Underball

As a child we juggled balls against a wall, and I recently did the same with some children. We made up poems and rhymes that we would recite whilst doing so, and I used to make mine up rather than follow tradition.

Wall ball games were highly popular in my childhood in the eighties. You need two balls that you have to throw in a juggling manner against the wall. The underdog is where you throw one ball underneath the other, and the overdog is where you throw one ball over the over the other. You need to throw them one at once, using one hand only, but you must try and catch them with either one or both hands. I prefer one, but if your training children, it is better to use two to begin with.

Have fun, and here is the poem.

Under dog once, over dog twice,

Check the pan,

Don't burn the rice.

Over once, under twice,

Catching mice,

Throw the dice;

Over, under,

under, over,

Keep it up,

Then we'll 'sup.

If they continue catching the ball on the last line, then they got banana's to take home with them. You can substitute this with whatever you want, but they have to win them to get them.