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Rules and play Rules and play The playing court is somewhat larger than a volleyball court at 12.20 by 18.30 meters (40.03 ft × 60.04 ft) with a neutral box 1 meter (3 ft 3.37 in) on either side of the center. The height of the net is 2.2 meters (7.22 ft). The ball is similar to a volleyball but may be slightly larger. While in volleyball the ball is hit or   volleyed   throughout the play, in throwball the ball is thrown over the net, where a member of the other team tries to catch the ball and quickly throw it back across the net. The length is 18.30 metres and the breadth is 12.20 metre. There will be one line in between call the centre line. Each team has 7 main players and 5 substitute substitut An official game is played between two teams of odd number of players. A maximum of five substitute players is allowed for each team, which can make a maximum of five substitutions during a set. A team can take two time-outs of 30 seconds each during a set. The first team to score
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History According to the Throwball Federation of India, throwball is thought to have been drawn from a recreational sport popular among women in  England  and  Australia  during the 1930s.The  YMCA  bought the game to Chennai, where it was played as a women's sport in the 1940s.  Harry Crowe Buck , who had founded the  YMCA College of Physical Education  in  Chennai , drafted guidelines for throwball rules and regulations in 1955. The game reached  Bangalore  in the 1950s. [1] . [1]  'Throwball Federation of India  (TFI) was formed along with the Indian National Throwball Championship and by 1990 throwball in India had become a sport for both men and women. [2]