[HPforGrownups] Quidditch Question from the Spouse

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 17707

At 09:46 PM 4/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>So--any thoughts on how the Quaffle could be taken, if it's being held
>by one player during flight, and not passed among several?
>Any thoughts on how one could effectively block a Quaffle-carrier in a
>three-dimensional situation?

I think that, if a player really wanted to, he or she could hang on to the
Quaffle, fly right up to the goal, and try to toss it in. But Quidditch
being the rather intense contact sport that it is, the player would become
the main target of two bludgers, three (?) opponent chasers, and if
tensions are running high, maybe yet another two beaters mistaking the
player's head for a bludger. 

Along with these 'personal' considerations, there would also be an element
of strategy, where the person carrying the Quaffle would draw the attention
of most of those on the opposing team, and a good pass to a well-positioned
fellow chaser may be the best way to score.

An opponent could the conceivably repossess the Quaffle by a) tackling the
chaser, or just snatching it out of their arms, b)
hitting/startling/disorienting the person with a bludger so that he or she
would drop it or be more vulnerable to a tackle, or c) intercepting the
Quaffle during a pass.

Samaporn