Summer is going by way too fast. If you blink your eyes now, you may miss the entire month of August. Do you remember the glory days of Recess?

Maybe you were the king of the playground. If so, you had to be the king of the games. Here’s some of the Top Recess Games for back to school in Central New York.

5) Wall Ball

All you need to play is a decent-sized group of people, a tennis ball, and a (preferably brick) wall without windows. The object of Wall Ball is to be the last man surviving. Players throw the tennis ball against the wall in hopes that it’ll another player will try and get the ball and fail to.

“The tennis ball bounces across the ground and a player will get it and throw it back against the wall. If a player gets hit with the ball they have to go to the wall and touch it with any part of the body to be safe. If another player gets the ball, throws it, and hits the wall before the runner touches the wall, the runner is “out.” Once someone gets out three times, they are done for the remainder of the game.”

 

4) Two Hand Touch Football

This is a friendly version of football. It's very easy to play, and takes out the tackle element of the game. Instead of tackling players to the ground, the person carrying the ball only needs to be touched by a member of the opposite team to end a down.

 

3) “Bulldog” Ball

If your student goes to Westmoreland, then they are truly trained in the art of “Bulldog Ball”. This game must be played at several schools in Central New York. It’s got the same rules, and game play of kickball. The only exception: you can have mutable players on one base. And oh yeah, running around the bases isn’t good enough. You need to run around them twice.

 

2) “California” Kick Ball

This game is very simple. All the rules of kickball are in place. The only difference is players would run to third base, second base, then first. Kickers run the bases backwards. It's a pretty simple game, and a lot of fun.

 

1) Hide-And-Seek

Maybe you weren’t able to play this a lot at school, but growing up this was probably your go to game with friends.

Hide-and-seek is a game in which a number of players conceal themselves in the environment, to be found by one or more seekers. The game is played by one player (designated as being “it”) counting to a predetermined number while the other players hide. After reaching the number, the player who is “it” tries to find the other players. After the player designated as “it” finds another player, the found player must run to base, before s/he is tagged by “it.” In some versions, after the first player is caught, it calls out “Ollie Ollie oxen free” (or “all outs, all in free” or many other variations) to signal the other hiders to return to base for the next round.”

What Were Your Favorite Games?

Did your school have a special game you played during the school day? What did that consist of? Share with us and let us know.

 


BONUS VIDEO- WHAT DID WE FIND ON THE GROUND?

 

 

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