BY Ethan Trex. A version of this story ran in ; it has been updated for News olympics. Subscribe to our Newsletter! There is no specific time and place in history to define the origin of the game of Tug of War.
The contest of pulling on the rope originates from ancient ceremonies and rituals. The origin of the game in India has strong archaeological roots going back at least to the 12th Century AD in the area what is today the State of Orissa on the east coast.
The famous Sun Temple of Konark has a stone relief on the west wing of the structure clearly showing the game of Tug of War in progress.
The origins of Tug of War are uncertain, but it is beyond dispute that this once royal sport was practiced in ancient Egypt and China, where it was held in legend that the Sun and Moon played Tug of War over the light and darkness. Tug of War stories about heroic champions from Scandinavia and Germany circulate Western Europe where Viking warriors pull animal skins over open pits of fire in tests of strength and endurance in preparation for battle and plunder. The Oxford English Dictionary says that the phrase 'tug of war' originally meant the decisive contest; the real struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy.
Only in the 19th century was it used as a term for an athletic contest between two teams who haul at the opposite ends of a rope. The Sport of Tug of War has been prominent in Ireland for at least years. In the old days, the sport was part of the basic training of the Constabulary of Ireland with each district having a team with there being approximately districts throughout Ireland.
This game is not for a specific age group, genders, species rather it is for all ages, genders, and species of people. From kids and youngsters to old people and handicapped persons, everyone can play this amazing sport. This is called by many names such as rope war, tug o' war, tug war, rope pulling, or tugging war. Different people with distinct nationalities and species call it with different names. Generally, it is a muscle power game played between two sides. We can call it a "test of strength.
Generally, there are four rounds, the side wins more rounds, wins the game. In the army, this game is part of their daily practices. This has an unknown history. There is insufficient evidence about the origin of the Tug of War. The archaeologists believe that the Tug of War originated from ancient religious ceremonies and rituals.
Their evidence shows that India has archaeological roots for the origin of this sport. However, uncertainty remains for the origin of the Tug of War. Needless to go deep inside the history of this game. Let's have a glance at tug of war as the game of today. In the earlier centuries, this game was played mainly on festivals and religious occasions but today it is not so. It has a different importance. Today, it is not only played in a few Asian countries during festivals and religious occasions but it is played across the globe as a competition game.
From kids to old people, everyone can participate in this game at their level. Many national and international groups, sports clubs organize Tug of War championship competitions within the city, state, nation, and sometimes at the international level. People of all ages in huge numbers participate and enjoy this game. Most of the sports clubs like cricket clubs, soccer clubs, hockey clubs use this game as an effective fitness practice. Severe tug of war injuries are almost always the result of amateur organizers using the wrong types of rope and underestimating the forces generated by play, says Shelby Richardson, President of the U.
In several instances, these oversights have resulted in dire consequences. During a typical tug of war match, a tremendous amount of tension or elastic recoil builds up. When improper rope is used i. When this does happen, the stored tension in the rope can easily tear through tendon and bone. Similarly, the broken ends of an elastic polymer again, nylon can recoil like a rubber band if released, and reach speeds high enough to sever appendages.
On June 13, in a Pennsylvania suburb, the entirety of Harrisburg middle school -- some 2, students -- lined up in a schoolyard and attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the largest tug of war game ever played. Instead, disaster ensued. Twelve minutes into the match, the 2,foot-long braided nylon rope snapped, recoiling several thousand pounds of stored energy. I looked down and saw Hundreds more faced second-degree burns. The rope, provided by Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.
When the other team suddenly exerted a tremendous pull, the loop tightened and tore off his hand. Days later, in Frankfurt, Germany, one of the worst disasters in tug of war history occurred -- again, the result of trying to set a Guinness World Record.
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