Price: 0$ (cheap kickballs are arounnd $10-20 but split across 8+ people, its <$7)
Speedball is a game played with 8+ people outside on a football field. I like it because it gives a chance for people that play different sports to compete in something that is nuetral.
The game is played like this:
-two teams line up like you would in basketball or soccer in the middle of the field with a soccerball or kickball in the middle of the field. One team kicks off to start. There are 3 ways to advance the ball:
Soccer-like: The ball is advanced like soccer, except that you may use your hands only if the ball is lifted off of the ground with one's feet or as a deflection off someone's body.
Football-like: Once the ball is in someone's hands, legally, they may pass the ball forward, as in football.
Basketball-like: They may also choose to "airdriblle" which means a player throws the ball in the air, takes a few steps, and catches it again. You can only do this one time before passing it to someone else.
The goal of the game is to score points 1 of 3 ways:
Touchdown: (1 pt) just like football
Dropkick: (2 pts) punting the ball (from a dropkick) through the uprights
Field Goal: (3 pts) kicking the ball (off of the ground) through the uprights
Other rules:
If the ball ever goes out of bounds, it is started again like soccer where one person throws an overhead pass to start the game again.
Bodily contact works like it would in each respective sport. When the ball is on the ground, soccer rules apply, in the air, football rules, and when dribbling, basketball rules.
Cheap and fun things to do around Minneapolis/St.Paul