TedBall makes Toowoomba debut with an eye to further expansion

Toowoomba is looking to transform a traditional cricket warm-up into the latest sport to take the region by storm.

Kent Reimers runs participants through a game of TedBall in Toowoomba. Photo: Contributed

TEDBALL: It’s long been considered just a warm-up game, but now TedBall is looking to move into its own spotlight right here in Toowoomba.

A cross between volleyball and handball, TedBall is traditionally played by cricketers as a warm-up before taking the field.

Involving a wide range of movements, the fast-paced game is perfect to get the muscles moving and blood flowing, and now it’s ready to be considered a sport in its own right.

Cricket coach Kent Reimers helped to organise a demonstration game at Action Indoor Sports.

“It’s always traditionally been a warm-up for cricket teams,” Reimers said.

“Basically the teams that I’ve coached love it so much that I think we can make it into a bondafide competition.

“There’s a lot of dynamic movements and it gets people moving in multiple directions.

“Among sporting people, if you make it slightly competitive, they will compete.

“It’s a fast-moving game that’s pretty simple to understand. You get three hits to get it over, but unlike volleyball it’s allowed to bounce once you hit it.

“All you need is a ball and some lines.”

Reimers said there has been interest in the sport once he put the feelers out, as well as a strong audience with the demonstration livestreamed.

“There was quite a following when it was livestreamed. A lot of people I’ve coached in southern Queensland knew about it and tuned in,” he said.

“The sports centre has been hit pretty hard by COVID, so I thought why not helped them out and try to get a new sport started.

“We’d like to start a weekly competition with a men’s and potentially women’s or mixed as well.

“We’re talking about trying to do a tournament to see who has the best TedBall talent in southern Queensland.”

For more information on how you can try TedBall, contact Action Indoor Sports on 46359999.

THE RULES

Four or six players on each side

Games are either timed, or three sets of 11 points

Serve from behind the line to start a point

Each team has three hits to get the ball over the centre markings

Points to the opposition team if you hit it out or it bounces twice on your side