TEQBALL

Szia ! hogy vagy ? 

"Hello ! How are you ?" in Hungarian HEHE 😁

So, let's straight to the point. Today, I would like to share one unique sport that maybe some footballer knows about this sport. As you can see in the gif above was a sport called Teqball. 

Information here was referred from Ninh Ly and Performanceteq.com. 

LET'S EXPLORE TOGETHER !

Teqball is a ball sport that played over a curved table that combining elements of football and table tennis or ping pong. Teqball was also known as a hybrid sport that using football skills. Besides that, Teqball was created to be multi-player, mixed, and disabled-friendly football oriented games. Basically, the player needs to hit the football ball using their body except for arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players as a single game or between three (Canadian Double) or four players (Doubles).

(Source : Google Image)

Teqball was invented in 2014 by two football enthusiasts which are Gábor Borsányi, a former professional player, and Viktor Huszár, a computer scientist. The objective of the sport is to score more points than the opponent. Teqball is a new sport that is sometimes used by professional footballers to practice their skills.  Other than that, Teqball also can be played by all ages and abilities. There is no specialist equipment except the ball and can be used indoor or outdoor.

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The idea of Teqball is to hit the ball onto your opponent's side of the table and your opponent must play the ball back to your side of your table within one bounce of the ball. In Teqball, the players will try to make the ball difficult to return, so the opponent cannot play the ball back smoothly.

TABLE

3 meters long and 1.7 wide. There was a net in between made by perspex that is 14 cm high. The service lines were 2 meters away from the end of the table.

BALLS

The ball was standardized 5 football ball.

HOW TO PLAY TEQBALL

1. To serve the ball, you must be behind the 2 meters line and within the edge of the table.

2. To start the game, you can use any parts of your body excepts your arms and hands. You must strike the ball above the playing surface.

3. Hitting the net during serve is not allowed. 

4. Hit the ball to your opponent's side of the table and the opponent must play the ball back to your side within one bounce.

5. Failure to do this, your point will be rewarded to your opponent.

6. You are allowed to touch the ball less than 3 times, just like in volleyball. If you touch the ball more than 3 times, your point will be awarded to your opponent.

7. Once any team or player won a point, the process will be repeated and service alternate between the players or team after every 4 points.

8. Teqball is played to the best of three sets. After own 20 points, you win for a set and the team or players who win two set fastest will win the game.

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FAULT

1. You are not allowed to use the same body part to touch the ball twice in a row.

2. You cannot return the ball to your opponent using the same body part in a row too.

3. You cannot touch the table or your opponent.

4. You cannot cross the halfway line of the table when the balls are played. 

5. You cannot jump to any of the balls - you can do but one foot must be on the ground.

6. You cannot serve the ball outside the parallel of the table.

7. You cannot hit the ball and for it to land on your side of the table.

8. The ball must go over the imaginary line of the net. Failed to do, you will lose a point.

There few or another fault in Teqball which are Fault, and Double Fault. There also have few movements that can be used but, need to be careful and fail to do that, you will lose a point. The movements are Edgeball, Sideball, and Net

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DOUBLES

There were some rules that can be applied in doubles but not in single game which are :

1. Each player must touch the ball at least once prior to returning it.

2. You can cross the halfway line when passing the ball to your teammates but at least one foot must be in your half of the court.

3. Although you cannot touch the ball with the same body parts twice in a row, players can do this when passing to each other.

4. Players are allowed to switch positions during the game.

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Teqball requires the players able to use all parts of their limbs equally. That is why Teqball was an interesting sport. I really want to try Teqball if I do have chances. So how was the sport that I introduce today ? I hope this information may helps you a little bit with sports.

Here, I put a video of Teqball World Cup :

"TEQBALL - 2ND TEQBALL WORLD CUP - STARTS GAME"

(Source : Youtube)

Till we meet again in my next blog !

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