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
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Recess Cleveland Celebrates its One Year Anniversary
The Re-Inspire Foundation, the creators of Recess Cleveland, recently had a meeting where we discussed the importance and magic of Community Recess. Our first event, exactly one year ago, was the toughest because there were so many variables: 1) What if no one shows? 2) What if there’s a fight/disturbance?
Recess Cleveland Rules – Soccer
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
Recess Cleveland Rules – Battle Soccer
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
Recess Cleveland Rules – Wiffle Ball
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
Recess Cleveland Rules – Battleball
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
Recess Cleveland Rules – Tug Of War
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
Greater University Circle Initiative – A Decade of Changing Lives
As the Cleveland Foundation and its partners mark the tenth anniversary of the Greater University Circle Initiative, this video highlights some of the people positively impacted by the initiative’s many programs. The video debuted at a Cleveland Foundation event marking the tenth anniversary, presented by PNC, at the Cleveland Institute