10 futuristic sports

Technological progress is drastically changing people’s daily lives, interests and habits. Futurologists wonder what unconventional sports disciplines might emerge from innovation.

Fencing with glowing swords

Harvard physicists have managed to bind photons to form a single molecule. Scientists compare the phenomenon with lightsabers. There is now the prospect of contemplating real-life fencing, similar to laser tag battles from Star Wars. All that is missing is the creation of a quantum computer. Without one, the process is delayed.

Teleportation and geocaching

The famous tourist pastime of geocaching may be transformed into a solid sport with steeply challenging conditions. Maryland scientists have managed to quantum teleport an atom 1 meter away and are actively continuing research on the subject.

Cyborg tournaments

Athletes are eager to set new records, but human abilities have some natural limitations. Remove them in an interesting way – send cyborgs to the competitions and see whose charges prove to be more agile and skilful.

Riding a flying skateboard

In the famous film about travelling to the future, there was one wondrous vehicle: the hoverboard. This is a flying board with anti-gravity elements instead of wheels. In the script, the action took place in 2015. Scientists are a little late, but there is hope that they will soon come to their senses and mass-produce this indispensable thing.

Interplanetary mountaineering

Ideas of colonising Mars and other planets have long been in the air. Perhaps the main purpose of the research effort is to create a new pastime for mountain climbers. Flying to space is rapidly becoming cheaper and transporting people between planets would not be difficult. It remains to be seen what equipment athletes on different planets will need.

Lunar skiing

Continuing with the theme of moving in space, you can think about lunar skiing. The idea was suggested by Harrison Schmitt. The man was on the crew of Apollo 17, performing a complicated mission and suddenly realised that it would be convenient to ski across the Earth’s satellite.

Swimming in weightlessness

The absence of gravity makes water literally float through space. The levitating fluid would make a great space for sporting experiments. Multiple swimming champions can feel like newcomers again as they explore a whole new environment, unfamiliar rules and movement options.

Jetpack Races

Small flying machines are of great interest to modern man. After 10 years this fad could develop into a regular race on small flying devices. Time will tell if this kind of entertainment will join the list of Olympic disciplines.

Space gymnastics

Orbital stations are optimal zones for gymnastics competitions in space. You can involve representatives of different colonies and even invite guests from other universes. It would be interesting to all. But the talent scoring system needs a lot of thought.

Football without Gravity

Fans of football battles will love playing a ball in zero gravity. It’s the most realistic of the described sports: ZERO-G provides a short-term zero-gravity flightless transmission service. An advanced Boeing 727 is used for this. Playing something similar to football is also allowed there.