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Kin-Ball


Kin-Ball, is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor, in which the main distinctive characteristics are the big size of the ball (1.22 meters in diameter) and that the matches are played among three teams at the same time instead of traditional one-vs-one like the most of the team games. The International Kin-Ball Federation counts 3.8 million participants, primarily from Canada, the U.S., Japan, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Malaysia.

The Kin-Ball itself has a diameter of 1.22 meters (48 inches) and weighs about 1 kilogram (2 pounds). The court is 20×20 meters (66×66 feet) in size. The line is part of the court.

There are 3 teams playing each game. Every team consists of 4 players. Each team also has an assigned color for the game. The official colors are black, gray and blue. Sometimes pink instead of blue is used.

To make a play the attacking team, which is the one currently being in possession of the ball, has to designate a defending team by announcing a color. The designation has to start with the word "Omnikin" followed by the color of another team. After the designation the ball has to be hit with a body part above the hips, while all other members of the attacking team touch the ball in some way.

If the defending team is able to control the ball successfully, it becomes the attacker.

A Kin-Ball Game is usually played until one team has won three periods. Each period takes about 10 minutes to play. When the first team reaches 11 points in a period, the team with the fewest points has to leave the court and the remaining two teams play until one team reaches 13 points.

A player can commit a series of fouls during the match:

Whenever a team commits a fault, the other two teams receive a point each. This also makes sure, that teams of a lower skill level are kept in the play, as long as they don't make to many mistakes of their own in a row.


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