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Line Zigza

Source: Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category: ZIGZAG GAMES





II


_20 to 100 players._

_Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._

_Any ball; bean bag._


II]

In this form of zigzag ball the players are all in two ranks,
which comprise two competing teams, rather than in groups of
two ranks each, as in the preceding game. The players of one
team alternate with the players of the opposing team in each of
the two ranks. The balls will cross in starting and repeatedly
thereafter unless one should outdistance the other.

The players form in two ranks which face each other, with five feet
space between. The players in each rank should be from two to five
feet apart. Each rank numbers off in twos, the first player of one
rank starting with number "one," and the first player of the second
rank starting with number "two." The players stand so as to face each
other directly, instead of facing a space between the players of the
opposite rank, as in the previous form of this game. This will bring a
Number One facing a Number Two all the way down the ranks. If desired,
the Numbers One may each tie a handkerchief on one arm to designate
them, though this help to memory detracts much from the alertness
demanded and cultivated by the game as well as from its sport, and may
be dispensed with after players have become slightly familiar with the
game.

The first player in each rank holds a ball. At a signal this is
thrown to the first player of his own party in the opposite rank, who
as quickly as possible throws it to the second player of his party in
the rank from which he received it, etc.

For instance, the starter who belongs to the Number One team will
throw to the first Number One player opposite him; this will be the
second player in that rank. He, in turn, will throw to the second
Number One player in the rank facing him; this will be the third
player in that rank. In other words, the Number One party zigzags the
ball between all of its members to the end of the line and back again
to the front, and simultaneously the Number Two party does the same
thing with another ball. The party wins whose ball first gets back to
the front.

After some practice, more than one ball may be used, in which case the
last player in each party will have to hold the balls until the last
one is received before starting them on their return journey.




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