Tuesday, April 17, 2007

How We Played Kickball

For a good while during grade school, kickballs were the preferred recess funmaker.

We played with the kickballs, but we didn't play kickball.

One group of kids lined up in the grass. The other line of kids faced them, at a distance of about twenty yards.

We had about six balls. Kids would kick the balls toward the opposing group. There who was no kicking order -- if you had a ball, you kicked it.

It was good to kick the ball in the air, and really good if the ball sailed over the other kids' heads.

It was bad to have your ball caught by the other team. If someone caught the ball you kicked, nothing happened. But it was good for them, and bad for you.

Todd was pretty good at catching balls in the air, even when he had a cast on his arm.

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