SOKATIRA

SOKATIRA

One of the most popular Basque sports in the world. Here in the Basque Country we play a lot in the school and with friends, is so funny!!

The rules of this sport are a lot and so complicated, but in the school and with friends there arent rules, you only must win the game.

These are the rules of the game:

There are free competitions in which the weight of the competitors is ignored and more structured events where there are weight categories of 525 kg, 560 kg, 640 kg and 720 kg per team. Juvenile teams are always under 560 kg. Three lines are marked on the ground, a middle line and parallel to that at 2m distance two more. The maximum length of the rope is 32m with a circumference between 10-12.5 cm. There are 5 markers on the rope, a red marker in the middle, 2m away from the red marker on either side are white markers and 5m on either side of those are blue markers. The aim is to get the opposing team's blue marker over your own 2m line. Hands must always be on the rope and you may not support it with any other part of your body or let it slacken. Only the last member of the team is allowed to wind the rope around their body.

Here we have an example video of a group of lazy workers who were bored working and they have the idea to play sokatira. They were really bored...