Ga-ga is the lastest craze at the Rec Center. The Saline Kids Campers have been playing this new game all week. They started early in the week by using 8' tables on their sides to create the pit. Later in the week, after a suggestion by our Department of Public Works, the ice rink boards were set up to make the perfect Ga-ga pit.
Ga-ga (lit. "touch-touch") is an Israeli variant of dodgeball.[1] The game combines dodging, striking, running and jumping with the object of hitting opponents with a ball below the waist while avoiding being hit.[2] The game can be played by groups of individual players, teams and in one-on-one matches.
Ga-ga is played in a large octagon or hexagon called the Ga-ga pit. Ga-ga begins with someone throwing the gaga ball up into the air. When it bounces the players say "Ga" each bounce for the first three bounces. After three bounces the ball is in play and the game starts. A player cannot hit the ball twice in a row unless it bounces off a wall or another person. When a player is hit, they leave the game. A player who knocks the ball out of the pit is also out. If a player catches the ball in the air, the last person to hit the ball is out.[3]
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