Sunday, 23 September 2012

Fouls in Quidditch

In the sport Quidditch, there are 700 different fouls.

Some of them are:

Sneezing when the quaffle is about to be tossed into the hoop.
Hitting the bulger with a broom instead of the bat.
Being a dementor.
Inviting death eaters to the after party.
Leaping on your opponent's broom.
Hiding the quaffle in a shirt, robe or top hat.
Broom jousting.
Licking the quaffle.
Levitating people watching to use them as shields or anything else.
Covering the oposing teams hoop to stop them from scoring.

There are many more fouls however the most common are:

1. Blagging: Grabbing the broomstick tail of someone on the opposing team.
2. Blatching: Flying towards another player to knock him/her off their broom. In the Quidditch world cup in 1994, Dimitrov flew towards Moran and almost knocked her off her broom, Dimitrov's team were awarded a foul.
3. Blurting: When a player locks their broomstick handle with that of an opponent to steer them off course.
4. Bumphing: When a beater sends the buldger towards the crowd.
5. Cobbing: When a player uses their elbows to hurt another player.
6. Flacking: When a keeper uses any part of their anatomy to reach through the goal hoop and push the quaffle out.
7. Haversacking: When a chaser holds or touches the quaffle as it goes through the goal hoop.
8. Quaffle Pocking: When chasers alter the quaffle somehow.
9. Snitchnip: When a player other than a sneeker catches the snitch.
10. Stooging: When more than one chaser goes into the scoring area at a time.

These are the most common rules or Quidditch and some others that are not used very often.

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