Kin-Ball, is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada in 1986. Invented by Mario Demers, a Canadian physical-education professor, Kin-Ball was first created to get kids moving and is now played around the world by people of all ages. It’s a fast-paced, interactive sport that engages a wide range of skills, while promoting physical activity, sportsmanship, and teamwork. It’s a sport for everyone, where teams achieve success only by working together.
The sport
is unique in that it consists of three teams all competing at the same time,
instead of the usual one-on-one of traditional team activities. The three teams
of four players wear different colours to identify who’s on which team.
Teamwork
and strategy are essential as players try to score points while trying to keep
the giant ultra-light ball in the air. The server must call out “Omnikin!” and
the colour of an opposite team (blue, grey, or black) before hitting the ball.
The aim is
to throw the ball in such a way that the team called out cannot catch the ball
before it touches the ground. If it falls, the two opposing teams score a
point.
Cooperation,
accessibility, and sportsmanship are at the core of the sport.
