Tchoukball - no need to worry about contact induced injuries!












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            * Tchoukball - no need to worry about contact induced injuries!
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            You can place it somewhere between handball, volleyball and basketball and the main goal i

            to properly stretch your bones and have fun with friends. The game is called tchoukball an
            a student of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the Charles University, is now
            faculty team and promotes the relatively unknown sport among his schoolmates.

            Tchoukball came to the Czech Republic about 15 years ago. However, its popularity spread m
            past few years and that is when Adam Štastný also became an enthusiast. "I started playing
            from Ústí nad Labem - a city with a solid tchoukball base," explains the student of manage

            sport at the Faculty. He wanted to build a tchoukball team immediately after coming to Cha
            and so he started looking for new team members. "We are looking for just about anyone, no 

            or gender. Tchoukball is not about high performance, it's about getting to know other peop
            smiling and adding that the biggest player base can be found at the Faculty of Law and at 
            Medicine. He reveals his plans: "Teams are currently being established at other universiti

            there are enough, we would like to organize tournaments between the schools."   
            Tchoukball was created at the beginning of 1970s by Swiss biologist Hermann Brandt. He wan
            contact-free sport that would not induce injuries and at the same time would promote commu

            players and thus improve interpersonal relationships. Adam Šťastný himself started playing
            people gathering around the game.
            The game is played by two teams of seven on a basketball court. The goal is to hit one of 

            "trampolines" - inclined rebound nets one square meter in size placed on both ends of the 
            hitting the trampoline, the ball has to touch the ground within the pitch, but it mustn't 
            circle area around the net (3 meters in diameter), which is also a forbidden space for the

            all these conditions are met, the team that shot the ball scores a point. However, if the 
            in the air by a member of the opposing team, the defensive position of this team immediate
            charge.

            Since all the players can aim at both the trampolines the game is very dynamic. The team t
            points within the 3 times 15 minutes of game time, is the winner. And the number three is 
            for the game - players can make up to three steps with the ball, stand in one place holdin

            up to three seconds and a shot at the trampoline can be made after three passes,maximum. H
            players are not allowed to restrain the offense. "The opponent can basically catch only bo
            Adam Šťastný underlines the basic rule that constitutes the game and ensures that nobody h

            getting seriously injured during the game.  
            The name of the game - tchoukball - comes from the strange sound the ball makes when bounc
            If you want to play, you do not need to be inside a hall. Tournaments are held in sand, on

            in the water. The top tchoukball teams come from Taiwan, Canada and on the European level 
            Austria and Italy. On an international scale, the Czechs also perform quite well.         
            Should you want to join a tchoukball team or if you are just curious to know more about th
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