Netball.... an unfamiliar sport

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  1. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    i was looking through news headlines and noticed a story about the “netball” world championship.

    Netball?????? Is this an oddball term for basketball? It turns out to be a strange hybrid game. Played on a basketball court with the same basketball and net..... but if you have the ball you cannot move or even jump.... only pass or shoot. And there seem to be some off side rules like soccer.

    If you want to check it. Out.
    It is strangely freakish to have this sport that is somehow related to basketball, but a completely different sport. Sort of like how rugby and American football clearly have similarities, while being entirely different

    My conjecture is that someone in africa saw a basketball game but could not figure out the rules... and so they came up with their own different rules
     
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    Spim Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That's quite bizarre but I immediately found it more interesting than the WNBA
     
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    Watching paint dry is more interesting than the WNBA, whoops! Please strike that remark, the WMBA is my favorite sport.
     

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