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Kin-Ball, also known as Omnikin, is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor. The International Kin-Ball Federation counts 3.8 million participants, primarily from Canada, the U.S., Japan, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Denmark and Malaysia.

The grey team is about to strike the ball.

Game

Games have three periods lasting between 7 to 15 minutes each, depending on the age level of the participants, with a one-minute intermission between each period. At the beginning of each period the ball is put into play from the centre of the gym by the team with the fewest points. The team with the most points at the end of the three periods wins the game.

Teams are composed of 4 players (with up to 4 substitutes), all of which wear a jersey or pinny of a different colour, with grey, pink and black being the official colours internationally, except in Quebec where blue replaced pink in 2004.

The Objective:

Each team had 4 players. When the game starts, The player in center will throw the ball up while yelling "Omnikin" and the corresponding color of a team and that team must catch the ball before it touches the floor.

The team must have 3 players holding the ball from below with one leg crouching and two hands holding it up while the other player stands up and hit it ball with hands, standing up, and yell clearly "Omnikin" and the color of another team which will then run and catch the ball. If the team didn't catch the ball and it fells on the floor, the other 2 teams gets 2 points each and the ball goes to the team which didn't get the point and they will hit the ball to other players of other teams.

When yelling, if the team made a mistake and said the color of their own team and hit the ball, the other teams gets the points and they restarts.

Faults:

These are the possible mistakes a player might make during the match.

1. Yell their own color when hitting the ball. 2. Yell the color while hitting the ball (At the same time). 3. The ball touches the walls of the room without the corresponding team touching it.

International competitions