New sports

New sports (ニュースポーツ, nyūsupōtsu) is term used in Japan for a group of newly devised or adapted sports in the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century. First used in 1979, the term refers to sports where the focus is physical exercise with an emphasis on casual enjoyment as part of recreation rather than primarily on winning or losing.[1][2]

Many of these sports, such as footgolf, gateball, speed-ball and teeball are modifications of previously existing sports or hybrid sports. Some, such as pétanque, kabaddi and darts, are traditional sports popularized beyond their original homelands. Still others, like inline hockey and floorball, have arisen with new technology.[3]

Modifications to existing sports are often designed to expand participation to a wider range of ages and physical strengths and environments. Some of these are adaptive sports or parasports.[4] In Japan, there is an image that many of these sports are for the elderly.

List of new sports

New sports include:

References

  1. ^ 仲野隆士「ニュースポーツ」田口貞善編『スポーツの百科事典』丸善、2007年、pp. 571 - 572. ISBN 9784621078310
  2. ^ Manzenreiter, Wolfram (2014). Sport and Body Politics in Japan. New York: Routledge. p. 154. ISBN 9781135022341.
  3. ^ 岸野雄三・稲垣正浩「現代社会のスポーツ」日本体育協会監修『最新スポーツ大事典』大修館書店、1987年、p. 287.
  4. ^ 稲垣正浩、『スポーツの後近代　スポーツ文化はどこへ行くのか』三省堂、1995年、pp. 167, 170 - 172. ISBN 4385356750
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