The chapter-by-chapter explainer: how the arena is set, how the ball is played and how a match is settled. No rulebook, just the way the game is played.
01
Two low benches face each other at opposite ends of the arena. You sit at your goal, your rival sits at theirs, and everything that happens between the two nets belongs to one of you.
The netted walls keep the ball in play, so there are no resets and no excuses: the ball that leaves your foot comes back with intent.
02
There are no handles and no hands. Control the ball, pass, hold your line and strike, all with your feet, from the first touch to the last.
It is football's oldest constraint moved onto a table: sitting down changes the geometry, not the standard. Every touch has to be earned.
03
Put the ball through the net at your rival's end and the goal counts. Play restarts from the centre spot and the pressure starts again.
The common social format is first to 3 goals, agreed before kick-off. A match settles in minutes and the rematch starts on the spot.
Top down, the arena reads like a pitch in miniature: a goal mouth at each end, a centre spot to restart from, and netted walls that keep every rally alive. Each player defends one goal and attacks the other.
A note on formats
First to 3 is the common social format played on Strike Aura, not a formal rulebook claim. The format is whatever both players agree before kick-off: first to 3, first to 5, winner stays on. The app and the pages on this site describe the convention, and the convention stays yours to set.
