Viperball

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Viperball In 2004, the sport of Viperball was created by Tennis Polo enthusiasts in the Western United States as an indoor variation of Tennis Polo. This indoor variation employs a faster-paced, fewer players (6 on 6) and allows players to carry (aka, run with) the ball, make plays off walls.

In late 2005, the National Viperball League (NVL) was formed. The league's ultimate goal is to create a professional viperball league based in the United States.

Both the TPA, tennis polo's governing body and the NVL worked together to develop an outdoor version of Viperball, aimed at increasing the participation in Tennis Polo -- specifically in North America.

The game is played on a regulation American football field, with two teams of 10 players. The game is more physical, but is still officially non-contact. Players are allowed to run with the ball (called carrying) for up to four steps at a time, before having to dribble the ball on their racquet before continuing to run or passing with their racquet or throwing it to another player.

There is no goalkeeper and teams score in three distinct ways.

Hitting a ball into a tennis polo sized (6' x 6') goal placed in the middle of both team's goal line for 5 points. Carrying or dribbling the ball or catching the ball past the goal line into the end zone for 3 points. Hitting the ball through the goal posts for 1 point.