(indoor / outdoor kickball)
(middle school gym class)
(“Kickball” is a playground game and league game, similar to baseball, invented in the ‘United States’)
As in baseball, one team tries to score by having its players return a ball from home base to the field and then circle the bases; while the other team tries to stop them by tagging them “out” with the ball before they can return to the home base. Instead of hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, players kick an inflated rubber ball; this makes it more accessible to young children. As in baseball, teams alternate half-innings. The team with the most runs after a predefined number of innings wins.
Kickball is a popular playground game and is typically played among young, school-age children.
The lack of both specialized equipment and highly skill-based positions (like pitcher) makes the game an accessible introduction to other sports.
It is just as popular among adults, who are more commonly known to play similar games like softball and baseball.
(“the game seems to afford equal enjoyment to the children and it gives a better understanding of the national game (Baseball), and at the same time affords them an exercise that is not too violent and is full of fun”)