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Nashball is a new sport that flows like soccer or basketball, uses the entire body, and encourages creativity and a wide range of athletic skill. Simple rules, simple equipment, many ball-control options – anyone’s game.
THE GAME IS SIMPLE: Move the ball down the field, land the ball in the opposing team’s oval to score a point.
BASIC RULES:
- Keep hands in closed fists. No open-hand contact.
- Touch the ball up to four times using any body part before passing it. (Punch, bump, kick, head, spike, etc.)
- The ball can bounce once whenever, but not twice in-a-row.
POSSESSION RULE: Juggle the ball in the air within arm’s length and no one can touch it. If it bounces, leaves arm’s length, or the player enters shot box, it’s anyone’s ball.
See “Rules” tab for more or download the nashball pdf here.
The rules in action
Simple Equipment: Open space, a ball (volleyball), field markers (8-16 cones), and two teams of players (2 or more).
Things included in the game: Contacting the ball with any body part, bouncing the ball, kicking/spiking/lobbing the ball to score, contact with opposing players, equal rules for each player, horizontal goals.
Things NOT in the game: Conventional goal frames/net, goalkeepers, picking the ball up, holding/carrying/throwing the ball, open-hand sets and spikes, rolling/dribbling the ball on the ground, sidelines, offsides.
