Chamball

Pronounced “chAHm-ball”, this is a sport that could be described as "martial arts meets dodgeball and twenty feet of rope". Players try to hit each other with the ball in the target areas of torso, upper arms, and upper legs. The trick is, the ball is attached to a rope anchored in the center of the court!

The game is fun and fast-paced, with wide, arcing sweeps of the ball and agile movements of players. It has its own vocabulary of moves, techniques, and strategies, many of which rely on the unique relationship between the rope and the ball. Over time, it was discovered the game's core truly rests upon swinging the rope in interesting ways, so the design gradually evolved to foster and facilitate that behavior.