Badlega India
If you are tired of playing traditional roller sports roller cricket, rocket basketball or roller soccer and looking for more challenging game here is the variety you seek i.e Roll Ball game. This activity is a unique combination of handball, basketball and roller skating, that has become very popular at schools in several cities in India. Roll ball is a growing sport that youth seem to love playing. This game requires many skills including speed, co-ordination, balance, strength and teamwork. Skating is already popular around the world, and when a ball is added to the formula, many skaters are curious to play.
This game was created by Raju Dabhade of Pune City, India while he was a sports teacher at MES Bal Shikshan Mandir, English Medium School and is also Secretary of International Rollball Federation. Raju Dabhade, a former newspaper delivery boy, combined roller-skating, handball and basketball to create the “Made in India” sports game Roll Ball when started working as a sports teacher.
The Roll Ball Game Court
The roll ball court size can vary from 28 meters to 40 meters long and 15 meters to 20 meters wide. Each court is marked with a center line.
- The penalty line is drawn 4.5 meters or 3.5 meters away from the goal.
- A free throw line or goalkeeper’s line is 3.5 meters to 2.5 meters away from the goal.
- The playing court is marked with a 5 centimeter boundary line.
- All other lines are marked by red or white markings. The court is flat and should be made with hard surface materials like concrete, asphalt, sport court, tiles or wood. An additional 3 meter border is marked as a safety margin outside the boundary line of the court.
- In addition to a ball and a smooth indoor or outdoor playing surface with goals, roll ball players need good basic inline or quad skates and sturdy protective gear. If the game will be played on ice, then ice skates are required.
- Helmet
- Game attire determined by the climate
- Knee pads
- Inline, quad or ice skates
How to play Roll Ball?
Roll ball is a played between two teams of 12 players, and six of them play at a time while the remaining athletes wait on the substitutes’ bench. A team consists of one goalie, two defenders and three forwards. The ball in play can be held in one or both hands, even during passing, and a player is required to dribble the ball while carrying it. These players can also pass the ball, and when the athlete is near the goal post, they can shoot the ball to score. There are two referees for each match.
This game sounds simple, but it requires a lot of skating practice on the skates so players can control the ball during each three second holding limit.
International Roll Ball Federation also posted a Roll Ball Showreel on YouTube, Watch here:
