Disease Ball!

There is a new game craze sweeping Japan…

DISEASE BALL

ORIGINS:

One day, Drew and Aaron were playing tennis, only Drew and Aaron were not very good at tennis and got bored quickly. Instead, they decided instead to break out a 3ft wide yoga ball and play with that. thus Ultimate Ninja Ball was born!

But Ultimate Ninja Ball was short lived. Soon after its inception an old Japanese man sporting a tennis racket, a violin case, one large dreadlock, and a statue of the virgin Mary, approached them and warned them against the dangers of playing with such a big ball on a tennis court.

“This ball," he said, holding up a tennis ball, "...is good. it is small, you can eat it, it fits in your mouth, and can be digested."

“But this ball," he said, as he gestured to the yoga ball,"...is too big. You cannot fit it in your mouth. It will get stuck in your intestines. Your intestines will become diseased! Do you understand? You should not play with this ball. Do you understand?"

Drew and Aaron did not understand, but attempts to initiate debate were squashed. In order to avoid conflict they withdrew from the court while the old man remained, but they were unwilling to give up their new found game, even one that could potentially be harmful to their digestive system.

So to honor the words the old man shared, as well as retain the game they had invented. Disease Ball was born.

PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK!

RULES:

Think volleyball but with some key differences:

• You play on a tennis court instead of a volleyball court.

• You play with a yoga ball instead of a volleyball. 90cm or wider is ideal, with lots of air to make sure it's nice and bouncy.

• The ball may touch the ground once at any point during a return, before or after someone hits it, but not both.

• An individual or team may touch the ball 3 times per return before it is considered dead. All three touches may be made by one individual without penalty.

• You can attempt to return the ball with any part of your body; hands, arms, legs, head, butt, teeth. The point is just to get it back over the net.

• Boundaries are dependent on the number of players.

1 vs 1

use area 1

2 vs 2

areas 1 & 2

3 vs 3 or 4 vs 4

use areas 1,2, & 3

5 vs 5

If you can actually get 10 people to play this game, you can make up your own boundaries.

That's pretty much it. Have fun! We cannot be responsible for any diseases contracted from playing this sport; including, but not limited to: ulcers, rabies, the “shivers,” conjunctivitis, shingles, monkeypox, vampirism, or mummy rot.

Since we have no pictures to show the awesomeness that is Disease Ball, here is a picture of what it probably looked like.