A Practical Hand-book of Games

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Macmillan, 1922 - 119 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 77 - Newcomb may be played on a volleyball court with any large ball, by teams varying from 2 to 20 persons on a side. The object of the game is to throw the ball over the net (the top of which should be 7 feet from the ground at the center) in such a way as to prevent the opposing team from catching it. The ball is put in play at the net by being tossed between two members of the opposing teams. Each of them jumps to reach the ball, trying to tap it toward his own team.
Pàgina 59 - ... opposite. The object of the game is for the chaser to tag the runner. The runner may save himself by stopping in front of any couple standing in the circle, whereupon, that file having been made "three deep...
Pàgina 78 - ... drivers' lines. The lines should not be longer than about three feet for each player of one team. The teams line up behind the goal lines, then join hands and face the opposing team. The first member of each team is driver and takes his position inside the drivers' lines, with his back to his own team.
Pàgina 53 - Formation is the same as in the simple form of relay, except that a captain from each team stands facing his team at some distance from it. On the signal, the captain runs forward, grasps the hand of the first player on his team, and both run back to the captain's original place. The captain then stays there, but the one whom he took over goes back and gets the next player, and so the game continues until all have been brought over and a new line formed behind the captain. The team that is first...
Pàgina 65 - ... team, turns to face his team (feet behind the goal line), and throws the ball back to the second player on his team who has stepped up to the starting line. The second player, on catching the ball, runs as the first one did, stands in front of the first player, and throws the ball to -the third player. The race proceeds in this way until every player has caught the ball and crossed to the opposite side. The team which has all its members on the opposite side first, wins. If the player to whom...
Pàgina 83 - When the ball is held by two or more players for any length of time, the referee shall blow his whistle, stop the play, and throw the ball up from where it was held. SEC. 6. A game shall be decided by the winning of the most baskets in forty minutes

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