most popular sports in the world what is your favorite sport to play? to watch?

Most Popular Sports in the World

What is your favorite sport to play?

To Watch?

What makes it your favorite?

There are many different surveys which ask just that, “What the most

popular sport in the world?”

• Here are a some of the more popular ones

http://www.topendsports.com/world/lists/popular-sport/index.htm

What factors contribute to the differences in the surveys?

• Your friends • Where you live • Availability (school offerings)• Time of year (season)• Family• Most watched• Most played

Origin of Sport

• 1) Soccer/ Football• Can be dated back 3000 yrs to the

ancient greeks and romans. Made most poular in england in the mid 1800’s

• 2) Badminton• Greece, Egypt (Battledore) then India in

the 1800’s (Poona), England (Badminton)

• 3) Ping Pong• England, end of the 19th century. Upper

class would convert there dining room tables for “whif–whaf”, “gossamer”, “flim-flam”

• 4) Volleyball • 1895 in the US (mintonette: combo of

basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball –net originally 6’ 6”) offensive setting and spiking first introduced in the Philippines (1916). Men 7’ 11 5/8”. Women 7’ 4 1/8”

Cool Sports you might not know about

Wife carrying (Finland)

Hurling (Ireland)

Sepak Takraw (Malaysia, Thailand)

Slamball