Is Bubble Soccer A Fad?

You may think that zorbing or bubble soccer is a passing fad, but it is still the latest and most popular sports in the last decade.

The history of bubble soccer

With the special human hamster ball, zorb soccer one of the suitable sport game during the pandemic due to its social distance measures. Zorb soccer is like traditional soccer game but mixes bumper cars and zorbing together. But do you know when and how zorb soccer is invented?

Origin

We all know that bubble soccer is a derivative from zorbing, a extreme sport, but who is the first person to come up with the idea of combining the zorb ball and the soccer together? You may not believe that the conception bubble soccer or what we called bubble football is from a joke. In 2011, two hosts of the Norwegian comedy show, Golden Goal, came up with the idea as a joke, but then the video of the two playing the funny game on the show went viral in Europe.

Then the game appeared on more TV shows like The Tonight Show, Good Morning America and the Sharks on Shark Tank and bubble soccer was gaining more attention in the whole world. As mentioned above, you may consider bubble soccer as a unofficial sport activity, but the International Bubble Football Association (IBFA) was founded in 2014 and a Bubble Football World Cup was held in 2018 in England.

Although now bubble soccer may not drive people crazy like a few years ago, it is still one of the most popular sports in the world. That bubble soccer is not internationally held as a official sport doesn’t mean it is a fad or you cannot play it. You can still see people playing zorb soccer on different occasions with different rules.

If you are looking forward to having an experience of playing soccer while wearing the bubble ball, you can visit Kameymall to pick a zorb ball with your favorite color and pattern.