Schtick was played indoors at the Winter Indoor Family Sports Nights from November, 2009 through March, 2010. The game played nicely on a basketball court, with 12 or more on a side. We generally played with 6 discs. I highly recommend the wonderful Aerobie Squidgee Discs when playing indoors or in close quarters or with kids. These discs fly great! You can plug your kid with em at point blank range as hard as you can with no repercussions (except the rare eye shot). You might get giddy and start pelting the public at large with the thing. Invariably when I randomly assail passers by with one of these discs they laugh it off and even thank me for the experience, but I digress.The basketball court comes with some convenient pre-drawn lines for your schtick convenience. My favorite version was the Kids vs. Adults version devised by the ingenious Jonathan (age 8). Warms/fuzzies abounded during these events.
Archive for August, 2010
| tennis | being literally drunk with power | schtick | |
|---|---|---|---|
| number of objects in play | one | potentially billions if it pleases me | 2 or more |
| replayability | very high | seldom | high |
| repercussions | lateral epicondylitis, achilles tendonitis, etc. | revolt, abdication | knee injuries, bruises |
| # of puny minions enslaved | maximum 3 (in doubles; generally not enslaved) | throngs | less than 1 throng |
| Number of states during game | 2 (ball in my court or in your court) | we weary at this niggling interrogation | number of discs in play + 1 (generally up to 10) |
This was the idea of Jonathan, a very smart 8 year-old. He suggested this variation during Winter Indoor Family Sports 2009-2010, played in Springer Middle School in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, in conjunction with the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club. Play on a basketball court, indoors. One 2m x 2m goal at each end, under the basketball hoop. The adult team’s home territory is inside one of the 3-point lines. The kids team is the rest of the court. I.e. the mid line is moved all the way to one of the 3-point throw lines. Play with otherwise normal rules. 6-20 kids against 3-1o adults. Play with 5 or more discs. We prefer Aerobie Squidgee discs for indoor play. Adults have a long way to run before they can score. Kids can swarm the adults with multiple simultaneous attacks. Adults tend to pass quite a bit to get through the masses of kids.
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