"Pick-up Games: The Rules, the Players, the Equipment" is a complete reference to over 200 spin-off sports (known as "pick-up games"). These games, whether played in a gymnasium, a playground, a sports field, a back lot or almost anywhere else - can be played by boys and girls at different levels of athletic ability, with almost any number of participants and with easy-to-find equipment. Organized by over a dozen main sports (including baseball, basketball, badminton, field hockey, frisbee and soccer), the book then breaks down into several variations of pick-up games. Under baseball, for example, you'll find the rules, instructions, number of players and the equipment necessary to learn how to play adaptable pick-up games such as Scrub Ball, Horse, Wiffleball, Pickle, Pepper and many others. The book also solves the problems of not having enough players to make a real game. If you want to play basketball but only have three players, Sixty Second Shot might be a fun alternative. And there's Ghostball for when you want to play - but have no one to play with. Entertaining for children of all ages, "Pick-Up Games" is also a handy instructional tool for parents and gym instructors.
- ISBN10 0816027005
- ISBN13 9780816027002
- Publish Date 12 January 2000 (first published 1 January 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English