Knattleikr is the ball game that was played by the Vikings. Unfortunately, they didn't leave behind any rulebooks, so we have tried to reconstruct the rules based on the descriptions of the games in the Icelandic sagas. Information about the rules and how we came up with them are here:
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/knattleikr.htm
These rules have been used for the past year for intramural play and are now being used for intercollegiate play.
This video clip shows a practice scrimmage between members of the Clark University team on the morning of the first annual intercollegiate knattleikr tournament.
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