Push Ball - Sport Of Kings!
The most insane sanctioned violence short of combat; a most brutal game that separated the rock stars from the rock groupies.
Notice the guys in the scrum on the right who are so busy fighting, they're nowhere near the ball- and the poor guy on the ground catching elbow strikes.
Banned by the Army in the early 2000's, this was a staple for paratroopers for decades.
I recall leaving the barracks for a match and my 1SG telling us, "Don't come back unless you've beat somebody's ass". And he was serious.
It was not for the weak or faint hearted.
The young man that still lives in me longs to play this again. Older me knows that I was incredibly lucky to have played this as often as I did and somehow avoid serious injury.
Damn if I don't miss my tribe, though.
The most insane sanctioned violence short of combat; a most brutal game that separated the rock stars from the rock groupies.
Notice the guys in the scrum on the right who are so busy fighting, they're nowhere near the ball- and the poor guy on the ground catching elbow strikes.
Banned by the Army in the early 2000's, this was a staple for paratroopers for decades.
I recall leaving the barracks for a match and my 1SG telling us, "Don't come back unless you've beat somebody's ass". And he was serious.
It was not for the weak or faint hearted.
The young man that still lives in me longs to play this again. Older me knows that I was incredibly lucky to have played this as often as I did and somehow avoid serious injury.
Damn if I don't miss my tribe, though.
Push Ball - Sport Of Kings!
The most insane sanctioned violence short of combat; a most brutal game that separated the rock stars from the rock groupies.
Notice the guys in the scrum on the right who are so busy fighting, they're nowhere near the ball- and the poor guy on the ground catching elbow strikes.
Banned by the Army in the early 2000's, this was a staple for paratroopers for decades.
I recall leaving the barracks for a match and my 1SG telling us, "Don't come back unless you've beat somebody's ass". And he was serious.
It was not for the weak or faint hearted.
The young man that still lives in me longs to play this again. Older me knows that I was incredibly lucky to have played this as often as I did and somehow avoid serious injury.
Damn if I don't miss my tribe, though.
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