Ballon au poing

Summary

The ballon au poing is a popular team sport in Picardy (France). This game is played by teams of six. It is a game of gain-ground.

ballon au poing - championnat de France 2012 à Amiens

This sport must not be confused with the fistball.

To be able to hit the ball, players surround their hand and their wrist with a strip of canvas or leather.

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ballon au poing - championnat de France 2009 à Amiens
The two chasses (red and blue)

The teams are separated on the ground by a line ( la corde - the rope) which is mobile during the party. This new limit is shown by a chasse.

The purpose of the game is to gain ground by moving the rope. To do it, we try to make the ball "die" in the opposite camp.

Points mark by 15, 30, 40 and game.

Each 15 August at the Parc de la Hotoie ( Amiens ), the city receives the final stages of Ballon au poing.


See also edit

Others games of gain-ground

Notes edit

  • (in French) Luc Collard, Longue paume et ballon au poing, revue EPS, n° 274, p. 72-75, nov-déc 1998

External links edit

  • Ballon au poing on french-wikiversity
  • www.jeuxpicards.org
  • (in French) Caron Gilles , LE BALLON AU POING : COUPES DE FRANCE de 1991 à 2019 - CHAMPIONNATS EN SALLE de 1994 à 2019, 38 pages