My friend Nico invited me as a Jack at a pinch for his knotsbal team since they had a shortage of hands. I’d first like to tell you what knotsbal is exactly. It’s a stupid game at first glance: imagine you were playing indoor hockey, but not by a normal stick but a club with a fluffy foam head. And the ball is a small orange-like plastic object. Armed with respective team uniforms, it really looks like eight idiots, mixing boys and girls, running and wielding an XXXXL-size tampon swab on court. It’s a bit brainless for you as an audience, but trust me, you will get obsessed when you play. Here is my match log:
The game kicked off at around 23.35, which was my first time play a sport at such a late hour. After less than a minute, an opponent intended to hit a volley but in fact made the white cap eject from his stick. I cracked up and applauded for his entertaining performance. I was the first to open the score but at a cost of a hole at the right-knee area of my pants. I won my fourth goal to equalize the game to a 5:5 match in the 25 th minute. They stole a last-minute goal to take home the victory with a score of 6:5.
It’s pathetic that we lost in this way, but we showed a good team spirit. Hopefully a victory is just around the corner. But personally I don’t suggest you do fierce activity the way I did: I failed to fall asleep until 2.30 a.m. and suffered a dizzy feeling in the next morning. Therefore I won’t be such a sporty night owl anymore. But if you want to give it a try, no problem, send me an email and I will call Nico to count you in their next midnight game.
Vid of the week: ‘Crazy ball’ is my own English translation for this sport since ‘knots’ also means ‘loony’ or ‘crazy’ in Dutch. This video is the best evidence for my argument.