HEMSBALL

WHAT İS HEMSBALL

GAME FEATURES

INTRODUCTION

Hemsball is a fun and entertaining new sport that can be played by people of all ages. It can be played easily in both outdoor and indoor areas. While playing Hemsball it is important to have good hand-eye coordination, a high level of focus and concentration in order to be able to catch the ball and serve it. The name of the sport, as shown below, was derived from the first letters of the combination of the performance that is portrayed during the game.

H = Hand,

E = Energy,

M = Move,

S = Stability,

BALL = Ball

The objective of the game is to throw the Hemsball into the Hemsball hoop that is on the Hemsball target board on the floor, without hitting the hoop and make it go to the player side and into the “player area” and to prevent the rivals from achieving the same goal. While sending the ball into the Game and “player’s” area they may catch the ball in any way including on the plates where they are stepping.

The ball is put into play with a draw in which the loser serves. The player who serves will throw the ball at the hoop to send it to the rival side. The counting will continue until a ball touches inside the hoop, goes out or a player makes a mistake. The player who wins a point gets to serve.

HİSTORY

The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports, Sports for Everyone (HİS) Federation decided to support HEMSBALL in their letter no. THİS/31 dated January 6, 2012. 

After participating in various activities a tremendous interest developed for our new sport and with its introduction especially during the 2^nd Balkan Sports for Everyone Sports Festival that was organized by HİS on May 10-14, 2012, the sport of HEMSBALL won the admiration of national and international participants alike and attracted the attention of the academic community.

A pilot region application was conducted on April 16-20 at the Çiğli Pre-School Sports Festival organized by the Gülen Kora Elementary School, in which HEMSBALL was introduced to 30 Schools and 2000 students. The importance of HEMSBALL in terms of its contribution to making sports part of a daily routine for elementary school students and in the development of the children’s psychomotor skills was observed by the teachers and educators. 

In order to help spread the sport and make it possible for people in all walks of life do sports, HEMSBALL instructions were given at the İzmir Seferihisar A-1 Type Closed Prison between the dates of July 24-31. The activity of HEMSBALL in prisons allows the opportunity for inmates to be able to do sports easily throughout the day in their wards. At the same time it has provided a solution to excessive immobility, obesity and stress related problems.

BENEFİTS

1. Supporting the psychomotor development of children.

2. Increasing focus and concentration development.

3. Enabling balance development.

4. Providing mental coordination.

5. Developing reflexes.

6. Gaining flexibility.

7. Proving a solution to excessive immobility, obesity and stress related problems.

8. Supplementing athlete training. (Tennis, Badminton, Handball, Basketball, etc.)

9. Helping families and communities gain awareness about sports, relieve stress and make sports and spending time together enjoyable.

10. Increasing physical activities for older people in order to support healthy living. 

11. Helping handicapped people in physical activities in order to help them participate in sports.