500 (ball game)
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500 is a ball game
for children
. It is played by one participant throwing a ball, and others catching it for points, and up to 20 children can take part. This is a non-contact game.
s. The thrower will decide 'dead' (if the ball should touch the ground before being received), 'alive' (if the ball should be caught directly in the air), or either. The thrower also has the responsibility to determine the number of points
that should be distributed. For example, a thrower calls out, "100, dead!" and throws the ball straight up in the air. All the catchers must wait until the ball touches the ground, before they pick it up, in order to receive the 100 points at stake.
The player who reaches 500 points first is the winner, and will become the thrower, and the thrower will become a catcher.
instead of the ball.
Kick Ball 300 is a variation where the ball is kicked as well as being thrown and caught. It was designed as a training exercise to promote cooperation in competitive games.
Ball game
In American English, ball game refers specifically to either a game of basketball, baseball or American football. In British English ball game refers to any sport played with a ball....
for children
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
. It is played by one participant throwing a ball, and others catching it for points, and up to 20 children can take part. This is a non-contact game.
Rules
The players include a thrower, and many catcherCatcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
s. The thrower will decide 'dead' (if the ball should touch the ground before being received), 'alive' (if the ball should be caught directly in the air), or either. The thrower also has the responsibility to determine the number of points
Score (game)
In games, score refers to an abstract quantity associated with a player or team. Score is usually measured in the abstract unit of points, and events in the game can raise or lower the score of different parties...
that should be distributed. For example, a thrower calls out, "100, dead!" and throws the ball straight up in the air. All the catchers must wait until the ball touches the ground, before they pick it up, in order to receive the 100 points at stake.
The player who reaches 500 points first is the winner, and will become the thrower, and the thrower will become a catcher.
Variations
The game can be played using a frisbeeFrisbee
A flying disc is a disc-shaped glider that is generally plastic and roughly in diameter, with a lip. The shape of the disc, an airfoil in cross-section, allows it to fly by generating lift as it moves through the air while rotating....
instead of the ball.
Kick Ball 300 is a variation where the ball is kicked as well as being thrown and caught. It was designed as a training exercise to promote cooperation in competitive games.