Earthbending Ball



Earth Soccer is a game played just like soccer but with Earthbending to guide and move the ball. Due to the use of Earthbending and it's root-like stances, there is not much running involved in Earth Soccer, unlike modern soccer. But just like regular soccer, it uses a leather ball (as opposed to Airball's intricately-designed hollowed-out wooden ball).

Earth Soccer is similar to the Air Nomads' game Airball, as it incorporates bending to control the ball's movements. However, due to Earth Soccer being a somewhat gritty sport, (as compared to Airball, which is somewhat classier due to its requirement of total balance) it is commonly played by the lower-class citizens in the Outer Ring of Ba Sing Se. No record has shown Earth Soccer to be viewed as an official sport, unlike Airball.



It is first seen when Iroh sees a group of boys playing in a remote alleyway behind some houses in The Outer Ring.

Some kids are later seen playing Earth Soccer in Ba Sing Se using a stack of Fire Nation tanks put there earlier by Bumi during the liberation of Ba Sing Se by the Order of the White Lotus.