Quidditch Quidditch is the ultimate wizard sport. Two teams battle it out on broomsticks, and the game only ends when the Seeker catches the golden snitch... Rules: There are seven players on each side. Three of them are called Chasers. The Chaser's throw around a red ball, called the Quaffle, back and forth to each other, and try to get it through one of the hoops to score a goal. The Chaser's score ten points for their team every time the Quaffle goes through one of the hoops. The Keeper flies around his team's hoops and stops the other team's Chaser's from scoring. There are two Beaters on each team, and their job is to protect their teammates from violent balls called Bludgers. The Bludgers rocket around and try to knock players from their brooms. The Beaters protect their teammates as well as they knock the Bludgers toward the other team. The last member of the team is the Seeker. The Seeker's job is to catch a tiny, golden ball called The Snitch. It's very hard to catch because it is very fast and difficult to see. The Seeker must weave in and out of the Chasers, Beaters, Bludgers, and Quaffle, to catch the Snitch before the other team's Seeker catches it, because whichever Seeker catches the Snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they nearly always win. A game of Quidditch only ends when the Snitch is caught. In addition, Seekers are the most fouled out of all of the players. Tricky Manuevers: Wronski Feint: The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Sloth Grip Roll: Hanging upside down off the broom, gripping tightly with hands and feet to avoid a Bludger. Hawkshead Attacking Formation: Chasers form an arrowhead pattern and fly together towards the gaol posts. Porskoff Ploy: The Chaser carries the Quaffle upwards, leading opposing Chasers to belive that he or she is trying to escape them to score, but then throws the Quaffle downwards to a fellow Chaser waiting to catch it. *Compiled from Harry Potter books and Quidditch Through the Ages You've read the rules, do you want to try-out for your house team? Go to Hogwarts. Or, go HOME.