalladolidacademy.com\/en\/\">Real Valladolid International Academy<\/a><\/strong> blog we tell you about the origins of our favourite sport, read on if you want to know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OLD AGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ts&#8217;uh K\u00fah<\/em>, that was the name of the sport played by Chinese soldiers of the <strong>Chinese<\/strong> dynasty in the 3rd century B.C. How did they play? The object of the game was to throw a ball into a net. Centuries later, in <strong>Japan<\/strong>,&nbsp; it was called Kemari. A ceremony in which players had to keep a ball in the air without using their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar sport is said to have existed in Egypt, Rome and Greece. In <strong>Rome<\/strong>, for example, it was called <em>harpastum<\/em>, with a smaller ball. It was inspired by a <strong>Greek<\/strong> game called <em>Episkyros <\/em>in the 3rd century B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the other part of the world, on the <strong>American continent<\/strong>, there are references to a game in which a ball was used, and this was hit with a stick.&nbsp; The ball in this case was made of wood. <strong>The Mayas<\/strong> also played a sport in which they used a ball and the aim of the game was to put it behind the goal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that all these sports were very physical, there were no rules and violence and hitting were part of the dynamics of the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MODERN TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Brittany<\/strong> and <strong>Normandy<\/strong>, for many centuries, there was a popular custom of playing <em>choule<\/em>, which was definitively consolidated in the 11th century. In <strong>Florence<\/strong>, around the 15th century, a game called <em>Gioco di calcio<\/em> was played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not until the 18th century, in <strong>England,<\/strong> that the sport as we know it became established, with football and rugby being divided into two different sports. In 1863, in <strong>London<\/strong>, the Football Association was founded. FIFA was created in 1904. Four years later it became an Olympic sport and in 1930, the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curious thing is that, all over the world, some sport or game was played that has similarities with football today. Maybe that&#8217;s why football is such a popular sport. What do you think?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football is the most popular sport in the world today. Millions of people follow it all over the world. But how many of them know its origins? 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