Games Played With Sticks And Balls

Stickball also relates to a game played in southern england and colonial boston in north america called stoolball.

Games played with sticks and balls.

Stickball is a street game related to baseball usually formed as a pick up game played in large cities in the northeastern united states especially new york city and philadelphia the equipment consists of a broom handle and a rubber ball typically a spaldeen pensy pinky high bouncer or tennis ball the rules come from baseball and are modified to fit the situation. Stickball game played on a street or other restricted area with a stick such as a mop handle or broomstick and a hard rubber ball stickball developed in the late 18th century from such english games as old cat rounders and town ball. Goal games such as forms of hockey except ice hockey which uses a hockey puck basketball water polo and all forms of football or lacrosse. Racquet and ball games such as tennis squash racquetball and ball badminton.

Hand and ball striking games such as various handball codes rebound handball and 4 square. Points are scored by hitting the pole with the ball or game sticks while holding the ball or running through the set of poles with the ball. American football australian rules badminton bagatelle a board game in which balls are struck into holes with pins as obstacles. The best known modern bat and ball games are baseball and cricket with common roots in the 18th century games played in england.