User:Dew Kane/Glove ball

Glove ball is a sport that is played on a field or in an arena. In the game, the object is to toss around a baseball, softball, or other similar ball, with the goal of a team member catching it in the opponent's end zone.

Rules of the game
In a basic game, there are 5 or 6 players, depending on the league and its codes. There is no goalie.

Offensive players are not permitted to move toward the opponent's end zone while carrying the ball. The ball can only be advanced by throwing it toward another player. Movement toward the team's own end zone is permitted.

In the professional code, all players are required to use their weak arm to throw the ball (right-handers are required to use their left arm, and vice versa), while the glove must remain on their dominant hand at all times during the game. If the glove accidentally falls off, the hand still cannot be used for throwing.

Penalties
For the following actions, penalties are assessed against the violating team:
 * Intentional physical contact - Intentionally touching, bumping, pushing, or making contact in other ways with an opponent. The contact is considered intentional if it occurs in front of the offending player, and the offending player was not pushed into the victim.
 * Beaning - The act of intentionally aiming the ball at an opponent. If a thrown ball accidentally hits an opponent, no penalty is called, though the hit player (or another team member if the player is injured) is entitled to possession.
 * Alternative means of ball movement - Attempting to move the ball about the field by some means other than throwing it with one's ungloved hand. Includes batting it with a glove, body part, or loose object, kicking, deflecting off one's body, or rolling the ball on the ground. Rolling on the ground is only penalized if it is in a forward direction.

For the above offenses, the offending player must sit out for a specified period of time. But for the following offenses, the offending team simply loses possession:
 * Out of bounds - The ball is thrown out of bounds, made to go out of bounds (even unintentionally) by a member of the offense, or the player in possession of the ball goes out of bounds (unless fouled as such by an opponent).