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Question

What was used as the original soccer ball?

This is a real question and I know the answer...I'm not kidding@A Kick In The Head ..thanks Buffon is awesome!!

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A Kick In The Head ...I'm glad to see that nice people still exist in this place..I've been a Juventus fan since I was a little kid and always will be..Forza Juve!!

Answer 1

Documented evidence of what is possibly the oldest organized activity resembling football can be found in a Chinese military manual written during the Han Dynasty in about 2nd century BC.

It describes a practice known as cuju (Traditional Chinese: 蹴鞠; Simplified Chinese: 蹴踘; Pinyin: cù jū) which involved kicking a leather ball through a hole in a piece of silk cloth strung between two 30 foot poles. Another Asian ball-kicking game, which may have been influenced by cuju, is kemari. This is known to have been played within the Japanese imperial court in Kyoto from about 600 AD. In kemari several individuals stand in a circle and kick a ball to each other, trying not to let the ball drop to the ground (much like keepie uppie). The game survived through many years but appears to have died out sometime before the mid 19th century. In 1903 in a bid to restore ancient traditions the game was revived and it can now be seen played for the benefit of tourists at a number of festivals.

The Greeks and Romans are known to have played many ball games some of which involved the use of the feet. The Roman writer Cicero describes the case of a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barbers shop. The Roman game of Harpastum is believed to have been adapted from a team game known as "επισκυρος" (episkyros) or pheninda that is mentioned by Greek playwright, Antiphanes (388-311BC) and later referred to by Clement of Alexandria. The game appears to have vaguely resembled rugby.

There are a number of less well-documented references to prehistoric, ancient or traditional ball games, played by indigenous peoples all around the world. For example, William Strachey of the Jamestown settlement is the first to record a game played by the Native Americans called Pahsaheman, in 1610. In Victoria, Australia, Indigenous Australians played a game called Marn Grook. An 1878 book by Robert Brough-Smyth, The Aborigines of Victoria, quotes a man called Richard Thomas as saying, in about 1841, that he had witnessed Aboriginal people playing the game: "Mr Thomas describes how the foremost player will drop kick a ball made from the skin of a possum and how other players leap into the air in order to catch it." It is widely believed that Marn Grook had an influence on the development of Australian rules football (see below). In northern Canada and/or Alaska, the Inuit (Eskimos) played a game on ice called Aqsaqtuk. Each match began with two teams facing each other in parallel lines, before attempting to kick the ball through each other team's line and then at a goal. The ancient Aztec game of ollamalitzli also involved kicking a ball, but it generally had more similarities to basketball.

These games and others may well far back into antiquity and have influenced football over the centuries. However, the route towards the development of modern football games appears to lie in Western Europe and particularly England.


Mediæval football

Further information: Mediæval football

The Middle Ages saw a huge rise in popularity of annual Shrovetide football matches throughout Europe, particularly in England. The game played in England at this time may have arrived with the Roman occupation, but there is little evidence to indicate this. Reports of a game played in Brittany, Normandy and Picardy, known as Choule or Soule, suggest that some of these football games could have arrived in England as a result of the Norman Conquest.

These archaic forms of football would be played between neighbouring towns and villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams, who would clash in a heaving mass of people struggling to drag an inflated pig's bladder by any means possible to markers at each end of a town (sometimes instead of markers, the teams would attempt to kick the bladder into the balcony of the opponents' church). A legend that these games in England evolved from a more ancient and bloody ritual of kicking the "Dane's head" is unlikely to be true. Shrovetide games survive in a number of English towns (see below).

The first description of football in England was given by William FitzStephen (c. 1174-1183). He described the activities of London youths during the annual festival of Shrove Tuesday.

After lunch all the youth of the city go out into the fields to take part in a ball game. The students of each school have their own ball; the workers from each city craft are also carrying their balls. Older citizens, fathers, and wealthy citizens come on horseback to watch their juniors competing, and to relive their own youth vicariously: you can see their inner passions aroused as they watch the action and get caught up in the fun being had by the carefree adolescents.[1]

Most of the early references to the game speak simply of "ball play" or "playing at ball". This reinforces the idea that the games played at the time did not necessarily involve a ball being kicked. The first clear reference to football was not recorded until 1409, when King Henry IV of England issued an edict to ban it. In 1424, King James I of Scotland also attempted to ban the playing of "fute-ball". However, the first clear reference to a ball being used did not occur until 1486.[2] There is an account from 11 April 1497 of a sum of money "giffen [given] to Jame Dog [James Doig] to b[u]y fut ballis to the King".[3] The oldest surving football is probably one made in about 1540 in Scotland, from leather and a pig's bladder. (It which was discovered in 1981 in the roof structure of the Queen's Chamber, Stirling Castle and is now displayed at the Smith Gallery in Stirling.)

