Kin-Ball is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada, in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor.

The main distinctive characteristics are the large size of the ball (1.2m (48 inches) in diameter)[i][1] and that the matches are played by three teams at the same time.

The International Kin-Ball Federation counts 3.8 million participants, primarily from Canada, the U.S., Japan, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.

The Kin-Ball's diameter is 1.2 m (48 inches)[1] and the ball weighs 1 kilogram (2.2 lb).

This ensures that teams of a lower skill level are kept in play, so long as they do not commit too many fouls of their own in a row.