The Tutorial from the Main Menu provides a great overview of how to play the game. However basic game function to play a Sparc matches are:

• Hold down the trigger to hold the ball.
• Release the trigger when throwing the ball. The ball can be thrown with overhand, side hand, or lower hand movements.
• A shield is triggered automatically while you hold a ball with a charge. The shield is lost when you have deflected an opponent’s ball once.
• A charge can be recharged by throwing your ball across the foul line.
• Points are accumulated by hitting the opponent with your ball.
• Throwing your ball through the zone around your opponent will result in a strike. With each strike your ball will get bigger and faster until you hit your opponent, at which point it will reset back to its normal size.
• In Basic mode, you are equipped with knuckleguards that can be used to deflect your opponent’s ball. In Advanced mode you do not have knuckleguards.