The Endangered Sport of Ulama The lost sport of Ulama has influenced many sports that we play in society today. Many people do not know what the sport is today but it is common techniques found in so many sports. Ulama is dated known to be dated as far back to 1500 BC but it has died away. Aztecs, Mayans, Mixtecs and Zapotecs all played and watched the ball game.
Ulama is a sport played in a small village in Mexico currently. This sport requires minimal equipment, just a heavy rubber ball and the human body. The rules that are played today are not necessarily the rules that were played from its origin. The rules for Ulama are not thoroughly known because many of them have been lost in translation. What is known is that there are two teams where the number on each team ranges from 2 to 6 players. It has been found that the playing courts were shaped like an ‘I’ and they were made of stone. They are said to be the size of American football field (Hill, 2015). The object of the game seems to be to hit a ball over the line using nothing but your knees hips and buttocks (Klein, 2016). The game is said to have resemble volleyball in that there was a constant motion of the ball. The game requires you to hit the ball back-and-forth over a line that is in the middle between teams.
Including Coco and the game of Ulama. King Carlos the fifths Royal court was awestruck by the game of Ulama as they observed two teams of Aztec people demonstrate this game. Not only were they amazed by the concept of the game but they were amazed by the rubber ball seemed to defy gravity (Kelin, 2016). After the Spanish conquistadors had seen this game and were entertained by it for a short while, until they prohibited people from participating in the games and all of the games rituals. The prohibiting of this game was a big influence to why it was forgotten and endanger of being completely in the past (Mesoamerican Ballgame
... and, thus, laid the foundation for the sports of modern day. The types of competition have changed throughout the centuries, but not the physical and mental
If you were to look down, you will see a court that was created by the Zapotec. This is also located in Monte Albán. The court was also created during 700s BCE. This ball court has a field right in the middle, it is very nice. The field has a Z slanted walls on both left side and right side. It was believed that this ball court was used for the purpose of playing sports. Also, it was believed that this ball court was used for religious matters , sacrificing purposes.
The lacrosse players would go up to each other and smack at each other’s sticks trying to dislodge the ball. The French named the game lacrosse which means the game of the stick. Sometimes a player would hit an opposing team’s player, severely injuring the person or breaking bones. There is even one account of a player dying. Anthony Aveni an editor for History.org says, “It is quite common to see someone crippled for the rest of his life who would not have had this misfortune but for his own obstinacy” (paragraph 9). The Indians did not have a goal so they used landmarks such as rocks and trees for a goal. Jane Claydon, an editor for Federation of International Lacrosse claims, “Some estimates have mentioned between one hundred and one hundred thousand players…. On the field at one time” (paragraph 2). There are tons of players. The fields were very extreme ranging anywhere from nine hundred yards to nine miles in length. Players at one end could not see the ball at the other end. The game would last from sun up to sun down many
In the earliest times of American Indian lacrosse, the game had few rules, if any. Lacrosse games would last for days, stopping at sunset and continuing the next day at sunrise. The fi...
“The Olmec introduced many things to the Americas, most of them good. However, the Xia/Olmec practice of Human sacrifice, which even intruded unto another Olmec invention, The Rubber Ball Game, was not. And there is no doubt, that the Amerindians wholehearted acceptance and subsequent practice of human sacrifice, was the major contributor to their demise. ...
Sports and Recreation (Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600)." American Eras. Detroit: Gale, 1997. General Reference Center. Web. 29 Sep. 2011.
Volleyball is a game which consists of teams of six which rally a ball over a net. Although anyone can play volleyball, sociologists have used a tool which displays how an individual decides to participate by exploring socio-cultural factors that can influence equity and access within sport. This tool is known as Figueroa’s Framework which was constructed by Peter Figueroa. “Figueroa developed a tool to investigate the issues surrounding access, equity and equality in sport and physical activity.” (12peboard.weebly.com). This framework consists of five levels they are Cultural, Structural, Institutional, Interpersonal and Individual; each level contributes to one another. Equity derived from the word equality looks at the equal opportunity/chance for everyone within any sport, whereas access focuses on the accessibility to equipment, a court, coaches etc. Both these elements have major impacts on whether the individual can easily participate and feel welcome in the sport. Figueroa’s Framework will be used to observe the Individual and Interpersonal level to self-evaluate my own participation and success in the sport Volleyball. These two levels will be discussed to demonstrate how the sport volleyball can be selected and what impact and effects are taken into consideration of this process and how they respond and develop. Problems in the equity of the sport will be looked and ideas will be discussed which could increase equity in the sport.
The origin of soccer in America has long been disputed. Some say that it was brought to America by immigrants. People claim that it was brought by the settlers of Jamestown, New Orleans, and Ellis Island. However, there is another reasonable source that people have discovered. It is have been revealed that the American Indians used to play a game similar to modern soccer called Pasuckuakohowog. It literally translates to “they gather to play ball with the foot”. In Pasuckuakohowog, there were goals that were a half-mile wide and a mile apart from each other. Games involved up to 500 people and were very dangerous. Records show that the game was played in the 17th century. This could prove that Pasuckuakohowog is what started it all for soccer in America.
In Philip J. Deloria’s Athletic chapter from his book “Indians in unexpected places” he talks about his grandfather’s connection to sports. He goes into further detail about how his grandfather’s place in sports is similar to other Native Americans. Native Americans used sports as a way to find their place in a new society. Sports was also used to strengthen the community. “Many Indian communities responded by drawing webs of kingship and unity ever tighter, trying to keep sport stars humble” (113). Athletics was now being used to bring all of the community, especially in times when it seemed divided. Sports also disproved the “Vanishing Indian” idea because society saw Native Americans playing in these sports and saw that they still existed.
In the world of sport, soccer and football with respect to demographic has had numerous controversies. Although both sport are known famously around the globe, for many years fans from both sides are known for asking, is American football same as soccer? What’s the time limit on both sports? What’s the game objective? Do they use the same ball? However they both have similarities and differences which I will be talking about in this essay.
Evidence of a form of soccer can be traced back to the third and second centuries BCE to a military exercise called Tsu’ Chu from the Han dynasty in China. The exercise consists of passing a leather ball through a small, one-foot-wide opening using only the feet, chest, back, or shoulders while other players tried to block the target. Other versions of this exercise have appeared through history. Although, they were slightly different, but the main idea was consistent: running through the other team defends while trying to make the target. As a result of this exercise, soccer was invented
The amazing game of soccer is played in every continent, and is the world’s most popular sport. It is proven to be one of the number one sports to be played and watched. Because its fans and players are so devoted, the sport continues to grow. Requiring only a ball and open space, the activity is available to anyone, whether rich or poor, male or female, athletic or not. Over the years, soccer has won the hearts of many because of its unique history, many benefits, and notable achievements.
The Taino played a game called batos, which was played on a marked field with two teams trying to hit the ball with their hips, knees, heads, elbows and shoulders into their opponent’s goal line, was another custom.
Association football is played in agreement with a set of rules known as the ‘Laws of the Game’. The game is played using a sphere-shaped ball of 71 cm circumference known as the ‘football’ or ‘soccer ball’. Two teams of eleven players each participate to get the ball into the other team’s goal, thus scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game wins. If both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a tie. Each team is controlled by a captain.
Branching off from our last article, the game of volleyball itself was invented in 1895, and almost at once it swept around the world; not only as an official sport, but also as a pastime that could be described as one of the “crazed” varieties. Well, it didn’t just stop there; volleyball eventually made its way outdoors, to the beach!