Christmas Snowball Tag

Introduction
In this Christmas variation of a game of dodge-ball, you can still play even if you have been eliminated.

Game Description
In typical dodge-ball fashion, players try to eliminate others by hitting them with a dodge-ball.

Game Materials
Depending on the size of the group you may want to use one snowball or several. The larger the group the more snowballs you will need. For the snowballs you can use soft white kick-balls, wadded up newspapers, or even toilet paper rolls (remove the cardboard tube). "WHITE" soccer balls also work, but can be a little painful if fully inflated. (Let out some of the air first.)

Game Preparation
Find some balls which won't hurt you too much if you get hit in the head with them.

Game Play

• Let the youth scatter about a large open area with clearly defined boundaries. If you are inside, use a room as your play area.
• To start a game of Christmas Snowball tag, just throw one of the snowballs against any old wall or roll it to the center of the play area.
• The first person to get the snowball must plant a foot and pivot around on that foot (like in basketball) looking for someone to hit. They may not walk or run around once they have possession of the snowball. The thrower, once he tosses the snowball at someone can move freely again since he or she is no longer in possession of the snowball.
• If a person has been hit with the snowball, that person sits down on the ground at the spot where they were hit. The person that has been hit is not out of the game completely though. As long as they remain seated in their spot, they may grab any snowball that is rolling by and hit someone who is still in the game.
• If any person catches a snoqball that has been tossed, the thrower of the snowball is eliminated and must sit down. If an attempt to catch the snowball is unsuccessful, but the snowball is touched, it is considered a hit so the person who touched the snowball in an attempt to catch it is eliminated and must sit down at that spot.
• Dead players may roll the snowball to other active or eliminated players.
• The ground will eventually be covered with sitting youth.
• The winner is the last person standing.
• This is a typical dodgeball game with a twist: instead of being completely eliminated from the game and unable to participate, you can still eliminate others.

Variations

• If a sitting person successfully eliminates someone in play, they may stand up and get back into the game.
• When the person that got you out gets hit then you are able to get back up again.
• Play with partners, but holding hands. Partners are out if they break their grip. Both partners must be hit before they are frozen and must sit down together. Yet while there is still one of the pair unfrozen, the frozen partner can act as a shield, deflecting the ball.

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