Jorkyball is a modified form of 2 on 2 soccer taking influence from squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

 and football. It is played in a 10m x 5m cage on artificial turf with the possibility of using the walls to place the ball. As in football it is played only with the feet and use of hands is forbidden. The objective is to score goals into a net. As in squash the sport is played in a four-walled court and all of them can be used.

History

2 on 2 Jorkyball was invented by Gilles Paniez ( French ) in 1987. It started in a garage in Lyon, France. Jorkyball is now a registered trademark.Jorkyball was first played in front of a large audience at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy as an exhibition. Since then, the number of Jorkyball players has been increasing.

Jorkyball is currently played in 7 countries: England, France, Portugal, United States, Mexico and Israel.

Rules

A Jorkyball game is played in 5 sets of 7 goals. The first team to reach 3 sets wins. A two-goal difference is needed to win in the 5th set. Each team is made up of 1 striker and 1 defender. The striker is not allowed to play in the kickoff areas. The defender is not allowed to play in the opponent's side of the court.

Game elements

The pitch of 2x2 Jorkyball is a parallelepiped

Parallelepiped

In geometry, a parallelepiped is a three-dimensional figure formed by six parallelograms. By analogy, it relates to a parallelogram just as a cube relates to a square. In Euclidean geometry, its definition encompasses all four concepts...

. Dimensions are:

• Length: 9,80 m
• Width: 4,80 m
• Height: 2,70 m
• Goal size: 110 x 110 cm

The ball is in hand-sewn felt. It weighs 200 grams. It is roughly the size of a handball.