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🥏 Ultimate Frisbee
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Goal: Two teams of 7 try to score 1 point by catching the frisbee inside the opponent's end zone.
- How to Decide Who Starts: Before the game starts, captains flip a disc (like a coin toss). The winner chooses either to receive the first throw (start on offense) or pick which end zone to defend.
- The Pull (Kickoff): Both teams line up on their goal lines. The defending team throws the disc across the field ("the pull") to the offense to start play.
- No Running With the Disc (No "3 Steps"): There is no free 3-step allowance. If you catch the disc standing still, you get 0 steps and must keep one foot planted as a pivot foot. If you catch it while running, you may only take the minimum steps needed to slow down and come to a complete stop without changing direction (or pass before your third foot-tap on the run).
- Traveling Is Not a Turnover: If a player takes extra steps, play pauses, the thrower walks back to the exact spot where they should have stopped, sets their pivot foot, and play continues.
- 10-Second Stall Count: The thrower has 10 seconds to pass the disc in any direction. One defender stands nearby and counts out loud ("Stalling 1, 2, 3...").
- Turnovers: If a pass is incomplete, dropped, knocked down, intercepted, goes out of bounds, or hits 10 seconds, the other team immediately gets the disc right at that spot.
- Non-Contact: No physical contact or grabbing the disc out of someone's hands is allowed.
🟡 Gaga Ball
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Setup: All players step inside the octagonal pit and start with their heels touching the pit wall.
- Starting Chant ("Ga – Ga – Ball!"): The counselor tosses one soft foam ball into the center. Everyone stays against the wall while the ball bounces three times, chanting "Ga" on bounce 1, "Ga" on bounce 2, and "Ball!" on bounce 3 before moving into the pit.
- How to Hit the Ball: Players must hit or slap the ball with an open hand or closed fist only. You cannot pick up, scoop, hold, throw, or kick the ball.
- No Double Touches: You cannot hit the ball twice in a row unless it touches the pit wall or another player first.
- How You Get Out: You are eliminated and must step out of the pit if:
• The ball touches you anywhere below the knee (even by accident).
• You hit the ball out of the pit on the fly without it touching anyone or anything first.
- Winning the Round: The last player remaining in the pit wins the round (1 point).
🏐 Volleyball
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Setup: Two teams of 6 stand on opposite sides of a net (3 in the front row, 3 in the back row).
- The Serve: The back-right player stands behind the back boundary line and hits the ball over the net to start each rally.
- 3 Hits Maximum: Each team gets up to 3 hits to return the ball over the net (usually bump, set, spike). A block at the net does not count as one of the 3 hits.
- No Double Hits or Carrying: The same player cannot hit the ball twice in a row, and players cannot catch, hold, or throw the ball—it must be cleanly hit.
- In Bounds vs. Out: A ball landing on any boundary line is IN. Touching the net during play is a fault.
- Rally Scoring (1 Point Every Play): A point is scored on every single serve—either the serving team wins the point and keeps serving, or the receiving team wins the point and gets the serve.
- Rotation: Whenever your team wins back the serve from the other team, every player rotates one spot clockwise. Games are played to 25 points (win by 2).
🚩 Capture the Flag
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Field: Split the playing area evenly down the middle with a clear center line. Each team has one Flag Zone (with their flag visible) and one Jail Area on their own side.
- The Goal: Cross onto the opponent's side, grab their flag, and carry it back across the center line onto your own side without getting tagged to score 1 point.
- Safe Zone vs. Tag Zone: You are completely safe on your own half of the field. The moment you cross the center line onto the opponent's half, defenders can tag you.
- No Flag Guarding ("Puppy Guarding"): Defenders cannot stand inside their own Flag Zone unless an attacker has already entered it.
- Going to Jail: If you are tagged on the opponent's side, you must go straight to their Jail. If you were holding the flag, drop it right where you were tagged (defenders return it to their Flag Zone).
- Jailbreaks: A teammate can sneak across the field and tag one player in Jail. Both the rescuer and the freed prisoner get a free walk back to their own side (only 1 prisoner rescued per trip).
🔴 Dodgeball
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Opening Rush: Both teams start touching their back wall while foam balls sit along the center line. On the whistle, players sprint to grab the balls and must bring them back behind their attack line before throwing.
- How You Get Someone Out:
• Hit an opponent with a live thrown ball below the shoulders before the ball bounces on the floor or wall.
• Catch a live ball thrown by an opponent before it bounces.
- Catches Bring Teammates Back: If you catch an opponent's throw, the thrower is OUT and one eliminated teammate returns to your side (in the order they got out).
- Blocking With a Ball: You can use a ball in your hands to block an incoming throw, as long as you do not drop the ball you are holding.
- Boundaries & Headshots: Stepping on or over the center line or out of bounds eliminates you. Throwing at someone's head does not get them out (unless they duck into it).
- Winning the Round: Eliminate every player on the other team to win the round (1 point).
🏀 Basketball
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Setup: Two teams of 5 try to shoot the ball through the opponent's hoop. Starts with a jump ball at center court.
- Dribbling Rules: You must bounce (dribble) the ball with one hand while walking or running.
• Traveling: Taking steps without dribbling is a turnover.
• Double Dribble: Dribbling with two hands at once, or stopping your dribble and starting again, is a turnover.
- Scoring Points:
• 2 Points: Any basket made inside the three-point arc.
• 3 Points: Any basket made with both feet behind the three-point arc.
• 1 Point: Each made free throw after a foul.
- What Counts as a Foul: Illegal physical contact with an opponent, including:
• Reaching In: Slapping a dribbler's arm, wrist, or hand instead of the ball.
• Blocking: Moving into a ball handler's path without getting your feet set first.
• Charging: Running into a defender who already has both feet set in position.
• Pushing or Holding: Shoving or grabbing another player's body or jersey.
- What Happens After a Foul: For a non-shooting foul, the fouled team gets the ball out of bounds. If fouled while shooting and the shot misses, the shooter gets 2 free throws (or 3 behind the arc). If the shot goes in, the points count plus 1 bonus free throw.
⚽ Soccer
Rules & Scoreboard
Official Rules (Easy Guide)
- The Goal: Two teams kick the ball into the opponent's net for 1 point. Starts with a kickoff from the center circle.
- No Hands Allowed: Field players may only use their feet, legs, chest, or head—never their hands or arms. Only the goalkeeper can use their hands, and only inside their own penalty box.
- Out of Bounds Restarts:
• Sideline (Touchline): Two-handed overhead throw-in (both feet on the ground) by the team that did not touch it last.
• End Line (Last touched by offense): Goal kick for the defense from inside the goal box.
• End Line (Last touched by defense): Corner kick for the offense from the nearest corner.
- Offsides Rule (No Cherry-Picking): In the opponent's half of the field, an attacker cannot wait behind the defense for a pass. At the exact moment a teammate kicks the ball forward, the receiving player must have at least two defenders (usually the goalie plus one field defender) closer to the goal line than they are. If they are offsides and get involved in the play, the other team gets an indirect free kick. (There is no offsides on throw-ins, goal kicks, or corner kicks.)
- Fouls: Tripping, pushing, kicking, or holding an opponent gives the other team a free kick (or a penalty kick if committed inside the penalty box).