Mesoamerican ball game
The players were only allowed to use their heads, elbows, legs, and hips to hit the ball.  The ball was not allowed to touch the ground, so the players often dove to avoid losing points.  If one of the teams got the ball through the stone hoop, the game was over and that team won.  However, this was very hard to do, since the stone hoops could be as high as  off the ground. Since getting the ball through the hoop was uncommon, a team could also score points by hitting one of six markers alongside the edges of the court.