The first reference to football in Ireland occurs in the Statute of Galway of 1527, which allowed the playing of football and archery but banned "hokie' — the hurling of a little ball with sticks or staves" as well as other sports. (The earliest recorded football match in Ireland was one between Louth and Meath, at Slane, in 1712.)
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Calcio Fiorentino

Main article: Calcio Fiorentino

In the 16th century, the city of Florence celebrated the period between Epiphany and Lent by playing a game which today is known as "calcio storico" ("historic kickball") in the Piazza della Novere or the Piazza Santa Croce. The young aristocrats of the city would dress up in fine silk costumes and embroil themselves in a violent form of football. For example, calcio players could punch, shoulder charge, and kick opponents. Blows below the belt were allowed. The game is said to have originated as a military training exercise. The most famous match took place on February 17, 1530. While the troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor were besieging Florence, a game of calcio was organised as a show of defiance. In 1580, Count Giovanni de' Bardi di Vernio wrote Discorso sopra 'l giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino. This is sometimes credited as the earliest known published rules of any football game. The game was not played between January 1739 and May 1930, when it was revived to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the match mentioned above. Calcio is still played, mostly as a tourist attraction.

Answer 2

My English is too poor to be sure to understanding.
I can't spot it out what is binding Moods and Original *soccer* (Juventina: MA CHE DICI - what are you saying ??? S*O*C*C*E*R ???) -- but Moods really switched -- ;-)
So:
THANKS AKICKINTHE...
I'm Juve fan too, living in Turin, and next season I will take the only good chance that relegation give us:
I will go to watch the match with my children - it was dangerous when playing against Roma, Milan, Inter... disorders, crimes, violence... now I guess Frosinone, Rimini and Albinoleffe match will be my best picks. And tickets could be cheaper. And I can move earlier than my wife (she's TORINO supporter -- family derby ;-) I will launch a kiss from you to all players (I guess their formation could be an amazing 3-4-3 (Lippi's favorite tactic when Deschamps was playing in Juventus) modified in 3-4-1-2 with Marchionni as play-maker immediately after forwards: Buffon; Legrottaglie; Chiellini; Balzaretti (Birindelli); Giannichedda; Tudor; Nedved; Zanetti: Marchionni; Del Piero; Bojinov (Volpato or Palladino). This assuming Ibrahimovic, Trezeguet and Camoranesi will leave Juventus as well as Kapo, Kovac and Zebina)
THANKS VOLKSBANK
Your answer is perfectly fitted to me and it deserves thumbs up everyone... but MY first ball was ... anything SPHERICAL.
In school corridors we had papers rounded with adhesive tape.
At home me and my bro had tabletennis ball (BELIEVE ME it allow to develop great ball control ;-)
Then - when I was 6 - we had plastic ball - the kind who weight quite nothing, you kick and the ball movement was totally unpredicactable.
In 1978 - TANGO from Adidas - of course it wasn't the expensive leather ball - really OVERWEIGHTED to children.. only the braves could try headings ;-)
Now my only hope is the ball we are playing with isn't children-made :-(

Farewell from Turin and see you soon ... IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ;-)

Answer 3

may be watching some of South park episodes... or staring at Gigi's pic!
but let me tell u, u have the prettiest picture EVER, coz i simply love Gigi Buffon more than life itself, & im Juventus biggest fan either! & that means im one of the biggest fan of the italian team!
wow, that really has changed my mood into better swing now!

Answer 4

The Scots used to kick goat heads around.

Answer 5

a sack of potatoes?
a sand bag?
a chihuahua?

I did a search and couldn't come up with anything.

Tell us.

Answer 6

Chelsea is going to beat LIverpool August 13 - GO CHELSEA!!!

Answer 7

a bunch of rags tied together. or maybe a severed head...im not sure.

Answer 8

my friend's grandpa.