Foobaskill
Foobaskill is a hybrid of football and basketball developed by three physical education teachers from Switzerland in 2015. It puts into practice the attributes of soccer and basketball. The game is designed to improve coordination, creativity and general football and basketball skills.
History
After recognizing deficits in the area of coordination with their students, in 2015 three P.E. teachers from Lausanne decided to create youth sport camps. The main goal of the National Sports Camp is to develop the children's coordination during its golden age.During the first edition in 2015, the idea of creating a game that would characterize the camp and its main concern, developing the youth's everyday skills, arose.
The game mixes soccer and basketball. The ways of scoring points have been adapted to give the opportunity to all participants helping the team win, work on the lower body and upper body, but also to unconsciously working on their rebounding skills in basketball and scoring in soccer.
Foobaskill became an official sport of the Swiss Armed Forces, beginning in January 2018. The standing orders "Sport in der Armee Stoffprogramme Anhang 6 zum Regl 51.041 dfi" specifies Foobaskill's use during officers school, NCO course and the annual repetition course.
The Swiss Federal Office of Sport published in December 2017 a pedagogical manual for PE teachers and coaches. Foobaskill became an official sport in the Swiss physical education system.