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Roundnet (also known as Spikeball) is a ball game created in 1989 by Jeff Knurek, inspired primarily by concepts from volleyball. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The game is played between two teams, usually with two players each.
Spikeball Inc. is an American sports equipment company that chiefly produces equipment for the game of roundnet. The company is the largest provider of roundnet equipment and sponsors tournaments in several countries including Belgium, Canada, Colombia, and the United States.
The game is played on a smaller 10 m × 6 m (33 ft × 20 ft) court and with a 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) wide net set to a height of 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) for men and 1.05 m (3 ft 5 in) for women. When hitting or attacking the ball, the player must have one "buttock" or an extension of the torso still in contact with the floor.
A review found 54 acute injuries, 30% of which were to the knee, 17% to the ankle, and 17% to the fingers in 178 professional beach volleyball players during a 7.5 week period. [6] A proper two-footed landing is important as one-footed landings result in one leg absorbing more force, increasing risk of injury.
Bossaball match on the beach at Marbella. Bossaball is a team sport that originated in Brazil and was conceptualised by Belgian Filip Eyckmans in 2004. [1] Bossaball is a ball game between two teams, combining elements of volleyball, football, and gymnastics with music into a sport.
The Famicom version features a single tournament mode which consists of five American Circuit matches (Daytona Beach, New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles) three World Cup matches in Hawaii (of random nationalities) and two additional matches against the U.S. Navy and a Soviet Union team in that order. The player can adjust the ...
The top of the net is 2.43 m (7 ft 11 + 11 ⁄ 16 in) above the center of the court for men's competition, and 2.24 m (7 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 16 in) for women's competition, varied for veterans and junior competitions. [3] The minimum height clearance for indoor volleyball courts is 7 m (23.0 ft), although a clearance of 8 m (26.2 ft) is recommended. [21]
This list is not intended to be exhaustive. It is important to note that most of the codified sports below are also frequently complemented by casual manifestations – typically impromptu, improvised, and loose interpretations of their, or their parent sports, rules and arrangements; self-declared versions of that sport for said session of play by its participants.