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https://youtu.be/5a1z26twsoY We like to keep it simple at Recess Cleveland when it comes to football. Our game is more like street-ball: formal rules and positions don’t apply, but we ask that you refrain for highlight-reel-style hits. Every team needs a quarterback, a few receivers, a line, and a referee who is also a big fan […]

Soccer, also known as “football”, also known as “the beautiful game” and the whole world’s most beloved sport. The city of Cleveland has its own rich history with soccer – immigrants from Northern Europe were playing the game here as early as the 1850s. Soccer is one of the most enriching recess activities, requiring the […]

Battle Soccer, or “3-sided football” as it’s called in Denmark where it was invented in the 1960s, is a fun but chaotic way to change up a typical soccer game! Here’s what the pitch looks like. Yikes!   Scoring works the opposite of typical soccer, you don’t count the goals you get, only the number […]

    Wiffle Ball is a simplified form of baseball, just like kickball. It has a diamond with four bases, but instead of an outfield, it has three scoring zones, and you can’t steal or run between bases, you can only move between them when the ball is successfully hit (and not caught) in one […]

Battleball is a game most common in Australia but is picking up steam here in America. It’s just like dodgeball except players that are thrown “out” can actually play from the sidelines (see our dodgeball rules here). Dodgeball games are often played in smaller numbers – battleball regulations state up to 30 people can play […]

  From ancient civilizations comes the game of tug-of-war, a rope-pulling gladiator-style contest of strength that also happens to be a load of fun.   Divide the field into two with a center line and two winning lines about ten feet from either side of the center line. Measure the center point of a long, […]