South Africa has joined many nations the world over who’ve lengthy embraced and adopted Catchball.
Catchball is a sporting code that’s at present being performed and dominated by girls. It’s new in South Africa!
International locations such Kenya, Uganda, Romania, USA, England, France, Israel and Mexico have been taking part in Catchball for years.
Now, right here at residence, Catchball is ruled by the South Africa Catchball Affiliation (SACA).
And globally, the game falls beneath the Worldwide Catchball Federation (ICF), they usually have a world occasion lined up in South Africa.
Catchball will formally launch in South Africa between 16-21 June in what the ICF describes as Africa Catchball Cup.
This six-day event will see over 15 African and European nations collaborating in it as a part of the launch.
As issues stand, SACA is working across the clock to place collectively a strong staff through trials from completely different areas throughout the nation.
The SA Catchball Affiliation (SACA) will then maintain nationwide trials the place the ultimate choice will made. Ladies aged 18 and above will qualify for now.
SACA CEO Rosleyn Molakeng stated whereas the game is geared toward empowering girls, there are plans to contain males sooner or later.
“For now, this can be a girls’s sport, however as soon as we get the whole lot proper, we intention to get males concerned within the sport as nicely,” stated Molakeng.
WHAT IS CATCHBALL?
Catchball is a hybrid sport that mixes the strategic construction of volleyball, the ball-handling methods of handball, and the passing dynamics of basketball.
It additionally affords a flexible, inclusive, and academic platform for bodily exercise that enhances teamwork, motor abilities, and strategic pondering.
It may be performed both indoors or in an open area on a court docket divided by a web, with two groups of six gamers every.
The ball is put in play with a serve, identical to in Volleyball, thrown over the online to the opponents.
A most of three gamers can deal with the ball earlier than it have to be thrown over the online.
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