Pok-TA – POK: The losing captains were occasionally beheaded

Weird WORLD: The Mayan and Toltec peoples of central America played a sport called Pok-TA – POK. (It was regarded more as serious ritual, not a sport).The player had to try to get a solid rubber ball through stone rings fixed nearly 25 ft high on a wall.

The player had to strike the ball with their knees, elbows or hips, the player cannot use a hand. One of the giant stone courts, where this game was played is still standing in Chechen Itza, Mexico. One of the weird fact about this game is that. The losing team captain was beheaded occasionally.

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