Fist Ball
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Section titled “Translated text”A game introduced into our schools approximately 30 years ago; suitable for upper classes of boys’ secondary schools. It requires a level playing field in the shape of a rectangle with dimensions of approximately 20 by 40 metres. At the midpoint of the longer sides, posts are driven in, between which a coloured tape is stretched at a height of 2 metres, dividing the field into 2 halves. Participants divide into 2 teams of 5—11 players each and arrange themselves in a checkerboard pattern, the white team on one side of the tape and the red team on the other. The team chosen by lot, for example the white team, serves by having one player stand in the centre of their half of the field, toss the ball (like a football, only with a thinner leather cover) to head height, and as it falls, strike it with a fist or forearm so that it passes over the tape into the red team’s area. The red team attempts to return the ball (also with a fist or forearm) either on the volley or after the first bounce (rebound from the ground) back over the tape into the opposing field, which counts as a point. The return is valid even if the ball was struck several times on the same side before the return, provided that after each strike the ball does not bounce more than once. If the return is successful, the white team attempts to strike the ball back again, and so on, until one of the teams makes a mistake. A mistake is: 1) when a player strikes the ball from above or with both hands, uses the palm instead of the fist, or kicks it with the foot, 2) when a player catches the ball, 3) when a player steps into the opponents’ field, 4) when the ball, during the serve, falls onto the same field, 5) when the ball touches any part of the body other than the player’s hand or forearm, 6) when the ball bounces twice or rolls on the same field, 7) when the ball passes under the tape or touches it, 8) when the ball passes beyond the boundaries of the field. The team at fault serves. The ball is passed for the serve underhand; it may not be struck. The team that scores the most points within a set time (half to 1 hours) wins.
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Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. View PDF — page 229.
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Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 224–226 / PDF 229–231
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 224
- Read the source text: zgr-133