BailongBall features three variations: Art, Game and ArtGame, each of which is divided into disciplines.

Here you find a short overview of the sport’s variety.

Art

With this variant, only you and your racket count. With flowing movements, your ball resists gravity thanks to centrifugal and centripetal force. So it stays on the racket all the time without falling off. Of course, you can also let the ball out of the racket and catch it again gracefully or even athletically. You can let your creativity run free and “dance” with racket and ball in your own way, ideally to suitable music. Or you follow a given sequence of predefined movements, which you can also develop yourself. And you can do all this alone or with partner(s), synchronously or with different complementary movements.

You can play the following Art Disciplines:

Move to a defined / standardized choreography, you alone or together with others in sync

Move to your own rhythm, based on an individual choreography, alone, in sync with others or complementary

Move to your own rhythm in your own style

Challenge others with rhythms and sequences you create

ArtGame

This variation lets you combine movements from Art in interaction with partner(s) and thus include the Game component.

You can play the following ArtGame disciplines:

Play to individual rhythms with partners or opponents

Challenge other teams to pass the ball to a sequence and rhythm you define, to compete against your team

Game

Play this variant with any number of players. You pass the ball to one or more partners without hitting or smashing it. Here, too, the focus is on flowing movements, because receiving and releasing the ball should be recognizable as a unit. With the help of the various swing techniques, you experience a wonderful interplay between you and your partner(s). You can play with or against others, with or without a net, in one or more courts or no court at all, for points or just for fun.

You can play the following Game disciplines:

Score points together with a partner in two small separate court halfs, without a net

Score points with partners in various small courts, without a net

Score points together with a partner in two separate court halfs, with net

Score points together with a partner in each front half of two separate courts, with net

Compete with others in two small separated courts, without a net

Compete with others in various separated courts, without a net

Score more goals with your team than any competing team

Compete with others in a standard size courts, with net

Compete with others in the front half of a standard size court with net

Play with others the way you enjoy it

Challenge your opponents with combinations of passing the ball, that you define

The sport's variety depicted in a diagram

  • BailongBall
    Pick how you want to play
    • Art
      花式
      Move to the music
      [:de]Bewege dich im Rhytmus zur Musik und behalte dabei den Ball auf dem Racket[:en]Move to the rhythm of the music and keep the ball on the racket[:]
      • Choreo
        套路
        Move to a defined choreography
        • Standard
          规定
          Move to a defined /
          standardized choreography,
          you alone or in sync together with others
        • Individual
          自编
          Move to your own rhythm,
          based on an individual choreography,
          alone, in sync with others
          or complementary
      • Freestyle
        自由式
        Move to your own rhythm in
        your own style
      • Challenge
        挑战
        Challenge others with
        rhythms and sequences you create
    • ArtGame
      Combine individual rhythmic
      moves while playing with others
      • Freestyle
        无限
        Play to individual rhythms
        with partners or opponents
      • Challenge
        挑战
        Challenge other teams to pass
        the ball to a sequence and
        rhythm you define, to compete
        against your team
    • Game
      对式 或 游戏 或 柔式 或 引式 等
      Play with or against others
      • Freestyle
        自由式
        Play with others the way you
        enjoy it
      • Challenge
        挑战
        Challenge your opponents
        with combinations of
        passing the ball, that you define
      • Cooperating
        友谊
        Play with others and
        collaboratively score
        • No Net
          无网式
          Play with others for points
          and without net
          • Mini
            两界赛
            Score points together with a
            partner in two small separate
            court halfs, without a net
          • Multi
            多界赛
            Score points with partners in
            various small courts, without a net
        • Net
          网式
          Play with others on a court
          separated by a net and score
          collectively
          • Standard
            标准场
            Score points together with a
            partner in two separate court
            halfs, with net
          • Front
            技巧赛
            Score points together with a
            partner in each front half of two
            separate courts, with net
      • Opposing
        对抗
        Compete with opposing players
        • No Net
          无网式
          Compete with other on two
          separate court halfs, without net
          • Mini
            两界赛
            Compete with others in two
            small separated courts, without net
          • Multi
            多界赛
            Compete with others in
            various separated courts, without net
          • Basket
            球框赛
            Score more goals with your
            team than any competing team
        • Net
          网式
          Compete with a partner /
          partners or alone with others on
          a court, divided by a net
          • Standard
            标准场
            Compete with others in a
            standard size courts, with net
          • Front
            技巧赛
            Compete with others in the
            front half of a standard size court
            with net