Original title: The National League is here!The frisbee movement that exploded overnight, the official added a fire
The Social Sports Guidance Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China issued a notice on the 7th that it plans to hold the first Chinese Frisbee League in the second half of 2022.“The frisbee sport is deeply loved by the masses and has developed rapidly in recent years, and has become an important part of national fitness activities.”The notice says so.
The notice shows that grassroots communities, enterprises and institutions, social groups, and schools can form teams to register for the competition. In terms of the playing field, the 11-a-side football field is divided into two frisbee fields, 100 meters long and 30 meters wide, and the scoring area is 18 meters long and 30 meters wide. The specific number of venues will be determined based on team registration.
After becoming a sport loved by many young people, the Chinese Frisbee League came. The once niche movement seemed to explode overnight, becoming a hot topic on the Internet and a life scene that was constantly displayed in the circle of friends.
According to the “Top Ten Life Trends in 2022” released by a domestic social platform, the release volume of Frisbee-related content in 2021 will increase by 6 times year-on-year.
According to the data of a travel platform, among the same-city community activities “Please get on the bus on weekends” carried out by the platform, Frisbee is the weekend activity with the highest repurchase rate and the most popular among the “post-90s”.
Do you know the interesting history behind this movement that has been “out of the circle”?
ocean-crossing movement
The origin of the Frisbee can be traced back to the pie tin. In the 19th century, Frisbie, an American baker, named a bakery after his surname. College students liked his “Frisbie Pie” very much. After eating, they threw round tin plates for fun.
In 1948, American Walter Morrison made the first modern Frisbee out of plastic. In 1957, Wham-O, the company that developed the hula hoop, obtained the market monopoly of Frisbee, and registered the trademark “Frisbee” in 1959 after hearing about the custom of college students playing “Frisbie”.
Since then, the U.S. Frisbee sport and industry has gradually taken shape. Hedrick, known as the “Father of Frisbee Sport”, developed a sports-level Frisbee and established the International Frisbee Association. In 1974, the first World Frisbee Championship was held at the Rose Bowl in California, USA.
In the sport of frisbee, the most popular is the frisbee competition, also known as ultimate frisbee.The standard configuration of the competition is 7-a-side, the standard field is 100 meters x 37 meters, and there is a scoring area of 18 meters x 37 meters at each end. Somewhat similar.
The introduction of frisbee to China dates back to the 1980s. As a competitive sport and leisure toy, with the reform and opening up, frisbee has entered the field of view of the Chinese people.
Frisbee in China
Before you know it, Frisbee, a team sport that incorporates the rules and characteristics of football, basketball and rugby, has become a new favorite in the social circle and sports field of the younger generation in China.
Careful observation is not difficult to find that for a long time before the announcement of the first Chinese Frisbee League, the growth of the “folk” sport of Frisbee was not “barbaric”.
In November last year, the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sport of China successively released“National Frisbee Sports Competition Rules (Trial)” “National Frisbee Judge Law (Trial)”two files. In it, detailed specifications are made for the venue of the frisbee, specific competition rules, etc., and the responsibilities and qualities of the team frisbee referee are also introduced.
Image source: Screenshot of the website of the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports
In June this year, the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China announced the holding of the 2022 National Frisbee Online Challenge.
“In the future construction of new sports venues and facilities in Beijing, we will also give more consideration to the individual sports needs of young people and provide a variety of venues and facilities.”When talking about the individual needs of Frisbee sports, Zhao Wen, director of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, said in an interview with the media.
On campus, Frisbee is also popular.
In the early spring of 2021, the opening season of colleges and universities, at the Xiang’an campus of Xiamen University, 30 students followed the teacher to learn to use the Frisbee in their hands, and they interacted back and forth in groups of two. At that time, Xiamen University opened a new physical education class – Ultimate Frisbee.
“One of the features of this project is that there is no physical contact, and it has the characteristics of ball passing, so the combination of sports and entertainment is its biggest attraction.” Xiamen University Physical Education Department Luo Tengkun, director of the Outdoor Teaching and Research Office, said this.
In addition, in April this year, the Ministry of Education issued the “Notice of Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan and Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)”, and Ultimate Frisbee was officially included in the compulsory education curriculum as an emerging sports item.
Why do frisbees explode?
There is no physical contact, the threshold is not high, the requirements for the number of participants, venues, and equipment are not harsh, and it has strong fun and social attributes…The fusion of many factors has become the reason for the rapid increase in the popularity of Frisbee sports in the near future.
The World Frisbee Federation advocates the “frisbee spirit”, namelyKnow the rules, avoid physical contact, enjoy the game, play fairly and communicate respectfully.
People are more eager to expand their social circle of life through socializing, and more hope to get close to nature and organically integrate fitness and social interaction, which just fits the characteristics of Frisbee sports.
It is also under this development trend that Frisbee has quietly changed the public’s perception of it.
As stated by the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports, Frisbee has become an important part of national fitness activities.Are you planning to participate in the upcoming first Chinese Frisbee League?
[Editor in charge: Cai Donghai]