Sports on Safehold

HamsterDesTodes wrote:You can play european football (lets sidestep at least this religious debate^^) with a ball made of raggs, or - and thats how it was done untill quite recently, certainly longer than to the point Safehold is now - with the bladder of various domestic animals surrounded by lots of tiny pieces of leather. No need for high tech or even low tech. The origin of the hexagons on the balls you still see today is that they were once made of scrap leather, with the shape supplied by the bladder within.

JeffEngel wrote:

HamsterDesTodes wrote:You can play european football (lets sidestep at least this religious debate^^) with a ball made of raggs, or - and thats how it was done untill quite recently, certainly longer than to the point Safehold is now - with the bladder of various domestic animals surrounded by lots of tiny pieces of leather. No need for high tech or even low tech. The origin of the hexagons on the balls you still see today is that they were once made of scrap leather, with the shape supplied by the bladder within.

Thanks. At risk of offending other people's sports religions - How much change would it make to playing (European) football with a smaller but solid-rubber ball?

Also - for all we know - maybe Safehold-native species have better bladders for inflation.

There might be some bias in our samples of Safehold sports, too. Most of the action that way has been on Charis, and that before the world blew up. Charis is mighty hot. Hockey is out, and either football and lacrosse may be unpopular given the climate. They could probably be used as a horrid form of capital punishment on Zebediah....

HamsterDesTodes wrote:

JeffEngel wrote:

Todays football couldnt be played with a solid rubber ball, you need a ball light enough to play long passes and with a mass low enough not to knock people out if they try to play a header.
But keep in mind that european and american football were once the same game. They only diverged after some english students couldnt come to an agreement about the rules (No, I dont remember reading whether it was a Cambridge vs Oxford game^^), and look how different they ended up mere centuries later.
Safeholdian football had a millenium to drift, so I guess you could play with a roundish stone or an oval piece of wood if needs must and still call the resulting game football. A solid rubber ball would be quite familiar in comparison.

HamsterDesTodes wrote: quote="JeffEngel" quote="HamsterDesTodes" You can play european football (lets sidestep at least this religious debate^^) with a ball made of raggs, or - and thats how it was done untill quite recently, certainly longer than to the point Safehold is now - with the bladder of various domestic animals surrounded by lots of tiny pieces of leather. No need for high tech or even low tech. The origin of the hexagons on the balls you still see today is that they were once made of scrap leather, with the shape supplied by the bladder within. /quote
Thanks. At risk of offending other people's sports religions - How much change would it make to playing (European) football with a smaller but solid-rubber ball?

Also - for all we know - maybe Safehold-native species have better bladders for inflation.

There might be some bias in our samples of Safehold sports, too. Most of the action that way has been on Charis, and that before the world blew up. Charis is mighty hot. Hockey is out, and either football and lacrosse may be unpopular given the climate. They could probably be used as a horrid form of capital punishment on Zebediah.... /quote


Todays football couldnt be played with a solid rubber ball, you need a ball light enough to play long passes and with a mass low enough not to knock people out if they try to play a header.
But keep in mind that european and american football were once the same game. They only diverged after some english students couldnt come to an agreement about the rules (No, I dont remember reading whether it was a Cambridge vs Oxford game^^), and look how different they ended up mere centuries later.
Safeholdian football had a millenium to drift, so I guess you could play with a roundish stone or an oval piece of wood if needs must and still call the resulting game football. A solid rubber ball would be quite familiar in comparison.

Annachie wrote:Since hockey is played on grassy fields, Charis sounds perfect.

Silverwall wrote:Well if he was trying to enforce a staid and conservative approach he should have introduced cricket. Nothing says conservative and unchanging as a sport that takes 5 days to complete at the highest level. That would also mesh perfectly with the 5 day week, or he could have shortened it by a day to fit matches between gods days (Wednesdays?)

Also given it's an english game the weather in the temple lands, northern harchong and siddamark will be perfect

Silverwall wrote:Well if he was trying to enforce a staid and conservative approach he should have introduced cricket. Nothing says conservative and unchanging as a sport that takes 5 days to complete at the highest level. That would also mesh perfectly with the 5 day week, or he could have shortened it by a day to fit matches between gods days (Wednesdays?)

Also given it's an english game the weather in the temple lands, northern harchong and siddamark will be perfect