Indiaca
Indiaca return game where a feather ball is played with the flat hand across a net, indiaca can be played outdoors or iit-doors. Sport equipment is the indiaca, which has a total height of 23-25 cm and consists of a pear-shaped ball (widest diameter of 6-8 cm) made of leather, in its upper part four stabilizing weights are set to adjust to the prevailing wind and weather conditions. Three 15-16 cm long feathers are fastened at the top of the ball and guide its flight path. Both the weights and the feathers are exchangeable. The total weight of the indiaca is between 40 and 75 g. Playing field is a level rectangular court which is divided in two halves by a net (height above ground between 1.85 And 2.45 M depending on the number of players). The size of the playing field also depends on the number of players and varies between 10 x 4.5 M and 18 x 9 m. Indiaca can be played as a singles or doubles game or with teams of up to six players each side. Game rules correspond largely to those of volleyball, in the singles event the indiaca can only be played once each time after it crosses the net, in doubles and team games it can be played three times as in volleyball. Indiaca originates from south america and developed from the peteka game of brazil‟s indians. The game came to central europe in the 1930s and is played predominantly as a sport game in school physical education and in leisure-time. There are no official championships. (H.Haag &g. Haag, dictionary, 2003, 256p.)
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