Questions that people frequently ask Mr. Mario Demers, inventor of the KIN-BALL® sport. How did the idea of the KIN-BALL® sport come to you? For a long time, I had been looking for an activity that would motivate people to participate in physical activity. After the ball was designed, I wanted to create an activity that would put the fun back into sports. Theoretically, I then imagined three giant hands throwing a ball to each other in a sports arena filled with excited spectators. The three hands soon took on the form of teams and the fingers of the hands became players. Why three teams? The three-team system goes together with the regulations. The rules of conventional two-team sports usually widen the gap between high-performance players and the other players. After testing the game with four teams of five players each, the three-team system proved to be more effective. A scoring system for three teams increases the parity between the teams so that each of them is actively involved in the game until the very last minute; it balances the game level and promotes participation. What's more, the number of players limits the size of the defensive zones on the field. Why the three colors: pink, black, and grey? PINK: The pink ball was introduced during the first development phase. For me, pink represents the break with tradition, gender equality, and fair representation of women, unification and victory over prejudice. BLACK: The black ball was introduced during the second development phase. Black represents the game's increasing speed and caliber, race equality, as well as making refereeing easier and more precise. GREY: The grey ball will be introduced during the third development phase. Grey represents the galaxy, the future, the approaching Olympic Games, unification, and communication. Who are the persons who contributed to the development of the KIN-BALL® sport as it is known today? Mr. Fabio Dionne, my friend and associate who has been with me since the beginning and who introduced the giant ball. Mr. Louis Grondin who wrote the first regulations. Mrs. Élise Jasmin et Mrs. Nancy Grégoire who devised or conceived the refereeing gestures. Mr. Simon Demers who established the Quebec KIN-BALL® Sport Federation. Mr. Masanobu Yoshida who established the Japanese KIN-BALL® Sport Federation. Mr. Damien Vandeberg who established the Belgian KIN-BALL® Sport Federation. … as well as everyone who, presently or in the future, are or will be working to establish KIN-BALL® Sport federations in their country. Did you imagine that the KIN-BALL® sport would grow to become the sport that it is today? Absolutely. The KIN-BALL® sport is on its way to the Olympic Games. That was my objective when I created the activity more than 15 years ago (1986). Following the first International KIN-BALL® sport competition (June 2001), I can even tell you that the caliber of the game is presently about 60% of what I had imagined in terms of game speed. What is your role now? Right now, I'm a little like a missionary. I travel a great deal, in several countries, to introduce the KIN-BALL® sport to groups of physical educators. To present a World Cup, which is a step toward the integration of the KIN-BALL® sport to the Olympic Games, we must round up 16 countries and, incidentally, 16 national KIN-BALL® sport federations. My role, and that of the International KIN-BALL® Sport Federation, is to start up federations and bring them together. When serving the ball, why do the players have to say "OMNIKIN®" before calling the receiving team's color? We needed a word to signal that it is time to announce the receiving team's color. Since the sport has an international range, the word selected had to be multicultural. "Omnikin®" proved to be the best choice because it is the name of the official ball and it has no particular linguistic affiliation. What does "OMNIKIN®" mean? Omnikin® comes from "omni" for omnipresent and from "kin" which means the study of man and woman in motion.