Hooverball is a medicine ball game invented by President Herbert Hoover's personal physician to help keep then-President Hoover fit. The Hoover Presidential Library Association and the city of West Branch, Iowa, co-host a national championship each year.
In general, the game is played on a volleyball-type court of grass or sand and involves throwing a heavily weighted medicine ball over the net. Officially, in Hooverball, the medicine ball weighs about 6 lb (2.7 kg) and is thrown over an 8 ft (2.4 m) volleyball-type net. The game is scored like tennis. The ball is caught and then thrown back. The weight of the medicine ball can make the sport to be quite physically demanding.
The sport is best known in Iowa, although it has gained extended interest globally due to practitioners of CrossFit.
Because this is CrossFit we used a 16 pound medicine ball. It was a blast. We played three on 4. It was Boch, Melby and Matt against Pyne, Caleb, Brieg and Rachel. Pyne's team won, but it was fun nonetheless. Great way to get outside on a gorgeous Friday afternoon and have some fun.
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