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[ MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ JOHN WILLIAMS'
"HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD"
PLAYING ]
>> SO, QUIDDITCH IS BASED OFF
THE HARRY POTTER SERIES BY
J.K. ROWLING.
AND IN THE BOOKS, IT'S A MAGICAL
SPORT WHERE PLAYERS FLY AROUND
ON BROOMSTICKS, AND THERE ARE
MAGICAL FLYING BALLS.
AND IT'S BEEN ADAPTED SO PEOPLE
IN THE REGULAR WORLD CAN PLAY.
>> THE BROOM IS ACTUALLY NOT
VERY HARD TO RUN AROUND WITH AT
ALL.
IT IS THAT HANDICAP TO THIS
GAME.
EVERY SPORT OUT THERE HAS ITS
HANDICAP.
BASKETBALL -- YOU HAVE TO
DRIBBLE IT.
SOCCER -- YOU CAN ONLY USE YOUR
FEET.
WELL, IN QUIDDITCH, WE HAVE A
BROOM, AND WE HAVE TO HOLD IT IN
BETWEEN OUR LEGS AND PLAY WITH
ONE HAND.
>> SO, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HAVE
SEVEN PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM.
THERE ARE THREE CHASERS.
THEY HAVE WHITE HEADBANDS.
THEY PASS THE QUAFFLE, OR THE
VOLLEYBALL, TO EACH OTHER, SCORE
THROUGH THE HOOPS.
THERE ARE THREE GOALS ON EACH
END OF THE PITCH.
THERE'S ALSO A KEEPER WHO
DEFENDS THE GOAL HOOPS.
THERE ARE TWO PLAYERS ON EACH
TEAM CALLED BEATERS.
THEY WEAR BLACK HEADBANDS.
THEY HAVE DODGEBALLS OR
BLUDGERS, AND THEY TRY AND HIT
PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSING TEAM.
THERE'S ALSO A SEEKER ON EACH
SIDE, WHICH IS THE POSITION THAT
HARRY POTTER PLAYS.
AND IN THIS VERSION, YOU WEAR A
YELLOW HEADBAND, AND A SNITCH
RUNNER WEARS YELLOW SHORTS WITH
A VELCRO TAG ON IT, WHICH IS
LIKE FLAG FOOTBALL.
AND THE SEEKERS NEED TO TRY AND
GRAB THE SNITCH.
SO THEY TRY AND GRAB THE SNITCH
OFF OF THE SNITCH RUNNER.
>> [ CHANTING INDISTINCTLY ]
>> I PERSONALLY AM A *** ON
THE FIELD, WHICH MEANS I PLAY,
ESSENTIALLY, DODGEBALL.
IT'S A VERY DEFENSIVE POSITION.
IT'S ALSO A VERY PHYSICAL
POSITION, AS YOU'RE NORMALLY
HAVING TO TACKLE OTHER PEOPLE.
>> IT DOES LOOK SILLY WHEN
YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND ON
BROOMSTICKS, BUT THAT KIND OF
GIVES IT A HARDNESS TO IT.
BUT, ALSO, TO BE HONEST, IT'S
MORE A HINDRANCE THAN ANYTHING.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO MANEUVER
WITH THE BROOM.
A LOT OF THIS SPORT IS PLAYED
ONE-HANDED.
YOU'RE TACKLING. YOU'RE RUNNING.
EVERYTHING ONE-HANDED.