Hit ball

Hit Ball
is a Piedmontese team game played with a ball
History
Created in Piedmont in 1986 by Luigi Gigante and a number of physical education teachers.
It has drought a bit of success in all the state and abroad, especially in Spain.
In 1992 a teacher created the "F.I.H.B" Italian federation hit ball (Italian:Federazione itailiana hit ball) and in the same year the first Italian championship took place which now embraces 40 teams, divided in four leagues: A1;A2;B1;B2.
the first champions were the players of "Piccolo Club" while the actual owners of the title are the Sunknights a club based in Turin.

Rules
The teams are composed of 5 people:3 goalies who have to defend the goal,which is 10 meters wide and 2.20 meters tall, and 2 players in the attack zone. It is played in a Plexiglas "box" that is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a line down the middle constricting the players location to their own field.The ball has to be in constant movement so no one can catch or hold it.The ball can bounce off any location of the playing field, but can only be hit by the players upper body and cannot be touched by the player more than two times consecutively. Hit ball games are composed of 3 thirds of game, each containing 15 minutes in which the teams have 5 seconds at a time to construct an offensive and shoot.

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