The Litice experienced a Quidditch league. Check out the unusual sport with brooms
“Even though it is not Olympic yet, Quidditch is a regular sport. We have our own association, the Czech Republic Championships are held every year, the Quidditch League is running and our teams qualify for European tournaments. I have been playing Quidditch since 2017, our Brno team was formed in 2016, “said Brňák captain Jan Štěrba.
Quidditch is a mixed contact sport inspired by the magic sport of the same name from the books about Harry Potter by the writer Joanne Rowling. Today, Quidditch is on its own sporting path.
There are four player positions in Quidditch. The catcher caught the game in 17 minutes. Others are bouncers, shooters and goalkeepers. Positions differ in headband colors.
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“The bouncers are playing with gray balloons on the American discharge, the so-called beatings. These are easily blown out so that players can easily catch them. Cemrál is a volleyball with which players score goals. The goal is ten points. Zlateska captain Tereza Glacová explained the team’s goal in the 17th minute.
Zlatonka is a tennis ball placed in a long gold or yellow sock. The sock is fastened with Velcro or inserted behind the belt of the goldilocks’ shorts.
“Players have to be on a broom, it’s a meter long plastic pipe. According to the new rules, it must not be shorter. When a player is discharged or falls from a broom, he must run to the hoops of his team and thus come to life, “said the Plzeňák captain.
If there is a score after catching the goldfinch, extra time occurs.
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There is one main referee in the game, he has four assistants. Then there are two more judges behind each hoop, two scorers are also indispensable.
The game ends when the catcher legally wins the goldfinch.
“The Pilsen team has been playing since 2018, I founded it. I got to it through a friend who founded the Prague team. Today, there are twenty of us in the team, “Glacová described the formation of her team.