Friday, July 24, 2009

downball

Downball, it’s a game that I play with my friends’ the majority of the time. I play it during recess and lunch, that is, when the best walls aren’t taken. The wall we will have to use if that happens is a low wall. It is lousy, because if you hit it too high, it goes on the roof…

Now about Downball, for those of you that aren’t too familiar with it, let me explain. It’s a game that you have to survive in by chucking a ball at everyone. Just kidding, to play it you have to repeatedly hit a Spalding ball or (bouncy ball as my little sister calls it) on to the all mighty and magnificent wall that we always have to dash out to ‘book’ as soon as our teacher dismisses us when the bell rings. As I was saying, if you hit it on the wall, you wait till the ball comes to you after someone else has hit it and you or someone else hits it again. Sounds boring? Well, not if you play it.

Ok, let me tell you the main rules… Well here goes
Firstly, I’ll tell you about the areas
-The Out Area: So, well how should I say it, Ermm well, you just can’t get the ball there. The last person to hit it before it goes out gets on the wall. Oh yeah if the ball goes out, you can serve it from there if you say SOS (Serve Out of Square) or as my friend says it, sauce.
-The In Area: It is the area the ball has to stay in.
Now for the rules
-Double touch: You can’t touch it after you just hit it or you’re out.
-Double bounce: When you hit the ball, it has to bounce only once before it hits the wall or you’re out.
-Fool: After you’ve hit the ball, if it touches the wall before it hits the ground, you’re out.
-Wedge: If it bounces where the floor and the wall meet, it’s a wedge and no one’s out.
-Rebound: If it bounces out and by some miracle it comes back in (without anyone touching it!) It’s a rebound and you have to continue the game.
-Being on the wall: If you stuff up and you’re on the wall and the ball hits you, you’re out. However, if you catch the ball before it bounces off the wall, you’re back to hitting the ball.
Well, that’s it, oh yeah one more thing, you can play the ‘Fools Rally’, you have to win by fooling.

Bye, and have fun!

By Chiew Ming Wei, Shankly

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