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Tricks - Chista

Chista Bats

£19.00 (UK only)
MISC JUGGLING EQUIPMENT

So what is Chista?

The Revolutionary Racket Game! The next generation outdoor racket game with massive sales throughout Europe! Catch the ball in the central buffer in the racket and throw to a playing partner or against the wall through the dispenser. A variety of fun and addictive play options are available.

Chista box pack contains 2 rackets (1 green and 1 orange) and 2 Chista balls.

This game was invented by Jean-Charles Hery and won the gold medal in France’s Concours Lepine inventors competition.

The Chista racket lets you cushion and stop the chista ball (a mini tennis ball) and then send it flying through the air once again by lobbing/throwing it out of the top of the racket. You could throw the ball against a wall or to another player. Lots of possibilities! It takes only a few minutes to master this game, and all you need is a bit of space to play!

If you are used to handling a racket of any type, they you will be at an even greater advantage, and if you have enough rackets and a net, then you could even play a volleyball type version of Chista (see games suggestions at bottom of tricks page).


Throwing the Ball

Place the ball into the racket, then flick your wrist back with the racket at approx shoulder level and throw the ball in the direction you want it to travel by making a quarter circle upwards with your racket and at the same time bending your wrist forwards. This may sound a lot more complicated than it actually is. You would figure out best how to throw the chista ball if you just try the racket out and experiment to find your own best method for throwing it!

You can vary your throws by changing the amount of power you use, or the angle that the ball leaves the racket.

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Receiving the Ball

There are quite a few good ways to receive the ball and you will probably settle on a couple of the following methods:

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Receive in a forehand position, above shoulder height with the racket tilted slightly back (this catch is useful for when the ball is being received well above head level and you might even jump up to catch).
2) Receive in a low backhand position (useful for slow and low balls being received).
3) Receive facing front-on, with racket tilted slightly down (useful for when the ball is lobbed at you).

One thing to remember is that just when you are about to catch the ball in the racket, slightly tilt the racket so that you receive the ball at an angle, right in the centre, and bring your arm back to cushion the catch (eg so that you are not stopping the ball dead and causing it to bounce back out of the racket!)

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Game Ideas

If you can come up with any more games, then please let me know! There aren’t any other tricks pages online that I have found, so the following suggestions are adapted from the instructions sheet that comes with the Chista game.

VolleyChista
Mark out an area on the ground. Players should then position themselves facing each other a reasonable distance apart, but within the playing area. Basic idea is to try and get the ball to touch the ground within your opponents playing area (in which case, you win a point and get another attempt). If the ball lands outwith the playing area then the receiver gets a point and takes control of the game until he loses a point. This could be a 2 player game, or if you can use a volleyball size court, then you could play with many more people!
Off the Wall One or more players can play against a wall. You need to mark out an area of the wall that has to be hit by the players each time (you could make it a small or large area depending on the experience of the players). One player starts by using the Chista racket to throw a ball against the marked area of the wall. The next player must catch the ball either before it hits the ground or on the bounce (you need to decide which rule to play by before you begin though so that everyone knows!) When a player fails to catch the ball or misses the marked area on the wall, they lose a “life”. They then take the next throw and play continues. This is a knockout game, and you can decide how many “lifes” you have at the start, so that eventually there is only one player left.

 

 



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