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re: What were your favorite schoolyard games?

Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:27 am to
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:27 am to
4 square
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:31 am to
quote:

tetherball


This might have been the only schoolyard game I didn't like. I thought it was boring and only the fat kids seemed to play it.


its because they didnt have to chase the ball down
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85512 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:45 am to
Doctor
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21867 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:49 am to
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marbles
this... I showed my grandson some of my old marbles, then showed him how to play... he said it was boring When I was 10 ( mid 70’s) we plAyed before school and at lunch
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
32364 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:51 am to
4 square with bobbling and tree topping.

Damn, just writing that brought back a flood of memories from 4th grade.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87735 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 10:53 am to
quote:

Capture the flag



Not really schoolyard, but when we were like preteen age I remember some epic, multi-hour capture the flag games in the woods, usually in darkness.

That was good shite
Posted by meaux5
New York, NY
Member since Sep 2010
11031 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:06 am to
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We played the shite out of this. Expect we pegged whoever didn't field it cleanly before they can touch the wall


This. We called it burn ball.
Posted by SEC. 593
Chicago
Member since Aug 2012
4416 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:09 am to
Loved Four Square. We'd have a line of kids waiting to get into the dungeon (4th box), and we'd spend whole recesses just rotating.
Posted by hogminer
Bella Vista, AR.
Member since Apr 2010
10425 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:16 am to
From kindergarten until about 4th grade my sole focus was kickball during recess.
Posted by FootballNostradamus
Member since Nov 2009
20509 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:19 am to
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Wall Ball. You throw a tennis ball against a wall, when it bounces back towards you, if it touches anyone, that person must run and touch the wall before someone throws the ball against the wall.


An absolutely perfect game.

I'll also say that we got a tetherball pole in middle school, and that thing was fun as hell.
Posted by Jolla
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2018
324 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:20 am to
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Wall Ball


Spent countless days at Nicholls St. baseball games playing this against the dugout.

Tackle the man with the football and good ole freeze tag.

We played a basketball game called tips, one team shot 3 pointers around the world while the other team would try to put back the rebounds but couldn't be touching the ground while touching the ball. Played a metric shite ton of that all the way to high school
Posted by MickeyLikesDags21
Member since Apr 2019
6641 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:25 am to
Another good one is knockout with a basketball. 2 balls & you shoot from the free throw line. If you miss, grab the rebound and make a quick layup. If the guy behind you makes his shot before yours goes in, you're out. Simple and you can have a ton of people playing
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34752 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:26 am to
Jail break
Posted by Del Devereaux
West Hollywood, CA
Member since Dec 2011
873 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:35 am to
We were all about kickball, tetherball and.....

Kiss Chase. We (the boys) we were always able to influence the girls so that the format was always...girls chase the boys. Copped a feel every chance I got!
Posted by MBclass83
Member since Oct 2010
10388 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:38 am to
Hours of tether ball.
Posted by MontanaMax
Oxford, MS
Member since Nov 2011
1978 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:39 am to
Kickball followed closely by football which quickly turned into free for all/every man for himself......so, some vicious form of rugby
Posted by Modern
Fiddy Men
Member since May 2011
17025 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:41 am to
Red Rover.

Your future reputation was always on the line.

And if you went to a catholic school, that followed you into high school too.
Posted by rd280z
Richmond
Member since Jan 2007
2519 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:48 am to
Dodgeball and Kickball
Posted by JalapenoDave
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2015
96 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:53 am to
We used to bring a football out and hit kids on purpose , 3 points for a face shot, 1 point for a body shot and 5 points for a nut shot. Good times
Posted by crash1211
Houma
Member since May 2008
3772 posts
Posted on 7/31/19 at 11:59 am to
this... I showed my grandson some of my old marbles, then showed him how to play... he said it was boring When I was 10 ( mid 70’s) we plAyed before school and at lunch

This made our pockets under the pine trees and played at lunch.
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