The game Of Quidditch was invented by the famed author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling in her first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
The game is played by wizards and witches, and is first seen on the grounds of Hogwarts's school. The viewer is first introduced to it when Harry Potter is invited to join the team after he's been seen disobeying orders, flying his broom with wild abandon and mastery, by one of his Professors.
On broomsticks, the players attempt to take the ball through one of three small hoops at each end of the field, measuring 500 feet in length. Opposing players are allowed to do almost anything to stop the ball from it's goal, as well as to intercept it and take it to their own goal. Just like other ball-focused games, there are goals at each end and players have specific jobs to perform.
Chaser - This team member is assigned the task of removing the Quaffle from the other team and scoring, just as the name implies. There are three chasers per team.
Beater - A beater is a member who uses a separate ball, a Bludger, to propel toward the other team in an effort to stop them from scoring. There are two beaters on each team.
Keeper - The position of keeper is much like the goalie. His job is to stop the other team's ball from scoring. There is one keeper on each Quidditch team.
Seeker - The seeker is charged with catching the Golden Snitch. This feat ends the game, and awards 150 points to the team who is able to perform this amazing task. Harry Potter plays the position of Seeker.
There are four balls in a quidditch set, and each are magical balls. The seeker has to catch the Golden Snitch, which is worth one hundred fifty points and ends the Quidditch game. This ball is gold, obviously, and sprouts wings upon its release. It's very fast, very nimble and is somehow quite easy for Harry Potter to obtain. He's a natural seeker.
The bludger is used as a projectile. Each of the two Beaters throws a bludger to unseat or, at least, to cause a fumble, in order to prevent a successful carry of the Quaffle.
The Quaffle is the game ball, per se. The ball is larger and is designed to be carried, much like a football, under the arm. If a Chaser is successful in scoring, he's taken the Quaffle and gotten it through the two-foot wide goal (hoop). A successful goal is worth ten points in a game of Quidditch.
While the reader/viewer sees Quidditch often at Hogwarts, you soon learn it's a worldwide phenomenon when you see, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth Harry Potter book, that there is a Quidditch World Cup.
Since the books' worldwide success, real 'Muggle' teams have sprung up all over the globe, especially in England. The mystique of the game is that it's not only fantastical but it also makes normal, game-like sense, so the popularity will not likely die out soon. Quidditch, while made invented and made popular by Rowling, has captured the hearts of millions of young people.
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