Watching a football game today,fumble,loose ball and it brought back a memory.A big pileup and fight for the ball ensured.
We Juniper Street kids had a game we played.I'm not sure other kids played this or not.
Kill the man with the ball was what we called it.
It was dodgeball moved up a few notches.In school both sexes played dodgeball together.It was coed.It could be fast and furious but fairly tame.My favorite recess game I might add.
Kill the man with the ball was something different.
Take any ball,basketball,football,baseball anything and throw it up in the air.And the bravest of the brave,Juniper Street's finest and most daring and the one who is a glutton for punishment reaches for and grabs the ball.
The other kids now proceeded to chase,catch and pileup on the catchee of the ball.
You may think being tackled in football was a rough thing.
But no.
No helmets,pads or any protective equipment was used in our game of kill the man with the ball.
It was a game of that ranked right up there with turn the lights off in the tent and start swinging your fist..
That is another story for another time.
We Juniper Street kids had a game we played.I'm not sure other kids played this or not.
Kill the man with the ball was what we called it.
It was dodgeball moved up a few notches.In school both sexes played dodgeball together.It was coed.It could be fast and furious but fairly tame.My favorite recess game I might add.
Kill the man with the ball was something different.
Take any ball,basketball,football,baseball anything and throw it up in the air.And the bravest of the brave,Juniper Street's finest and most daring and the one who is a glutton for punishment reaches for and grabs the ball.
The other kids now proceeded to chase,catch and pileup on the catchee of the ball.
You may think being tackled in football was a rough thing.
But no.
No helmets,pads or any protective equipment was used in our game of kill the man with the ball.
It was a game of that ranked right up there with turn the lights off in the tent and start swinging your fist..
That is another story for another time.
1 comment:
I was just talking about this with my wife. We called it plain and simple "Kill the Man," but it's exactly the same game you described.
I was in grade school in the late 70s, and we were allowed to play this at recess. There is nothing like a big field with a gang of 15 or 20 kids chasing you to show you how fast you can run.
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