Telman

Pok-a-tok Hi my name is Telman and I am going to tell you about the Mayan ball game. In the sixth century B.C the Mayans played a ball game called pok-a-tok to honor the hero twins and the gods to win favors for them. The ball game courts they had are almost like the ones we have these days. The ball courts were shaped like an I. There were stone hoops hung up on each side of the wall. The point of the game is to get the ball through the hoop. If one player gets the ball through the hoop hat team wins. Since that was hard to do there were a series of circles hanging on the wall. If a player hits one of those circles they got points. When they played the game they could only use their hips, fists, and shoulders. But they were not allowed to use their legs or hands. They would wear pads to protect them self from the hard rubber ball. The winners of the game got to keep the losing teams jewelry. Also the losing team’s captain would have their head cut off and displayed in the front of the court. The game would be played every 20 days. This is an awesome game but diffidently dangerous. I wouldn’t want to be the losing team’s captain.