I'm lookin for a game were you put stick in ground, ball attached to stick,you hit back and forth with paddle?

Question

Growing up, we had a game we played all summer.There was a long metal stick that you stuck in the ground,attached to the stick was a string and ball(size of a tennis ball) and two paddles. You would take turns hitting the ball back and forth. I loved that game. I want to get it for my kids,but don't remember what it was called or were to get it. I have tried a few sports stores, but have not seen it.. Does anyone know what this game was called and were to get it?.

Answer 1

Swingball.

Search for it and you will find lots of places that sell it.

Answer 2

cricket?

Answer 3

isn't it called a tetherball? i'm not certain but lol just watch the movie napolean dynamite he's always playing that game in the movie. he says the name a few times as well.

Answer 4

dont know

Answer 5

ITS TEATHERBALL WE PLAYED IT AT SCHOOL i accidently had caps lock on

Answer 6

Sounds as if some form of tether ball. Tether ball is similar only you dont use sticks to hit it. Sticks can e found at your local sporting good store along with the tether ball. Some info on tether ball

Tetherball is a game for two opposing players. The equipment consists of a 10 ft (3 m), stationary metal pole, from which is hung a ball from a rope, or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole. Each player tries to hit the ball one way; one clockwise, and one counterclockwise. The game ends when one player manages to wind the ball all the way around the pole so that it is stopped by the rope.

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    * 1 Rules

    * 2 Equipment

    * 3 Swingball

    * 4 Organizations

    * 5 External links

[edit] Rules

Rules vary from region to region and even from one court to another, and there is no definitive set of rules that everyone follows.

The game begins when one player serves the ball, usually by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other. The opposing player then attempts to return the serve by hitting it in the opposite direction. The object is to hit the ball in such a way that one's opponent will be unable to alter the ball's direction; this gives the server an advantage since the server has more control over the ball from the beginning. It is generally acceptable to hit the ball with either the fist or the open hand.

A player can commit a violation by stepping onto his opponent's half of the pole, by catching and throwing ("carrying") the ball, by striking the rope instead of the ball, or by hitting the ball twice before it has either circled the pole or been returned by the opponent (or, in some variants, struck the pole). Generally, after a violation occurs, the game pauses and the ball is returned to the position it was in before the violation; the number of wraps around the pole is re-created. The player who did not commit the violation then serves the ball. If, however, the violation appears to be intentional, it may result in loss of game.

The game ends when one player hits the ball around the pole in their own direction as far as it will go, so that the ball hits the pole. In addition, the ball must strike the pole with the final wrap above a line marked on the pole. A five-foot high mark is satisfactory, though a lower mark might be used for younger players. A match can consist of one, three, five, or more games.

[edit] Equipment

Tetherball requires only a stationary pole, a rope, and a ball. Originally a volleyball was used, but today many sporting goods manufacturers make tetherballs specifically out of a butyl inside and a rubber cover. The ball is roughly the size and weight of a volleyball, but is somewhat firmer. Tetherballs usually have a bar recessed in the top that the rope is tied to. Some simply have loops that protrude out, but this is less common as striking the loop with the hand can be painful.

The pole must be 10 feet (3 m) high and completely stationary, meaning that it must either be weighed down (often by a concrete-filled tire), or, in more serious tetherball courts, embedded in the ground. The rope is generally slender nylon, and is long enough that the ball hangs 2 ft (0.6 m) above the ground.

Tetherball is played on many surfaces: sand, gravel, lawn, asphalt, or others. Since it requires only a small area to play in, it can also be played indoors.

[edit] Swingball

An alternate version of the game marketed as Swingball uses a smaller, softer ball that the players strike with racquets. It can be described as "tether tennis", and is more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, in all of which tetherball (both as described above and as a name) is virtually unknown.

Swingball has a shorter pole (usually some 1.5 metres in height), is portable and the ball flies around the pole at a constant distance from the pole (usually also about 1.5 metres) on a helical s***w; the game ends when the ball reaches the top or bottom of the s***w. Generally the ball used for these games is either a tennis or a softer, sponge-rubber ball. The racquets are usually the size of tennis racquets but constructed of hard plastic. The game is played informally, usually with the pole being driven into a lawn or other grassy area, or as a holiday game on a flat stretch of sandy beach.

Answer 7

Yeah, that's swingball. If you are in the UK you will notice that it's currently being advertised. I wouldn't be surprised to see it in Toys 'r' us or somewhere like that.

Answer 8

oooooooooo you're talkin about tetherball. dude that game was fun!!!!!! you can get it online probably

here's a link to one:

http://www.amazon.com/Park-Sun-TP-158-De...

Answer 9

we called it chicken sticken, lol, but yeah it is teather ball. sometimes we would swing it around and let the other person jump over the ball, whoever it hit or didnt jump was the chicken.  Chicken sticken!

Answer 10

therball