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Jason Stanley (Jms9726)
Junior Member
Username: Jms9726
Post Number: 5
Registered: 1-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 11:47 am: |       |
I play a game with a group of college age people from time to time that we refer to as GaGa. The equipment is very cheap but requires minor construction. Using wooden boards (about 8 feet long and 1 foot high) constuct an octogon shaped playing surface. You should join every two boards together with a hinge. Once the octogon is constructed you can play. The game is simple but can be very exhausting. All you need next is a small nerf ball (about 6-10 inches in diameter). The object of the game is similar to dodge ball but the rules are different. You can only be out if the ball hits you below your knees and if you hit the ball over the wall you are also out. Step on the ball...out. If the ball hits a person then off the wall then your toe...out.
Modifying for PE class. Students are not out they have strikes or do another activity or start a second game etc. Add nerf balls. Or anything you think would help.
The game is exciting and are sure to break a sweat and get that ever so important heart rate up.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OR HOW YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK. |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Advanced Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 68
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 11:11 am: | |
It sounds great. Are there people outside of
the octagon throwing at the people in it?
Are they a certain distance back?
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Howard Weiss (Weissice)
Junior Member
Username: Weissice
Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 4:07 pm: | |
GaGa is actually an old sleep away camp game. It is very popular, but it is an elimination game. The campers sometimes turn over cafeteria benches to make a GaGa ring. When hit below the knees you leave the game. I play a form of GaGa in the gymnasium. Use the whole gym. You do not need to make a ring. Use a lot of foam or gatorskin type balls. You don't throw the balls, you hit them with your open hand or hands so they stay close to the floor. If a child is hit, the person who hit him/her scores one point. Keep count of your points and try to do better next round. Alternately, if hit you freeze with legs apart and can get back in the game if someone rolls a ball through your legs. The person who rolled the ball through your legs scores 2 points. You may not run or move with a ball. You hit or roll it where you find it. You may of course dodge or block any ball that is aimed at you. You may also hit it as it comes toward you. |
Sandy Bodine (Sandybo22)
New member
Username: Sandybo22
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 8:36 am: | |
GaGa is actually an Israeli game. |
