Headis - header table tennis
Headis is a hybrid sport that mixes aspects from table tennis and soccer. The sport was invented by two German students rather by accident, when they were heading the ball towards each other on a table tennis table.
Headis is played on a table similar in dimensions to that of a table tennis table with a net in the middle. The ball used is a 7-inch rubber ball which is about 100 grams in weight. The objective of the sport is to strike the ball with the head onto the other player's side of the table. The ball has can bounce a maximum of one time on a player's side of the table before it is returned. Unlike table tennis, players are allowed to make contact with the table and volleys are also legal in headis.
the gameplay is exactly similar to that of table tennis, where each play starts with a serve and is followed by subsequent returns until one player scores a point. Each player alternately serves two times regardless of who scores the point.
A match is played in a best of three sets format, where each set is played for 11 points, and the player to first win two sets is the winner of the match.
Similar Sports
- Freestyle Football — athletes compete to perform various tricks using a football.
- Table Tennis — a racket sport played with small paddles and a lightweight ball on a rectangular table with a net in the middle.
- Association Football — more commonly known as Football or Soccer. It is the world's most popular sport, played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object is to score by using any part of the body except the arms and hands to get the ball into the opposing goal.
- Teqball — a new football-based sport that combines table tennis and football.
Related Pages
- Complete list of sports
- The Encyclopedia of Sports
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