ROLLBALL :A Game Born in India - ROLLING INDIA FOR GLORY

#RollBall the game From #INDIAN soil.

 

 Most of the major sports in India come from elsewhere. #Rugby, #cricket and even what many consider the #national #sport, #field #hockey, all originated in England. But roll ball, which is, in its own way, being exported to almost two dozen developed countries, came from India. 

Rollball is  played between two teams of 12 players. Out of 12 only 6 players are allowed to play on court at a time. This game is played on skates. The ball can be held in single hand or both hands, even during passing. A player must dribble the ball while carrying it. This game can be played on Ice Skating rink as well. There are two referees in a match.This game was created by Raju Dabhade of Pune City, India while he was sports teacher at MES Bal Shikshan Mandir, English Medium School and is also Secretary of International Rollball Federation.

The idea for roll ball came to him one afternoon in 2003 when an errant basketball interrupted his skating instruction. Roller skating on old school quads is still popular in India and ball sports are always well liked. So he decided to combine the two. The result is hard to visualize for the un-initiated. Two teams of six players each whiz around an outdoor basketball court on roller skates, slowing only to dribble, pass and launch a basketball-like ball into a hockey-like goal. 

 The first Roll Ball World Cup was held in Pune in 2011.

 At first Dabhade’s roller skating students thought it was just another training exercise. Almost a decade later many of them competed in the first Roll Ball World Cup held in Pune in 2011, an event with its own mascot and teams from 17 countries. College students now, almost all in engineering, his original students remain fiercely loyal to the sport and their former teacher. 

 Nothing about the sport had been left to chance. Before establishing roll ball he studied the history of major sports like basketball and football. In the beginning Raju Dabhade worked on promoting the sport on the school level through his fellow educators. Smita Kshirsagar was an early adapter. The principal of a local grade school, Kshirsagar said roll ball “caught like wildfire” with the students. 

 The sport was recognized by the Indian Olympic Association in 2006

The sport was recognized by the Indian Olympic Association in 2006 and Dabhade met with members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2011. By then Dabhade had spread it not only around India, but internationally as well. He used his own money from the sale of his ancestral land to finance trips abroad to introduce the sport and establish teams in places as distant and diverse as Kenya and Belarus. It worked so well that it was a Danish team, and not an Indian team, that won the initial world cup. Anders Reimer, the Dane’s head coach, said it was the combination of several known sports that made roll ball so special. 

  In 2013, the second Roll Ball World Cup was held in Kenya. The winners of that tournament? India.

 This international sports event will be held from 15th to 20th Dec. 2015 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune..

 Total 32 countries participated in this World Cup. 

Here is a short video on  RollBall

Here are different aspect of the RollBall......

Ball used

Ball Used	Weight	Circumference	Age group
Mini Rollball	340 gram to 400 gram	54 cm to 56 cm	Sub-junior girls, Junior girls, Senior girls
Normal Rollball	425 gram to 475 gram	58 cm to 60 cm	Junior boys, Senior boys.

Equipment

1. jersey
2. Knee protector.
3. carpet. (only when played on ice)

Playing Court

The court size can vary from 28m to 40m in length and 15m to 20m in width. The court consist of a center line. Penalty line is drawn 4.5m or 3.5m away from goal. Free Throw line or Goalkeeper's line or D arena is 3.5m to 2.5m away from goal. The playing court is marked by 5 cm boundary line. All other line are marked by red or white color. The court is hard and is made of Concrete, Tar, Mat or Wood. A 3-meter line is drawn as safety margin outside the boundary line.

inputs from the post of American journalist Katya Cengel and wikipedia

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