Outdoor Recreation

Let’s play Badminton!
-Starting team will serve the birdie cross court to opposing team from behind the service line.
-The receiving team attempts to return the birdie back over the net to place it back in the serving teams court. Only one hit per side is permitted.
-Rally continues until a fault is committed (birdie touches ground, goes out of bounds, is hit more than one time per side, etc…)
-If the serving team wins the rally, a point is awarded, servers rotate.
-If the serving team loses the rally, they lose possession of the birdie. Opposing team now gets to serve.
-Game play continues until a team reaches 21 points and must lead by 2 points to win.

Let’s play Backyard Bocce!
-Flip a coin or randomly decide which team gets to throw the jack (small white ball)
-Throw the jack far enough away from players so that gameplay doesn’t become too easy
-The team that threw out the jack is responsible for throwing out the first bocce ball. The aim is to get the bocce ball as close to the jack as possible.
-The second team throws their ball to be closest to the jack.
-The team who’s bocce ball is farthest from the jack with play their remaining three balls.
-The other team will throw their remaining balls.
-Score one point for each ball from the winning team that is closer than the closest ball of the other team. A bocce touching the jack is worth 2 points.
-Continue play rotating jack throwers until one team reaches 12 points.
-Only throw the bocce ball underhand.

Let’s Play Basketball!
Shot from the free throw line = 1 point
Shot from the 3 point line = 3 points
Shot from anywhere else other than the dedicated lines = 2 points
-Take turns shooting at the hoop rim. The first person to hit the rim takes possession of the ball
-The player with possession shoots the ball at the 3-point line. All other players try to stop them from making the basket – A successful block gets the opponent 2 points
-Each 2-point shot you make earns you a 1-point shot from the free-throw line. If you miss a free throw, try to stop your opponents from playing the rebound
-Clear the ball – Dribble the ball outside the 3-point line. This happens if someone misses the 2-point shot and one of their opponents rebounds the ball. The player with the ball can’t shoot before clearing
-Continue the game until someone reaches 21 points, and is declared the winner

Let’s play Crossnet!
– Games requires four people. Designate a person to each quadrant. Game can be played with more than four people, in that case have them line up outside square 1 and they’ll step in once someone is eliminated.
– The objective is to make it to the fourth square, where a player can serve and score.
– When in the fourth square, the player must serve diagonally to the second square. The second square then must bump it to any square.
– Each player is only allowed one hit per return.
– When the ball lands outside the boundaries or is misplayed that player must return to the first square, and everyone else must move clockwise the next square.
– Whenever a player misplays, the fourth square receives a point
– Play until 11 or win by two.

Let’s play Four Square!
-The ball is always served from the highest ranked square to the lowest square.
– The server must drop the ball and serve after the bounce. The ball must be allowed to bounce once in the receiving square, then the receiving player must hit the ball into another square. After the receiver touches the ball, the ball is in play.
– The receiver of the serve is allowed only one mistake on each round, called a fault. If the receiver of the serve hits the ball incorrectly, or fails to hit the ball inbounds, then the receiver is allowed to take a second serve. There is only one fault allowed per player per round.
– Each time a player is eliminated, that player leaves the court and all players advance to the higher numbered square squares. The lowest ranked square is then filled with a new player. All eliminated players leave the court and wait for their next turn to join in the lowest square.

Let’s play Ball Hockey!
– The object of the game quite simply is to strike the ball with the hockey stick and knock it into the opponent’s hockey net
– Face-offs (players are lined up facing each other in a designated area on the floor) is used at the start of each period of play and after goals, penalties, icing, offside, or when the ball leaves the playing area
– Penalties are called when a player commits a foul
– When an offside occurs, Play is stopped. Before entering an opponent team’s zone (the area from behind their net to their blue line), the ball must cross the blue line first before the player or any of his teammates.
– Icing (or flooring) occurs when a team shoots the ball before the shooting player physically crosses the centre line, and the ball passes the opponent’s goal line before any player of either team can touch it
– To score a legal goal, it cannot be kicked in; nor struck with a stick above the shoulders; nor pushed in using the hand, nor while offside.

Let’s play Pickleball!
-Service begins behind the play zone line, using an underhand swing, to the court diagonal to the player
-The ball must bounce at least once on each side of the court before volleying may begin
– When a fault is committed (out of bounds, double bounce, hits net) by the opposing team, serving team receives one point, and the same server will serve again but from behind the adjacent play zone
– When a fault is committed by the serving team, they will get a second serve. When playing doubles, the second player will serve.
– Once a second fault is committed by the serving team, that team looses possession and the other team now serves.
-Play is NOT permitted in the “kitchen” and results in a fault or loss of turn
-First team to reach 11 points (and leads by at least 2 points) is declared the winner

Let’s play Soccer!
– The objective of soccer is to score more goals than the other team.
– The team with more goals wins the game.
– To score, the ball must pass completely over the goal-line.
– Players must stay on their half. Crossing the line that separates the pitch is illegal until the ball is passed.
– The player who “kicks off” must pass the ball forward.
– The game starts after the kickoff.

Let’s play Spikeball!
-Game is played with two teams of two
-The first team serves to the second by striking the ball and bouncing it off the net.
-Second team has up to three alternating touches to return the ball to the net, if successful gameplay continues alternating teams.
-Once a team can’t return the ball (hits the rim, the ground or bounces twice on the net) the other team is awarded a point.
-Team who wins a rally serves next, alternating players each time.
– Once the ball is served, game play is allowed in any direction – no boundaries
– Games are played to either 11, 15 or 21 points.

Let’s play Table Tennis!
-A game in table tennis is played until one of the players scores 11 points with a lead of atleast 2 points
-Each player gets 2 serves, and it alternates until one of the players win (when playing doubles, serves must be made cross-court)
-Rally the ball until a fault is made, and award point to the winner of the rally
-A fault occurs when the ball bounces twice, hits the net or fails to bounce within the boundaries.

Let’s play Volleyball!
-Starting team will serve the ball cross court to opposing team from behind the service line.
-The receiving team attempts to return the ball back over the net to place it back in the serving teams court. Up to 3 alternating hits are allowed to return the ball.
-Rally continues until a fault is committed (ball touches ground, goes out of bounds, is hit more than three times per side, etc…)
-If the serving team wins the rally, a point is awarded, servers rotate.
-If the serving team loses the rally, they lose possession of the ball. Opposing team now gets to serve.
-Game play continues until a team reaches 25 points and must lead by 2 points to win.