Classic Backyard Summer Games

This is a great game for the school playground, gym, or using sidewalk chalk to draw our own on the driveway. Each player stands in one of the four squares, and to start, the player in square four serves the ball by bouncing it in their square once and then hitting it towards one of the other squares. The receiving player then hits the ball to any other player in one of the other squares—who has to hit the ball before it bounces twice. If they overshoot and send the ball outside the square, or fail to hit the ball when it comes into their square—they're out and everyone reshuffles. The object of the game is to be the last player standing in square number four. There are many rule variations and it's fun for adults too.