[Explanation] In 2022, the popularity of the term "frisbee" will continue to rise, and related discussions will emerge one after another on various online platforms, and it will gradually develop into the "new favorite" of urban youth sports.
On July 12, a reporter from China News Agency saw at an outdoor sports field in Minhang District, Shanghai, that many Frisbee fans were training at night.
[Concurrent] Frisbee enthusiast Zhang Jun
I was on August 31st last year, and my friend said that this sport is very interesting, and then I came to our club for the first time.
Then I think that in this community, I think everyone's cohesion is quite good, and then I also feel passionate and very happy to communicate with everyone.
[Explanation] Frisbee was invented in the United States in 1948, popular in Europe and the United States in the 1970s, and entered China around 2000.
Because of its features such as changeable gameplay, weakened confrontation, and small venue restrictions, it has attracted fans of all ages.
[Concurrent] Former Chinese Frisbee National Team Coach Xu Qing
Because Frisbee is a standard competition system, it is a mixed competition of boys and girls, so it is originally some rules on some basic competition systems.
Well, under this sports system, when men and women are on the same field, it will have some more regularization, requiring fairness and justice, and then there will be a mutual self-judgment on the field, and there will not be too many direct physical collisions. , so this creates a movement characteristic of it.
It can allow more people of different ages and genders to experience the joy of this sport on the same field.
[Explanation] Due to the rapid development and the label of the Internet celebrity movement, there have also been some negative comments about the Frisbee movement on the Internet.
Chen Liang, one of the organizers of a frisbee club in Shanghai, said that fans should treat online public opinion rationally and devote more energy to the sport itself.
[Concurrent] Club organizer Chen Liang
I think this is only a small part of the real society, it is not the majority.
From a positive perspective, there are actually more people speaking out.
As a group of people who love sports, Frisbee is just one of them.
There are two sides to everything, good and bad.
Everyone promotes the good side of it, and I think it is a good movement.
[Explanation] On July 7, 2022, the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China issued a notice on the holding of the 2022-2023 Chinese Frisbee League.
Former Chinese Frisbee national team coach Xu Qing believes that professional leagues will become one of the important factors in further promoting Frisbee sports.
[Concurrent] Former Chinese Frisbee National Team Coach Xu Qing
It would definitely be a good thing to have a league first.
As the first group of us to go abroad to play games, we have learned about the standard frisbee sport, some foreign club systems, and then the league system.
In fact, we have always hoped that a corresponding league can be established in China.
Because only if there is a league can this sport officially fall into the eyes of more sports fans in China.
[Commentary] In addition, the World Frisbee Federation has failed to apply for admission to the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and Paris in 2024, and is currently applying for Frisbee to become the official event of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Zhou Yang reports from Shanghai
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]