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What is Rocball?

Rocball is a non-contact team net game derivative of volleyball and a Meso-American sport once played by the athletes of the Aztec civilization of what is now the country of Mexico.

Rocball is played on a rectangular court bisected by an overhead net with goals located behind each end of the court.

Rocball has been in existence since 1979.

It is the first team net sport to implement offensive and defensive scoring, multiple point plays, plays in which a team can lose point, and the first team net sport to include the combination of kicking and hitting play action.

In Rocball, the offensive team has the scoring advantage because of service and court points. However, either team has the opportunity to score from one to three points during any one play; under certain conditions, the defensive team can score one point plays, the server can score different types of two point plays, the goalies of either team can score two points, any player from either team can score a three point goal, and there are different way to win a set of play.

To win a Rocball game, the team which scored the most points after the completion of the first four sets of play must:

(1) Have a three point advantage over their opponents.

(2) Win the fourth set of play.

If either team fails to accomplish this, the game will go into overtime. In overtime, the total amount of points scored by each team becomes irrelevant: The winners of a Rocball game in overtime will be determined by whichever team wins it's fourth set of play first: In overtime, Rocball sets are completed at eight points or whenever either team scores a goal.

RocBall Jargon:

Court Point = the offensive team scores a point.

Bogey Point = The offensive team loses a point.

Jam = the defensive team scores a point.

Face = the offensive or defensive team scores one point.

Xunk = the defensive team loses two points.

Ace = the offensive team scores two points.

Kee = the offensive or defensive team scores two points

Goal = a three point play in which a team can add points to their own score or reduce their opponent's score.

Juice-Out = the manner in which a team can win a game in four sets.

O-Kon = Rocball overtime if neither team can Juice-Out in four sets.

Blow-Out/Skunk/Scratch/Match = terms used to describe how teams win the different types of sets in Rocball


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