BBC UK: How do you invent a new sport?

BBC UK: How do you invent a new sport?

BBC UK: How do you invent a new sport? BBC published one again an article of Bossaball, after their report from the BBC Breakfast Show where Mike Bushell visited our Bossaball training centre Sport Box in Utrecht. The BBC decided to make this report due to the impact on social media of our new sport during our tournament at The Rio de Janeiro Olympics on the famous Copacobana beach. This time they introduce Bossaball conceptually as a way to show people how can it be scaping out of the comfort zone taking the risk of making something new and the process that it takes. It’s impossible to remember a time […]

Encyclopedia of Sports

Encyclopedia of Sports

Bossaball Bossaball is a sport which is similar to volleyball, and also includes elements of football, gymnastics and capoeira. This sport was developed by Filip Eyckmans in 2004 in Spain. The term bossa means ‘style’ in Portuguese, and it is often associated with the Bossa Nova or samba type of music. It suggests that the aim of bossaball is to express sports, music and positive vibrations at the same time. Bossaball is played on an inflatable court with trampolines on each side of the net. This allows the players to bounce as high as they can to spike the ball. Bossaball involves two teams with 4 or 5 players each. The height of the net […]

Bossaball ; sportart aus Brasilien

Bossaball ; sportart aus Brasilien

Bossaball: Volleyball trifft auf Fußball und Trampolinturnen Die neue Sportart Bossaball klingt definitiv nach einer Menge Spaß und Action! Entwickelt wurde sie in Belgien und schwappt nun langsam zu uns hinüber. Bossaball kann man sich als eine Mischung aus Volleyball und Fußball vorstellen, was jedoch auf einem speziellen Court aus Luftkissen und einem Trampolin gespielt wird. Der aufblasbare Court wurde patentiert und ist durchaus ausgeklügelt gemacht. Es treten zwei Teams gegeneinander an, die aus je drei bis fünf Spielern bestehen. Bei Wettbewerben hat jedes Team vier Spieler. Im Idealfall sind in jedem Team ein Turner, ein Volleyballspieler und ein Fußballer. In jedem der beiden Felder befindet sich ein Trampolín, das […]

Sports marketing brand activation ; check bossaball

Sports marketing brand activation ; check bossaball

The New Sport Bossaball that mixes soccer, volley and trampoline tricks with music Bossaball: a captivating sport combining volleyball, football, gymnastics, and music Internationally recognized, Bossaball attracts viewers all over the world Shannon McGreevy If you love music and hanging out with friends in the sun, the Spanish sport Bossaball would be right up your alley. Combining elements of football, volleyball, and rhythmic gymnastics, a game of Bossaball will leave you happily winded. Translated from Brazilian Portuguese, “bossa” means style of flair – and it is clear that this game is not without flamboyance. It is most definitely challenging, with a rich cultural root that aims to bring people together […]

Sports marketing

Sports marketing

Sports Marketing: A Strategic Perspective Sports Marketing takes a strategic business perspective, keeping pace with the ever-changing environment of the sports world. Organized around a framework of the strategic marketing process that can be applied to the sports industry, it provides an appreciation for the growing popularity of women’s sports and the globalization of sport. This edition concentrates on the rising costs, escalating salaries, the price of new stadiums and arenas, and sports ethics versus the incredible appetite of consumers for sports. Extensive treatment is given to understanding consumers as spectators and participants; in addition to planning the sports marketing mix (product, price, promotion, and place), it examines the execution […]

Vivify your day

Vivify your day

The Creation of a New Sport – Bossaball on Vivify Your Day Filip Eyckmans did what many spend a lifetime dreaming of. He created something that combines his biggest passions and made it into a worldwide success. Bossaball has become one of the most significant inventions in the sports industry with big aspirations for the future. During the Olympic Games in Rio, millions of people passed by the Bossaball exhibition in Copacabana that from afar appeared to be inflated versions of volleyball courts. A closer look, however, revealed the integrated trampoline in front of the net on each side of the court and the mesmerized audience watching a game that […]

Clickon

Clickon

Clickon about Bossaball: Sport’s Greatest Concoction Imagine combining the greatest sports in the world with some of the greatest sporting countries ever into one great big game. Then add music and a massive trampoline. You’ve just imagined bossaball and, yes, it’s a real sport. Bossaball originated in Spain thanks to the genius of the Belgian sportsman, Filip Eyckmans, 12 years ago. When a young, sport loving Eyckmans moved to Spain, he became encapsulated by the flair and culture of the country. Playing as a tennis player for the Belgian national team, Eyckmans traveled the world and soaked up its various joys. In his spare time, he played competitive football matches and was […]

Women’s Wear Daily

Women’s Wear Daily

Extreme Times Call for Extreme Sports for Viewers, Wannabes and Daredevils Alike Extreme sports like Bossaball, Flyboarding, ultra trail running, wing walking and drone jumping aren’t the run-of-the-mill pursuits. Rosemary Feitelberg (Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) is a fashion-industry trade journal sometimes called “the bible of fashion.” WWD delivers information and intelligence on changing trends and breaking news in the men and women’s fashion, beauty and retail industries with a readership composed largely of retailers, designers, manufacturers, marketers, financiers, media executives, advertising agencies, socialites and trend makers.) Blame it on ath-leisure’s lockdown on fashion, the global political upheaval, experiential marketing or just plain thirst for escapism, but many consumers are giving […]

The Sport Digest

The Sport Digest

Strange Sports: Bossaball So what do an air mattress, trampoline, volleyball, soccer, and exotic, groovy music have in common? The answer? A new sport known as Bossaball! [The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and the world with programs in instruction, research and service. The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports.] The term bossa is translated as style or flair and is an appropriate description of this high flying sport. Sometime between the years of 2003 – 2005, a Belgian by the name of Filip Eyckmans, who […]

NTD

NTD

The amazing Bounce House Volleyball [New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD) is a television broadcaster based in New York City with correspondents in over 70 cities worldwide. The station was founded in 2001 by Falun Gong practitioners as a Chinese-language broadcaster, but has since expanded its language offerings. The company retains a focus on China in its news broadcasts, and frequently covers topics that are censored in Mainland China, such as human rights. Its self-proclaimed mission is to “promote uncensored information on China; to restore and promote traditional Chinese culture; and to facilitate mutual understanding between the East and West”.] All football fans are already accustomed with the latest competitions, the […]