They analyze video of other teams, and in the off-season PRACTICE indoors, using polyethylene balls and fighting from behind wooden walls. 5. THE FIELD is as wide as a tennis court and twice as long.

And then it hails snowballs. You see seven red-helmeted and seven blue-helmeted people frantically shovelling snow and filling a snowball press, only to pelt each other with brutal precision.

Organizers say it brings out the kid in people. The Olympic Committee hasn't taken on snowball fighting as an official sport yet, but Snowball Fighting aficionados are holding out hope!

In Japan, standardized snowball fighting, known as “Sports Yukigassen,” has players from heavy-snow areas. According to rules by the Japan Yukigassen Federation, which was not involved in ...

"Put simply, you make snowballs, throw them, score hits and the (team with the) most points wins," said Kitsu. In Japan, standardised snowball fighting, known as "Sports Yukigassen", has players ...