Patent ID: 6336876
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method for playing a team sport in water between players of opposing teams utilizing a ball having a hollow interior cavity which is partially filled with a liquid, the method including;a) defining a play area having opposite ends and spaced sides defining pairs of oppositely oriented corners; b) providing a goal adjacent each of said corners of the play area of a size to receive the ball when propelled across the surface of the water; c) providing a ball having a hollow interior cavity having a liquid therein which is present in an amount within the interior cavity to promote skimming of the ball when the ball is propelled at a low angle of incidence toward the surface of water; d) advancing the ball toward an opposing goal only by carrying the ball, by propelling the ball parallel to or at an angle downwardly toward the surface of water, by skipping the ball across the surface of the water and by skimming the ball across the surface of the water and such that any advancing of the ball to pass or attempt to score which evidences an upward trajectory to any degree when released from a player's possession is not permitted and will result in loss of possession; and e) accumulating points by scoring goals wherein the ball is propelled so as to be in contact with the surface of the water and enters a goal while skipping or skimming across the surface of water in order to receive points toward a point total.