Chinlone / Caneball
Chinlone, also known as caneball, is a traditional sport from Myanmar. It is a team sport combining sport and dance. Chinlone is more focussed on creativity and not competitiveness. Chinlone in Burmese means rounded basket, referring to the ball that is made from rattan, a matterial used for making baskets.
The game is played by two teams with six players each. They pass the ball back and forth using their feet, knees, and their heads as they walk around a circle. While the rest pass the ball around, a player goes into the middle alone, and the player creates a dance of different moves strung together. If they drop the ball to the ground, the play is restarted.
This game is usually played barefoot or using chinlone shoes that will let the players feel the ball and the ground. The players can make contact with the ball using the top of their toes, the inner and outer sides of the foot, the heel, the sole, and the knee.
Similar Sports
- Sepak Takraw — an Asian sport like volleyball but using the feet to kick a ball over a net, which also uses a rattan ball.
- Cuju — an ancient ball game that involved kicking a ball through an opening in a net
- Jianzi — a traditional Chinese national sport, where players aim to keep a shuttlecock-type object (called a Jianzi) in the air by striking it predominantly with the legs.
- Freestyle Footbag — performing various tricks with a footbag.
- Kemari — Japanese traditional sport with the aim to keep one ball in the air.
- Lethwei — an unarmed Burmese martial art similar to other kickboxing styles from the region.
Related Pages
- Sport in Myanmar
- Complete list of sports
- The Encyclopedia of Sports — a list of every sport from around the world.
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