The players kneel at the ready, six to a side, staring down their opponents from across a verdant field.
At the center line are four balls — three slightly deflated dodgeballs known as "bludgers" and a volleyball referred to as a "quaffle."
Behind each mixed-gender team stands a set of three raised hoops. Between each player's legs sits a meter-long length of plastic pipe referred to as the broom.
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