WHAT IS QUIDDITCH?
WHAT IS QUIDDITCH?
Quidditch is a competitive sport in the wizarding world of the Harry Potter universe, and is from the series of children’s novels and movies. It is an extremely rough but very popular semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals, three on each side of the Quidditch pitch field. In the Harry Potter universe, Quidditch holds a fervent following similar to the position that association football holds as a globally popular sport.
Rules of Quidditch
Quidditch is a no-contact sport played by running on a field with a broomstick held firmly between the player’s legs. The objective is to have your team’s offensive players Chasers score as many goals as possible within the play period and then to retrieve the Snitch at the very end of regulation in order to secure a win.
Equipment
The objective of quidditch is to score more points than the opposing team. There are three types of balls used during the game: quaffle, 1 golden snitch, and 3 bludgers. The quaffle is a volleyball that can be kicked or thrown into hoops. A neutral person acts as the golden snitch and will be wearing yellow. They will have a velcro tail attached to their shorts and the seeker must grab this to end the game. The snitch gets released 18 minutes after the start of the game and must avoid their capture. The bludgers are used by the beaters to distract the players and set them back. If an athlete is hit by a bludger, they must drop any ball they’re in possession of and touch one of the goalposts before they’re allowed to reenter the game to play. Besides the three types of balls, the game requires broomsticks and three hoops. All players must have a broomstick held between their legs at all times. The broomstick can be made out of PVC piping or wood. There will be three hoops placed on each side of the pitch. They will all be at different heights of 1 meter, 1.4 meters, and 2 meters. The hoops are placed two broomsticks apart from each other.
Quidditch Players
Each team has 7 players: 1 keeper, 3 chasers, 2 beaters, and 1 seeker. The chasers throw the quaffle by kicking or throwing it into hoops where each goal is worth 10 points. The beaters disrupt other players by using the bludger. The keeper helps guard the hoops against the chasers from the other team. Lastly, the seeker will end the game by chasing and catching the snitch by scoring points . The snitch is worth 30 points and the seeker must grab the snitch. In case the match ends in a tie after the snitch is caught, the match will go into overtime.
Scoring
To score in Quidditch, this can be done by the chasers who can score 10 points by gaining possession of the quaffle and throwing into the opposition’s hoops. They also gain points when the seeker gets possession of the golden snitch and scores 30 points. Overall, the team with the most points will win the game, and usually, the game is ended by the snitch being caught. But, there is a misconception that getting the snitch will end the game, but this is not always the case. A team can potentially win if they still have more points than their opponents even if they did not catch the snitch, but this scenario is rare. 토토
History Of Quidditch
Over the past decade, Quidditch has grown rapidly across campuses all over the world, with a rich history in folklore dating back to 1050 A.D. First made globally popular in 1997 with the release of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the game has continued to remain relevant even after the end of Rowling’s series. With many aspects of the original adapted to the playable version today, it’s a new and exciting sport to play with leveled competition.
