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(Created page with "'''Haytay''' is a sport played in D'Runia, particularly Chaska. The basic rules for the game are as follows: * The ball is never thrown; instead, it is kicked and must be caught. The ball can be bumped like a volleyball from player to player, but once it is caught, everyone stops moving until it is airborne again. * The players score points by the catching of the ball (one point), or by one's own "goalie" catching it (ten points). * The playing field has two "g...") |
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Typically the games were played in historic times between ''auqarkuna'', that is, | == Background == | ||
Haytay has its beginnings in the football-style games played by the ancestral Austro-D'Runian peoples who inhabited Chaska prior to the arrival of the [[Azix]] peoples. | |||
Typically the games were played in historic times between ''auqarkuna'', that is, age-based regiments. It was believed that the speed and strength of the youth would be matched by the experience and cunning of the elder. | |||
[[Category:Sport]] | [[Category:Sport]] | ||
[[Category:Chaska]] | [[Category:Chaska]] | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 30 September 2023
Haytay is a sport played in D'Runia, particularly Chaska.
The basic rules for the game are as follows:
- The ball is never thrown; instead, it is kicked and must be caught. The ball can be bumped like a volleyball from player to player, but once it is caught, everyone stops moving until it is airborne again.
- The players score points by the catching of the ball (one point), or by one's own "goalie" catching it (ten points).
- The playing field has two "goals" between pairs of posts.
- Weapons are not allowed.
Background
Haytay has its beginnings in the football-style games played by the ancestral Austro-D'Runian peoples who inhabited Chaska prior to the arrival of the Azix peoples.
Typically the games were played in historic times between auqarkuna, that is, age-based regiments. It was believed that the speed and strength of the youth would be matched by the experience and cunning of the elder.