{"id":35,"date":"2010-05-22T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2010-06-02T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T14:03:47","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madball was born as a school sport in November 1997 in Florence, Italy, where it was officially introduced at middle school. Approximately 120.000 students from different school across Italy have been playing Madball since 1998 to present day (2009)<\/h3>\n

An important element of the game is the facility to be able to partecipate immediately.<\/h3>\n

Madball is a team-sport innovative, fast, dynamic, easy to learn, which can be practiced both outdoor and indoor, and is perfectly suited for the schools. It\u2019s a game of few, but straightforward rules.<\/h3>\n

It\u00a0 is a sport that through a controlled and positive approach frees the instinct of competition, resulting in an excellent educational tool, especially suited for the needs of schools. Madball is intended to forester fairness, honesty and respect towards others .<\/h3>\n

Even some of the younger players the might not be as competitive, and less inclined to practice sports feel\u00a0 drawn to the excitement of the games from the start.<\/h3>\n

Madball has received broad support in various school, and addition to being an economically feasible sport (because it takes advantage of basketball court with its\u2019 hoops, the volleyball net in the centre of the court and a soft oval ball. The game maximizes space\/time\/attendance.<\/h3>\n

Besides being a constantly evolving sport. Madball is educational through its\u2019 multidisciplinary game and therefore particularly suited to the very young.<\/h3>\n

For its\u2019 educational value it has received through various exibition games, the sponsorship fron the Region of Tuscany, the City of Florence and numerous Educational Departments.<\/h3>\n

Madball is a sport in which you reach upwards, run a lot, jump, bend, sudden direction changes, quick accelerations and resist the opponent\u2019 blockage.<\/h3>\n

As in all sports that make you run and breathe, it stimulate the blood circulation, oxygenate the blood and increase stamina. At the same time it improves reflexes, dexterity, motor coordination and the sense of strategy. Promotes team-building abilities.<\/h3>\n

It continuously exercises the sprint of observation and reflection in the young players.<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a game characterized by quick direction changes, stretching and agility. Madball activate the whole body, especially the arms and legs.<\/h3>\n

Due to its\u2019 multidisciplinary nature it is an excellent training program for atlete of other sport discipline as well.<\/h3>\n

Madball is a sport that:<\/h2>\n

1- A meeting among people, expression of friendship and happines, open to everybody<\/h2>\n

2- A preventive tool to limit and stop uneasiness among the youth<\/h2>\n

3- Bring back\u00a0 healthy sport competitiveness<\/h2>\n

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PRINCIPAL RULES<\/h1>\n

\u00de\u00a0running under the net with the<\/p>\n

ball is not allowed.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0the ball of madball is a special ball* similar to an American football ball. It can be thrown in any direction.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0the ball cannot be kicked .<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0the ball must always be thrown over net.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0it is forbidden to throw yourself on the floor of the court in order to gain possession of the ball.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0it is not allowed to take ball from the hands of an opponent, who is not before being blocked.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0it is forbidden to grab the legs of the opponent.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0you can stop\u00a0 an opponent by blocking him from the waist to the shoulders.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0once a player is blocked he is obliged to stop. He cannot\u00a0 kick or struggle to free himself.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0in madball a small scrum, in defense of the ball, is possible. However the referee cannot allow the scrum to last longer than 8 seconds<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0the player,\u00a0 who is not\u00a0 being blocked, cannot invite or encourage his opponent into a scrum.<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00a0to score\u00a0 a point the ball must be thrown into the opponent\u2019s basket. Each basket(called<\/p>\n

\u201cmango\u201d) will count for one point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madball was born as a school sport in November 1997 in Florence, Italy, where it was officially introduced at middle school. Approximately 120.000 students from different school across Italy have been playing Madball since 1998 to present day (2009) An important element of the game is the facility to be able to partecipate immediately. Madball […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madballsport.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}