Why is frisbee so popular?

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 27th

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Gong Bing

　　Entering 2022, you will inadvertently find that there are frisbees flying over squares, parks, stadiums, and even residential open spaces.

It seems that overnight, Frisbee has become the "new fashion favorite" of young people.

　　According to the "2022 Youth Trend Sports Report" released by 36Kr, Frisbee has become the most popular trendy sports among young people.

　　In the "Compulsory Education Sports and Health Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" issued by the Ministry of Education this year, "Extreme Frisbee" is included as an "emerging sports".

In August this year, the first China Frisbee League, hosted by the Social and Sports Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, was launched.

　　Frisbee sports really caught fire in China.

　　Why is frisbee so popular?

How long can it last?

How to ensure a more standardized, healthy and sustainable development of this movement?

At the Xiaohongshu Frisbee event cooperation conference held a few days ago, a number of experts explained their views.

Why is frisbee so popular?

　　Whether it is Zhang Kun, a member of the training department of the National Frisbee Sports Promotion Committee, founder of several Frisbee clubs, or Zheng Chun, the director of the Yikun Frisbee Star Chain Program who began to contact Frisbee in 2008, one of the most frequently asked questions recently is: Why is frisbee so popular?

　　Although Zhang Kun has 16 years of "pan age", he still thinks this question is not easy to answer.

He just talked about his own personal experience - in April and May this year, he organized six Frisbee activities for a total of 12 hours. When he came home, he could basically fall asleep standing up...

　　Zheng Chun's answer is: First of all, the technical threshold of Frisbee is not high, and the venue requirements are not high.

Second, Frisbee has strong social attributes.

　　He also believes that the maturation of the Frisbee industry has made the movement a natural fit.

He said that China's Frisbee brand is no longer just a foundry, but is gradually recognized by international organizations such as the World Frisbee Federation, and the industrial chain is becoming more and more complete, including production, competition, training, standardization, etc., which has boosted the Frisbee movement. market development.

　　According to Yu Jin, the head of the Xiaohongshu Frisbee project, under the background of the new crown epidemic, people's health awareness is stronger, and finding new fitness methods in and around the city has become an inevitable choice, and Frisbee is one of them.

Furthermore, Frisbee is novice-friendly, age-friendly, and gender-friendly. It does not emphasize physical confrontation, and different groups of people can play together.

Third, the Frisbee itself is fun.

Most people who have experienced Frisbee will try it again with friends. The "repurchase rate" is very high, which is an important basis for Frisbee to become popular in the short term.

How long can frisbee sports last?

　　How long can frisbee sports last?

　　Chen Shuo, the manager of the Beijing YJ Frisbee Club, believes that, like all popular symbols, Frisbee may also have a day of decline, but this gust of wind will definitely leave a group of friends who love Frisbee.

　　Zheng Chun believes that even people who don't love Frisbee sports can learn about Frisbee through this gust of wind, which is also a good promotion for the entire industry.

　　Experts agree that only by making the sport more standardized can it achieve a more benign and long-term development.

　　In Zheng Chun's view, Frisbee is still a niche sport in terms of participating population.

This section of Frisbee may compress the road that a sport takes three to five years to complete to one year, which will expose many problems, which requires more perfection and regulation of the sport, including the system of events, coaches, training, and observers.

　　He believes that social interaction may be the motivation for a participant to participate in the initial stage, while the motivation for long-term participation comes from the sport itself. Factors such as health, exercise, and enjoying a lifestyle with friends are all things that Frisbee practitioners need to think deeply about in the future.

　　In addition, Zheng Chun believes that providing differentiated services for groups of different ages, genders and educational levels, combining professionalism, fashion and fun, is also a measure to improve the vitality of Frisbee sports.

　　A sport cannot survive without innovation.

"The regular game is seven-on-seven. We designed four-on-four, five-on-five, and six-on-six. Now there is also Frisbee golf (frisbee sport that uses similar golf rules to play), and the greater charm of Frisbee remains to be explored by everyone. ." Zhang Kun said.

　　The establishment of the Chinese Frisbee League, a national-level competition, makes the Frisbee competition system more complete, and it is also essential to broaden your horizons through top foreign competitions.

According to reports, Xiaohongshu has reached a strategic cooperation with the American Ultimate Frisbee League (AUDL), the top international Frisbee event.

Strawberry, the head of Xiaohongshu sports cooperation, said that support for the competition content of Frisbee will be strengthened.

　　Although most of the people who are currently engaged in Frisbee sports are young people, according to Xue Zhixing, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Frisbee Sports Promotion Committee, Frisbee sports should reach more young groups, such as extending to primary and secondary schools and colleges. More Frisbee promotion, event organization and venue supply should be carried out in national fitness, so that the sport has stronger vitality.