Football Tennis - International Name

International Name

While footballtennis is still a commonly used term, the word futnet is gradually being used more and more as the new international name of the sport. What is the reason? Footballtennis is an unfortunate word chosen a few decades ago, indicating that this sport is just a kind of a hybrid of football and tennis and does not have its own identity. It was and maybe still is regarded by many simply as a complement to football training, as a way to polish footballers’ technical skills or a way to relax a bit during the hard training session. However, there are countries and people for whom this sport has a life of its own: associations, rules and statutes, registered players, regular competitions of different levels, etc. And these people and countries have never been really happy with the word footballtennis which did not reflect the true independent nature and importance of this sport. And that is why the word futnet has been chosen as a combination of two of the three key elements of the game – the foot and the net (the third being the ball). Spelt as futnet instead of footnet, it acquired a more international character as opposed to a purely English spelling.