Wangleball

Wangleball is a game of skill, pace and endurance utilising a soccer ball and an australian rules football. It was created by Wayne Jones and Stephen Pang, and given it's name as a result of amalgamating the names "Wayne" and "Pang".

The Game & Rules

*The only way of scoring in wangleball is to hit one ball with the other.
*A competitor cannot touch any of the balls with their hands, and generally contact with the ball is made with the foot, though it is possible to make a scoring shot with the head or the chest.
*Games are generally played in a first-to-three format.
*Games can take up to 45 minutes, depending on the skill and fitness levels of the competitors.
*There is no set pitch or boundary, competitors are free to go anywhere.
*If both competitors are deemed to have hit a ball before the two collide, there is no score and the game resumes as normal and it is called "play-on"
*The most common form of wangleball is a one-versus-one (1v1) matches, though there has been instances of two-versus-two (2v2) matches.
*If a competitor "fouls" by touching a ball with their hand or forearm, then much like soccer a free kick is awarded.
*Free kicks are taken as such:
**The offender places the soccer ball down anywhere on the pitch.
**They then take ten steps from the base of the soccer ball and place the football.
**The free kick recipient must try and kick the football from a standing start to hit the soccer ball.
**"Play on" is called as soon as the free kick is taken.

Tactics & Strategy

Although the concept is simple, wangleball is open to many tactical situations.

Generally the competitor in possession of the soccer ball is more attack minded, while the other competitor is defending, trying to prevent the attacker from getting a free or easy shot at the football. A bolder competitor may opt however to try and score with the football.

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