Here is a brief explanation of the game:

Blitzball takes place in the water, you have to pass the ball to your teammates through the water dome in order to get closer to the adversaries' goalkeeper and then be able to score a goal. Unlike many other sports games (and like Squaresoft games) instead of playing in "live action" you have to choose commands for each movement you will do. Each team has 6 players, the positions of the players are:

- Left forward - Right Forward
- Middle Forward
- Left defense - Right defense
- Goalkeeper

Each one of your teammates (which are NOT the main party members of FFX) has his own statistics, and depending on them and in your strategy, you will be able to win tournaments and/or leagues of the game. By doing this you'll receive rare items depending in which place you ended.

To make a team, you have to "hire" other five players (the sixth is Tidus), you have to be very careful to choose, considering the advantages and disadvantages each player has.

Here are the statistics:

LV - Level. Player's current level
SPD - Speed. It determines wether your player is fast or slow
HP - Hit Points. You use hit points for everything. From defending to shooting, the HP are like the stamina of your player.
PHY - Physical. The damage you can take while attacking
ATK - Attack. The damage you can inflict while defending
PAS - Passing. The higher this statistic is, the longer you can pass the ball
CUT - Cut. You can intercept passes at a bigger rate when you increase this statistic
SHT - Shooting. It determines the strenght of your shoot
CAT - Catching. Only used by goalkeepers. It is used to stop shoots. The more Cathing, the more shots your goalkeeper will stop.

You can also gain abilities in blitzball (like poison or sleep). Below are some charts with useful information about this minigame.

TEAM LEVEL

Your team level is very important because when you rise it, you can learn different formations. It is not necessary to have the same pleyers to increase your team level. Here are the formations you can learn (the scout level shows more info whenever you want to hire a new player for your team):

PLAYER LEVEL

You increase your stats by rising each player's level. In the following chart you can see exactly how many EXP points you need to get a different level:

PRIZES

You gain prizes by entering a League or a Tournament in the Blitzball menu (note: Tournament is not always available). A League consists in a 10 game season, a tournament only has 3 games. You will win different prizes depending in which place you end and also if you have the player that made more goals during the event. Here are some of the prizes you can get:

ABILITIES

The abilities in a Blitzball game are very important. If you have the correct abilities you can win a game easily. On the other hand, you will sometimes play against other teams that may have stronger abilities and therefore will be very difficult to beat. You gain abilities from your enemies, by using the personal mark formation. When the enemy uses a new ability, you have the option to learn it. You will learn it or not depending in your level, enemy's level and good timing. Here is the ability list (divided by two pages with three columns each in the game):

BLITZBALL PLAYERS

Here is the location of the players you can hire for your team. Some have advantages and disadvantages, that's the reason I also put which position is the best for them. The "initial contract" part in the chart indicates how many games you have to wait until you can hire the player (that means that player is actually hired by another team). Here are the players and their stats: