What are some great recess games?

[weirdhawaii]

Remember the good days, when all you needed was red rubber ball to have some fun? What are some of the recess games you guys remember playing?

[timkona]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Tetherball.....loved it.

Still good at it.

[Mike_Lowery]

Re: What are some great recess games?

marbles

heads up seven up

pogs

chinese jump rope

duncan yo-yos

kickball

freeze tag

flag football

chasing each other with our rubber slippers on our hands, and making motorcycle sounds when running

[Lei Liko]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Dodgeball

Shambattle

Red Rover

[Kaukura]

Re: What are some great recess games?

oh wow. I was the Tetherball king. Brings me back some memories.

funny story (but maybe not to some of you). Back in 1969 when i was 4 or 5, we were coming on a vacation to Hawaii and I was telling all my friends on the tetherball court, that if they would let me win, I would bring them back some sugar cane.

Now where was I going to get the money to buy sugar cane at my age? When I came back, I took some real sugar and wet it into a shape and let it dry and presented it to my friends.. (I know, but I was 5 years old).

[Kalalau]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Dodge Ball, Kick Ball, Four Square

[kani-lehua]

Re: What are some great recess games?

all the above + volleyball and basketball.

chase: well, actually, this wasn't a game. this boy (6th grade) decided that it was funny to pull my long hair. well, that didn't go over well with me. so, i chased him down and beat the crap out of him. yep, i was a tom boy. he got a bloody nose. i got detention. andrew bassler was his name. i wonder if her remembers it the way i do?! hehe.

not recess games, but after school games/activities: track & field, skateboarding, softball, ukulele, guitar and hula.

[kstephen]

Re: What are some great recess games?

duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, GOOSE !!!!!

[achow]

Re: What are some great recess games?

My favorite recess games were: Dodge ball, Shambattle, Chinese Jump Rope, Basketball, and kick ball.

[timkona]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Whats Shambattle?

[Walkoff Balk]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Recess had a 15 minutes shot clock. There's Potato, Potato, Who is the Rotten Potato,for the really small kid time. Jun-Ken-Po for the little older kid. The now banned E-ni-me-ni-mi-ni-mo had an un-PC line. For the older kid, whoever has the rolled up sock or towel for a ball, you tackle him. But, we could play tackle and not get hurt, because we didn't have certain ethnic groups at our school who look like men and we look like Devo. Yes, we had a junk football team.

[weirdhawaii]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Tetherball, oh man, how could I forget that? However, some of the kids used it as the "beat kids with a ball that's strung to a pole" game. Good ol' days *sigh*

[akrauth]

Re: What are some great recess games?

As far as ones with balls involved go, I like The Wonder Ball.

(sings) The wonder ball, goes round and round. To pass it quickly, you are bound. If you're the one to hold it last, you are out. O, u, t, out!

Have you played that one?

[cezanne]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Not great... because I got in trouble with my Dad... but, Pencil Fight!

Used to play Chasemaster and it's evil cousin Smear the Queer (which was kinda like a reverse version of Chasemaster)

[Peshkwe]

Re: What are some great recess games?

Double dutch