【KINBALL】
Emerging Sports from Canada
Kinball is a team sport originated in 1986. It is a multi-team (3-team) team sports competition using a giant nylon ball. Twelve people compete on the field, and each team needs a certain degree of tacit understanding and cooperation within the team!
Features of Kinball
Why is Kinball so popular?
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Suitable for men, women, young and old, Kinball an also achieve inclusiveness for the disabled and the healthy
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Build confidence and cooperation
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Develop hand strength, quick reflexes and explosiveness
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Cultivate tacit understanding
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Using larger equipment is eye-catching and unique, which can easily attract the interest of participants.
Kinball Equipment
Kinball is a giant sphere made of high-toughness nylon material, with a diameter of 48 inches and weighing about one kilogram.
There are four colors of jerseys for players to wear: black, gray, blue, and pink. There are only three teams in the game.
The blue and pink jerseys are for people with color deficiency to distinguish colors!
Kinball Court
The standard competition area for Kinball is 20 x 20 meters.
Since it is difficult to find such square venues, most people practice Kinball on basketball courts or by combining two badminton courts.
Kinball Rules
Starting Setup
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Each team has four official Kinball players, and twelve players are required to compete on the court at the same time.
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The team with the service right needs three teammates to kneel on one knee to hold up the ball for the hitter to attack.
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Basic Gameplays
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The attacker must touch the Kinball at the same time to serve.
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Before the attacking team serves, they need to call the defense team's color, "Omnikin! + defense team color"
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The flight trajectory can only be parallel or upward, and the ball cannot be hit downward.
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If the defending team fails to catch the ball, the remaining two teams score.
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Winning Conditions
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After ten minutes of competition, the one with the highest score wins.
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If the score is tied and the score is higher than 11, the team with 11 or less points will leave the field, and the first team to score 13 points will win.
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Foul
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Hit the Kinball out of bounds
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Intentional disruption of the team
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If one team commits a foul , both remaining teams can score:
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The ball is hit without 4 players touching it.
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The ball does not travel at least 3 meters.
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Hit the ball with a downward trajectory