Players Needed: 2-10

Equipment Needed: A ball.

Field of Play: Anywhere outside.

How to play:

It's a game as simple as its name. If you can kick a ball, you can play it. And the best part is, everyone always comes out a winner. Essentially, Ball is a much bouncier version of Hackey Sack that really gets the blood going. The goal is to keep the ball in the air using any part of your body accept your arms (using any part of your arm is called a Tarm and is the only big no-no in Ball.) To start, gather all the players in a circle and toss kick in a ball (preferably a soccer or volleyball). The ultimate goal is to get everyone to touch the ball at least once before it hits the ground. But when you're playing with a ball, you can always play it off the hop and just keep going.

Get creative. Ball is always changing and there are always new moves to invent and names to be made up for what's happening in the game (i.e. A Tin Man: Keeping your knees straight and bending only your ankles to kick it, making you look like you need some oil, The Scorpion: Kicking the ball back over your head from behind you, A Bar-b-que: A hole through which the ball escapes the circle created by two people not paying attention, A Hootenanny: Kicking the ball off the inside of your foot up to yourself to control it (doing this while jumping is called a Power Nanny) and so on). The game ends whenever you want it to end-or when the burgers on the grill are ready.

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