edit: HANDBALL!

[timepiececlock]

Did anyone ever play that game when you're a kid with the large rubber balls that's basically like four-square, except you play against a wall wiht only two people, maybe 3 tops?

And you had to bounce it once before it hit the wall and it could only bounce once coming back before you hit it-- if it bounced twice or just went past you entirely you lost a point. And it was really hard-core with little tournaments and play-offs and stuff. And there were rules like "no cross-country" (i.e. no deliberately bouncing it to the opposite corner of the wall so your opponent would have to run the length of the wall to get to it and probably hit it out) and other stuff.

And then teachers or other people come out and yell at you to stop banging against their walls. Anyone else play that? What was it called anyway?

Edit: I jsut spent about 20 minutes on google trying to find a name for this game or even a description, and I've found nothing. The closest seems to be rules on Foursquare and rules about dodgeball with people lined up against the wall (which we played too, but to a lesser extent as it was somewhat violent.)

Comments

[nessie-cakes.livejournal.com]

We called it "Su-y" kinda like the sound a pig makes, which is how it also got its other name: Piggy.

Same concept, slightly different rules. If they missed the ball, we pegged them with it. Generally a tennis ball was used, and there wasn't a point system. I rocked at that game, but man, those kids did not hold back when they pegged others. Used to hurt like Hell.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I think both you and hecatehatesthat are talking about a different game-- we always used the rubber bouncy balls, never tennis balls, and we didn't pelt people unless we were playing dodgeball against the wall (which I was only very occasionally good at.) Was the point to catch it or to hit it and bounce it back?

[nessie-cakes.livejournal.com]

At my elementary school, the point was to catch it. At my middle school, the point was to hit it back. We always used a tennis ball because no one would trust us with a rubberball (translation: Our school couldn't afford one).