"Then... just take your time here and watch, let's go out and fly for a while." Fred glanced at the broomstick that Albert placed next to him, turned around and left the locker room with the others.
Albert picked up the book and broomstick and went to the auditorium, found a seat, opened "Quidditch Origins" and read carefully:
The name of Quidditch comes from Quidditch Moor, the place where it originated.
Albert's understanding of Quidditch was based on the simplest common sense. As for the origin of the name, it seemed unexpected, but also reasonable.
In the 11th century, the diary of Gertie Kidder, a witch who lived near Quidditch Marsh, contained relevant descriptions:
One day, a group of people were riding broomsticks and playing ball over Quidditch Moor. As a result, the ball fell into the vegetable patch of Gertie the Witch and was confiscated by her.
The next day, the ball players did not give up. They made a new ball and started throwing the ball into the woods at the end of the swamp to score.
On the third day, the golfers got two stones flying in the sky and tried to knock them off their brooms.
These are the original ghost ball, scoring ring and bludger.
Albert reached out and gently turned another page:
In a Quidditch match in 1269, the Speaker of the Wizarding Council, Barberu Bragg, came to watch. He told the players on the field that whoever could catch the Golden Snidget during the game would receive 150 Galleons.
At that time, hunting the Snitch was very popular, and any wizard who caught the Snitch could become famous.
From then on, there was a connection between Golden Snitch and Quidditch.
Later, Quidditch had a hunter who was responsible for catching Gold Snitch.
If any hunter can catch and kill Gold Snidget, his team will win 150 points to symbolize the 150 Galleons promised by Breno.
"150 Galleons in 1269? The Speaker of the Wizarding Council is really fucking rich." Albert muttered in a low voice. "No wonder, you can get 150 points for catching the Golden Snitch."
However, it was not difficult for Albert to guess the fate of Golden Snitch.
Sure enough, in the mid-14th century, the number of Snidgets declined sharply due to the Quidditch game, and they were regarded as a protected species by the Wizards' Council led by Alida Cragg.
Later, Bowman Wright, a metalsmith from Godric's Hollow, invented the Golden Snitch. Eventually the Golden Snitch became the replacement for the Snitch, and Quidditch continued.
Albert had seen the Golden Snitch before, but it was hard to imagine that a wizard at the end of the fifteenth century could make such an exquisite Golden Snitch.
Of course, since the shock-absorbing spell was not invented until the 19th century, Albert couldn't help but maliciously guess how the previous Quidditch players overcame their sadness and rode broomsticks to compete.
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In the second half of "The Origins of Quidditch", there is also an introduction to the rules of the Quidditch game. What attracted Albert's most attention was the rules of the Golden Snitch.
Except for the Seeker, it is a foul for any player to touch or grab the Snitch. In other words, there is no such thing as a player grabbing the Snitch and handing it over to his own Seeker.
The game will only end if you catch the Golden Snitch.
Of course, there is another situation, that is, the game can also end with the consent of the captains of both teams.
It can simply be understood as one party admitting defeat.
In any kind of competition, it is always allowed to admit defeat.
Albert continued to scroll down and found several interesting rules.
In a Quidditch match, if a team becomes disabled, other players are not allowed to come on the field to replace them, but treatment is allowed for injured players. If a player withdraws from the field, the team will continue the game after the injured player leaves the field.
Well, that means there is no substitute?
Albert discovered another problem, that is, when players cannot be replaced, Charlie asks them to be substitutes?
"So that's it, the real candidate?" Albert couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Probably there are several players on the team who will graduate next year, so Charlie is busy looking for players who can replace their positions!
After all, if we select again next year, it will not be as fast as starting to train outstanding players this year. Then we will just go through the formalities and won't worry about others gossiping.
In the later stages of "Quidditch Origins", Albert actually discovered that players can really be replaced during a Quidditch game. That is, after a few days of the game, the team will be allowed to send substitutes.
Put the golfers down to sleep.
This is the only situation in which a substitute player is allowed to be substituted.
Having said that, if the audience is not crazy, how can they watch the game without sleep for several days?
In fact, Albert felt that once a Quidditch match lasted for more than one day, it lost the meaning of continuing the game.
He continued to scroll down, and in the later stages of the rules, there were some foul methods:
For example, set your opponent's broom tail on fire.
Hit the opponent's broom with a stick. (Albert is pretty sure Erin and Mark have done this.)
In addition, there are also cases of deliberately hitting the opponent or using the elbow to bump the opponent while flying. (Basically, all Quidditch players except the goalkeeper have done this kind of thing)
Grab the opponent's broomstick to slow down the opponent or impede his progress. (Malfoy used this trick on Potter.)
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Of course, violating the above rules will only result in a penalty kick in most cases, and in serious cases, you will be suspended.
In fact, Mark is the best example. He often deliberately hits his opponents.
If he used his elbow to knock the opponent's Seeker off the field, Albert felt that he would do the same. To a certain extent, he would gain a huge advantage by releasing the Seeker.
Albert thought maliciously: Could that be how the three-month competition came about?
Both sides took the opponent's Seeker off the field, no one caught the Snitch, and no one was willing to admit defeat, so the game naturally had to continue.
After noticing someone falling next to him, Albert turned his head and saw that Charlie and his team had finished training.
Charlie asked, "Why didn't you go practice flying?"
"There seems to be something wrong with the broom. It's shaking badly."
"They are probably too old. The school's brooms have been used for a long time, and there are more or less problems with them." Charlie sighed softly, and greeted the few people who were still flying in the sky, "George,
Fred, and the rest of you, come down and listen to the tactical analysis."
"Is the training over?" Fred and others also landed and came to Charlie's side and asked.
"Not yet. I will teach you about Quidditch tactics later. You should come and listen too."
"But we've already heard it."
"I've been listening to you all summer long."
The twins looked at each other and each said something.
"Shut up."
Angelina was very happy that Charlie could teach a few people tactics and didn't treat them as outsiders.
After putting the ghost ball and bludger into the box, Charlie led a few people into the locker room. He stood in front of the blackboard and began to explain to everyone the Quidditch tactics he came up with during the summer vacation.