Tchoukball

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Tchoukball

• Brittany Hubbard
• Emily Schueth

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History When?

• 1970
• Dr. Hermann Brandt, a Swiss biologist
• Famous paper A Scientific Criticism of Team
  Games

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History How?

• Research of effects of physical activity
• Ideas stemmed into Tchoukball

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History Why?

• Create perfect team game
• Limit physical injuries
• Fun to play
• Incorporate nervous and cerebral functions

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What is Tchoukball?

• Physical game played on a handball or basketball
  court
• Two teams of 6-9 players
• Two rebound surfaces with a tchoukball

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Objectives

• Team with possession tries to shoot ball at
  rebound surface with a max. number of three
  passes before opposing team catches it
• Defensive team sets up players in position to
  catch opposing teams shot before it hits the
  floor

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Rules

• No intercepting passes
• No interfering with opposing players movements
  while handling ball
• No stopping a player from positioning themselves
  to catch ball after a shot
• Three pass limit before shooting ball
• Each team may shoot at both rebound surfaces

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Scoring

• Opposing Player
• Does not catch the shot off of the rebound
  surface before it hits the floor
• Misses rebound surface when shot
• Makes ball rebound out-of-bounds
• Shoots ball and it rebounds and hits the player
• Sends ball into forbidden zone before or after it
  has hit the rebound surface

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Penalties

• Examples
• Dribbling ball or juggling in air
• Drops ball after passed
• After penalty, ball given to other team from
  position penalty was committed, pass must be made
  before another shot is taken
• Hits edge of rebound surface
• bipolar game illegal to shoot ball three
  consecutive times

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Development of Tchoukball

• Developed as a Sport for all
• Attention from a variety of people
• Spread from elementary to Universities
• Played today in a variety of countries