The new sport of Drumstik was created by Alexander & Armando Norman, Bryce & Charlie Thompson-Wood, & Haider Afzal from Canada in April 2024. In Drumstik, you strategically pass a stick (shaped like a chicken drumstick) to your teamates and meet a minimum amount of passes to be able to get the stick to the other side and score a point. The first to 4 points wins the period. The first to 4 periods wins the game.

Equipment Required: 2 Goal posts (or trees is possible/needed), a stick or baton (preferably shaped like the titular leg), opposing colored jerseys or pinnies, cones for boundaries or a line if more professional.

Sport Details

  • Sizes of the field shall vary. Small (approx. 25x15m) Medium (approx. 35x25m) Large (approx. 50x30m) Xtra-Large (approx. !!!!). 
  • If the drumstik is dropped pass # resets. 
  • If goalpost is passed before pass # threshold is reached, there will be a goal-line 
    violation and the drumstick is given to the opposing team, resetting the pass #. 
  • Players can intercept the drumstick. 
  • No hailmary's unless large or XL field size. 
  • All required passes cannot be done before moving up (that is a cheap pass).
  • Like in touch football, a play can be intercepted by a two-hand touch on the back once passing threshold is reached, which ends the play, restarting at the opposing team's  goal post, with a reset pass #.
  • Pass # must be called out as a pass happens so it can be kept track of. 
  • No holding longer than 8 seconds. 
  • Checking is allowed but no tackles.
  • There must always be at least one pass per half of field length. 
  • There are four periods and within them there is a first to four method.
  • First to four points in a period win the period.
  • Only the number of periods won matters for score.
  • If periods are tied 2-2 a bo1(best of one) overtime first to 4 points determines the winner.
  • If a player holds another player there will be a penalty and the violating team will lose that player for 1 minute and 30 seconds. 
  • Delayed penalties will take place once the opposing team gets possession of the stick.
  • No pushing above the torso. 
  • Double tap (two hands on the opposing player) to reset their pass # and cancel their poinf enacted a new round starts.

Note

This new sport was submitted by a visitor to the Topend Sports website. The description appears as originally provided, and any errors are likely those of the contributor. Many of these sports may be just ideas and have never been played. For any inquiries, please contact the sport's creator directly, as I do not retain their contact information.