Motoball Sports - Football On Motorcycles
Motoball is a new European sports in which players try perform football game on their motorcycles. The relatively unknown sport is largely played in Europe, where many countries even have national teams. Some of the best Motoball players in the world are from Russia.
A Motoball match is played on a regular football field, complete with goal posts. There are two teams of five players each - four riders and a goalie, who is the only one not riding a bike. The players on motorcycles chase a large ball that is 40 cm in diameter and weighs about one kilogram. As the bikers speed towards the ball, they stop the motorcycle with just one foot and draw the other foot back to kick the ball. The matches are officiated by two referees, assisted by two linesmen. A match is split up into four 20-minute periods.
