11. Shin Kicking
If this next sport seems ridiculous, that’s because it is. For the past few hundred years in England, men have been playing the game of “shin-kicking”, which is exactly what it sounds like. Two men kick one another repeatedly in the shins until the other gives up. Considering how painful it is to get kicked in the shin even just once, this sounds horrible.
There doesn’t seem to be much of a point to this game beyond bragging rights for having a higher pain tolerance than your friends. Today, this is still played at festivals and special occasions, and it obviously hasn’t taken off as a professional sport.
