The word hybrid refers to a mixture of two or more different aspects of items coming together. A hybrid sport is one that takes rules, elements or gameplay of one game and mixes it in with another. These are loved by sports fans, as they take a game they already know and love then add in new aspects to make it interesting.
Although you may not realise it, there are many of these sports out there, each with their own interesting qualities and rules. Here are some of the most interesting ones that you may want to learn more about:
Polocrosse:
This is such a bizarre game, it combines both polo and lacrosse. Both of these sports are already fast paced, with one involving horses, and they come together in a fascinating way. It will come as no surprise to our readers that this game involves a lot of skill, as you have to ride the horse while also keeping your eye on the ball.
This is an incredibly fun game to watch, while it’s not the most common game to be able to view, it’s one of our favourite hybrid sports. It’s well worth seeking out matches online, as you can’t usually watch this sport on traditional sports channels.
Slamball:
If you’re a fan of watching contact sports then you can get right to grips with this game. As you can probably guess from the name, there’s a lot of slamming into one another from the competitors in this game. This got a lot of media attention when it was shown on the mainstream Cartoon Network channel, which skyrocketed the sport into the public eye.
The premise of the sport is really simple, it takes elements of basketball and adds in trampoline – just to really up the ante on the action. This is a fantastic game to watch, as large basketball players manage to jump pretty elegantly on the trampolines that augment the usual court.
Chess Boxing:
Now this has to be one of the weirdest mash ups of two very different sports. Athletes in this game go from punching one another to playing rounds of chess, yes we know how odd that sounds. It’s not the only game to bring in weird elements, you can even mix sport and bingo into a strange sport too.
It’s a spectacle to say the least, though we’re not sure how great our chess strategy would be after a few rounds. This is a pretty brutal sport to watch, definitely not for the faint of heart as it can get really intense. The games don’t tend to last too long, understandably so, as the competitors find it hard to keep going with the alternating rounds after a while.
This is a pretty interesting sport to watch, though we probably wouldn’t want to try it for ourselves.
Football Tennis:
If you love the beautiful game, but want to view it in a brand new light then you can check out football tennis. This is played in the same way as traditional tennis, sort of, but with a football and no rackets. Instead, players violently kick towards one another – which seems like a recipe for disaster if you ask us.
These players have to have it all; coordination, stamina and an extreme lack of fear too. This is a bit of a crazy game to watch, we can’t imagine ourselves getting involved in this one either. We’d imagine that there are a lot of nosebleeds as a result of this game.
These games are among some of the coolest to watch, we’d suggest seeking them out for a lot of entertainment.