2020 Olympics?

August 19, 2018 4:09 PM

Headis: what you get when you combine the terrain of table tennis with the head-skill of soccer. Lots of great rallies on Youtube. For instance.
posted by dobbs (9 comments total)

This is fun.
I can appreciate this, but as a table tennis player, I have issuess with volleys.
For a variant, I prefer vierertisch.
posted by MtDewd at 4:50 PM on August 19, 2018 [2 favorites]

I will take golemic sports created under the influence, Alex.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:51 PM on August 19, 2018 [1 favorite]

I thought excessive heading in soccer was bad for the brain. Or is this meant to be the evidence? Looks fun though.
posted by traveler_ at 5:11 PM on August 19, 2018 [1 favorite]

This has the same cadence as playing Gearheads
posted by fluttering hellfire at 5:39 PM on August 19, 2018

I like how the competitors shake hands and chest bump after a fine volley. Seriously, sports etiquette matters.
posted by klarck at 6:38 PM on August 19, 2018

I can appreciate this, but as a table tennis player, I have issues with volleys.

Haha, I immediately thought the same thing! Volleys are against the rules in table tennis, you can't hit it before it's landed on your side of the table.

Also - those poor tables!
posted by other barry at 7:22 PM on August 19, 2018

This seems like a terrible idea.
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 10:19 PM on August 19, 2018 [2 favorites]

Concussionball
posted by Optamystic at 5:29 AM on August 20, 2018 [2 favorites]

That is really impressive, my neck hurts.
posted by lucidium at 2:56 PM on August 20, 2018