ABOUT THE NATIONAL GRIDBALL LEAGUE

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The National Gridball League (NGL) is the founding league of Gridball, a co-ed team sport evolved from four square. Two players per team share a 24-by-24-foot Grid of four quadrants, rotating along a Z-shaped path and scoring 1, 3 or 7 points. Every roster has 14 players: seven male-identifying and seven female-identifying. Founded in Florida by Jaylon Ballard, the NGL is planning its first exhibition. Learn more at nglgridball.com.

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The National Gridball League (NGL) is the founding league of Gridball, a co-ed team sport evolved from four square. Gridball is played on the Grid, a 24-by-24-foot court divided into four quadrants: Prime, Major, Minor and Entry. Each team has two players on the Grid at a time. Players must return the ball after one bounce; a miss is an Elimination, which scores 1 point for the other team and moves players up a Z-shaped rotation. Holding Major while four rounds end earns a Grid Hold (3 points), and holding Prime earns a Gridlock (7 points). Every roster has 14 players, seven male-identifying and seven female-identifying, with no gender requirement for who takes the Grid.

The game traces back to a taped boxball court in a seventh-floor dance studio at New World School of the Arts in Downtown Miami. The first Gridball rulebook was drafted in 2024, and National Gridball League, LLC was formalized in Florida in 2025 by founder Jaylon Ballard. The league publishes its Official Rulebook (Version 3.6), a Quick Play Guide and a Game Officials Handbook at nglgridball.com, and is planning its first exhibition.

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