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Hooverball
Hooverball is a historic medicine-ball net game associated with Herbert Hoover. Teams throw and catch a heavy medicine ball over a net; source coverage is event-adjacent and kept source-critical.
LevelMain sport
FamilyBall Sport
CategoryBall sport
Classification
Category
Ball sport
Family
Ball Sport
Level
Main sport
Weitere Angaben
Tags
team, hooverball, medicine-ball, net-game, needs-review, ball-sport, ballsport
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Play the medicine ball over the net so the opposition cannot return it legally.
Teilnehmer
Two teams.
Teamgröße
Event sources describe teams of up to about five players.
Spielfeld
Net court, often volleyball-like, with enough safety space.
Dauer
Set/match mode by event rules.
Wertung
Points through opponent errors, often in tennis-like scoring.
Gewinnbedingung
Set or match win by event rule.
Ausrüstung
- medicine ball
- net
- court markings
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- failure to catch
- throw out
- net/court breach
- unsafe throwing force
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
- Hoover-Ball Hoover Presidential Foundation · publisher · medium
- Hooverball Hoover Days · event-guide · medium
- Hooverball Iowa PBS · publisher · medium