In Rio, one can attend indoor balls (which run all night long) or journey to the Sambódromo to view the spectacular parades of the escolas de samba ("samba schools"), which each feature around 300 drummers and percussionists, huge floats, and a few thousand costumed dancers (I discuss samba in all its forms in my book The Brazilian Sound).
However, considering these buildings are so thoughtfully designed to include yoga rooms, arcades, screening rooms, meditation rooms and indoor bocce ball courts to support the work-life integration of your members, I can't understand how this very important space and legal requirement for employers of working mothers isn't in every location.
Soft ball indoor cricket is played on a specially-designed 'tension net' court with a softer leather ball and in teams of eight: it's for those with no experience.
The origins of the game can be traced to a 12th 13th-century French handball game called jeu de paume ("game of the palm"), from which was derived a complex indoor racket-and-ball game: real tennis.
On the grounds and runways of the old airport -- the Hellenikon Olympic Complex -- are ball fields, indoor facilities for fencing and handball, plus a kayak and canoe course, complete with rapids.
The United States women's basketball team was on another dominating run at Helliniko Indoor Arena, moving the ball around and creating easy shots in the paint, when a curious thing happened.
AS Roma, Porto, Olympiacos, the aforementioned Hamburg and Benfica are other multi-tasking sporting titans but the biggest "Sport Billy" of the lot is FC Barcelona who boast professional teams in football, basketball, handball, futsal (indoor football with a ball that doesn't bounce very high) and roller-hockey.
For indoor volleyball, choose a ball that is well-pressurized.
Ideally, the game is played on a full-size soccer field, or on a walled-in indoor arena, where the ball can be played off the walls for a fast-paced, action-packed game.
