How to Play

Introduction:
Tchoukball is an indoor team sport developed in the 1970s by Swiss biologist Hermann Brandt. it has become an international sport, played in more then 95 countries - Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Niger, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, the United States, and Vietnam etc. It is governed by the International Tchoukball Federation (FITB), which was founded in 1971.

How to play tchoukball:
To play tchoukball, two official tchoukball frames and a Tchoukball ball are needed.The game is played on a court (27X16 meters) between two teams of 12 players.The frmae (which can be used by both teams) are placed at each end of the court, and each one is within a semi-circle line, with a 3 meter radius, which defines the forbidden zone. The team that has hold on the ball has a three-pass limit before being forced to shoot the ball at the rebound surface on either end of the court. Members of the other team must place themselves according to where they expect the ball to land, so that they can catch it before it touches the floor. Meantime, members of the other team look to position themselves to recover the ball after it rebounds from the rebound surface, before the ball can touch the floor. During the course of the game, the players of each team are not allowed to interfere with players of the other team: they may not intercept passes, interfere with the movements of the person carrying the ball or his teammates, or stop a defender from positioning himself to catch the ball after the rebound.

Fouls :
A player commits a foul if:

• He moves while dribbling the ball on the floor or juggling it in the air.
• He takes more than 3 steps while holding the ball.
• He plays using parts of his body below his knees.
• He makes a fourth pass for his team.
• He makes contact with the floor out-of-bounds or in the forbidden zone while holding the ball.
• He drops the ball after it is passed to him.
• He voluntarily, or by error, catches a pass from the other team.
• He catches a ball off of the rebound surface that was shot by one of his teammates.
• He blocks his opponents from moving or stops them from freely passing the ball once they have gained hold to ball.
After a foul, the ball is given to the other team and the game continues from the spot where the foul was committed. A pass must be made before throwing the ball at the frame.

Scoring:
A player scores a point for his team if he bounces the ball off the rebound surface of frame in such a manner that it cannot be caught by an opponent before it touches the floor.

A player gives a point to the other team if:

• He misses the frame when he shoots the ball.
• He makes the ball bounce out-of-bounds.
• He shoots the ball and it bounces back, touching him.
• He sends the ball into the forbidden zone, before or after it hits the rebound surface / frame.

Materials Needed:

• One Tchoukball ball.
• Two frames (1x1m2 frame with 55-degre incline).
• The rebound surfaces / frames are placed at the opposite sides of the court.