The Game of Pok-A-Tok was simple. You would run up the ramp from side to side gathering momentum to hit the rubber ball made from the local tree sap that created the rubber ball. The Goal 🥅 was a ring vertically place on the top. I was told that the ring similar to the Aztec was made but in truth I did not find any evidence of the Goal post ring in the Mayan Ruins. I honestly challenged myself the “Goal Post” ring because what I saw was something else. I did see the run but I believed the game the Mayans played was a different form then the Aztecs. View quoted note →

The Mayans believe in having a special place where the Governors live aka Rulers. They had a special place that they dwell. It was known as the central court Palace. In the central court you had one major building dedicated to the royal family surrounded by Seven temples and three courts of Pok-A-Tok, the Mayan version of basketball/soccer. In those courts of games the elite would sit at the top and would watch the Mayan players play Pok-A-Tok. As I walk the ruins of Tikal I understood many people have walk before me in these courts and gave their lives as sacrifices to the sport. Almost symbolic to today’s major league players whom have done the same. Much Love Kobe! View quoted note →