I am enjoying my time off with my son and in order to up the fun, I decided to 'invent' a new game.
One of my childhood stories is about me making a new dish called 'Kaja-Buja'. I guess my skills were quite on display from the very beginning and I have been a 'creator' always. Kaja-Buja tasted yummy to my family members as this was an innovative dish (please ask recipe through email), even though you need a few ingredients to make the dish, you actually don't need fire to cook it. Well, looks like i have been health conscious all the way.
But today I want to proudly share the new game. (my son improvised it as we went through). I also trialed this game at my friends' place with their two kids (doubles version). I should say it was real fun and especially playing it with kids makes it great. So try it with caution, if you have any doubts - you know how to reach me. Any royalty claims belong to me.
What do you need? a ball and the rules. This game has been inspired by Volleyball, Tennis, football, basketball but very little cricket (How could we have a game without the influence of Cricket?). The objective of the game is to keep your score low. Whoever has the lowest score is the winner. In our game room, we made a net using a few play things. This net actually makes the room into two halves. Now the player is chosen by a special toss. Whoever loses the toss starts the play. The player can use his/her leg, arm whatever and try to hit it on the opposite wall. The opponent needs to stop it - however the main objective is to tease the opponent and try and make sure the opponent touches your side and btw you should not touch or cross to the other side, else you will start to gain points - if he touches your side, he loses, but gains a point i.e. teasing is the most important aspect in the game. Here comes the basketball rule, you cannot hold on to the ball more than 5 seconds, if you do then you have to tap the ball on the other side and try and take it back again.
When you have more than 2 players, similar to power play the tallest player needs to stand behind and protect against the ball touching the wall but with the aim to catch the ball and this player is equivalent to the goal-keeper except he cannot strike the ball but only protect it (basically this is the role for dads). So the kids play in front and keep teasing the other kids in front. Dads, you should resist getting involved and try not score - the role is purely a blocker role like in volleyball. Every time, a person scores by touching the other side, the ball has to be served by the kid who has crossed the line (else, the kid will start crying - so the service essentially goes to the loser!)
So how do you end if there is a draw/rain? This is where Cricket's D/L method comes into play - since we are in England, the rules often come to play because of rain (?? but i thought the game is to played indoors?) The rain, i am talking about is either moms getting really upset by too much noise or one of the kids starts crying like rains! Now you know the game needs to be closed quickly both these scenarios are dangerous conditions to play - so allow the kid to go for a super bowl and announce individual winners and run away - else they will continue to torture you to announce a clear winner - the super bowl technique is just another distraction, before i call it a day and hurry for a wee - now the whole scenario gets messy with you in the toilet room, 4th umpire (one's wife/kids mom) comes into play - She will say enough is enough and the kids quietly dismiss!!! (Enjoy with your kids and feedback for improvising the game, but please don't try it without elders or don't try to improvise by yourself)
PS: Its time to ask me why is the game named "Suppli Balla"
Suppli means a Kid in tamil (nam thai mozhi சுப்பா/சுப்பி - plural suppli, suppli also means "Surprise" in French); Balla means to spar in Hindi (Hamara Rashtrabasha) - Eppudi?
One of my childhood stories is about me making a new dish called 'Kaja-Buja'. I guess my skills were quite on display from the very beginning and I have been a 'creator' always. Kaja-Buja tasted yummy to my family members as this was an innovative dish (please ask recipe through email), even though you need a few ingredients to make the dish, you actually don't need fire to cook it. Well, looks like i have been health conscious all the way.
But today I want to proudly share the new game. (my son improvised it as we went through). I also trialed this game at my friends' place with their two kids (doubles version). I should say it was real fun and especially playing it with kids makes it great. So try it with caution, if you have any doubts - you know how to reach me. Any royalty claims belong to me.What do you need? a ball and the rules. This game has been inspired by Volleyball, Tennis, football, basketball but very little cricket (How could we have a game without the influence of Cricket?). The objective of the game is to keep your score low. Whoever has the lowest score is the winner. In our game room, we made a net using a few play things. This net actually makes the room into two halves. Now the player is chosen by a special toss. Whoever loses the toss starts the play. The player can use his/her leg, arm whatever and try to hit it on the opposite wall. The opponent needs to stop it - however the main objective is to tease the opponent and try and make sure the opponent touches your side and btw you should not touch or cross to the other side, else you will start to gain points - if he touches your side, he loses, but gains a point i.e. teasing is the most important aspect in the game. Here comes the basketball rule, you cannot hold on to the ball more than 5 seconds, if you do then you have to tap the ball on the other side and try and take it back again.
When you have more than 2 players, similar to power play the tallest player needs to stand behind and protect against the ball touching the wall but with the aim to catch the ball and this player is equivalent to the goal-keeper except he cannot strike the ball but only protect it (basically this is the role for dads). So the kids play in front and keep teasing the other kids in front. Dads, you should resist getting involved and try not score - the role is purely a blocker role like in volleyball. Every time, a person scores by touching the other side, the ball has to be served by the kid who has crossed the line (else, the kid will start crying - so the service essentially goes to the loser!)
So how do you end if there is a draw/rain? This is where Cricket's D/L method comes into play - since we are in England, the rules often come to play because of rain (?? but i thought the game is to played indoors?) The rain, i am talking about is either moms getting really upset by too much noise or one of the kids starts crying like rains! Now you know the game needs to be closed quickly both these scenarios are dangerous conditions to play - so allow the kid to go for a super bowl and announce individual winners and run away - else they will continue to torture you to announce a clear winner - the super bowl technique is just another distraction, before i call it a day and hurry for a wee - now the whole scenario gets messy with you in the toilet room, 4th umpire (one's wife/kids mom) comes into play - She will say enough is enough and the kids quietly dismiss!!! (Enjoy with your kids and feedback for improvising the game, but please don't try it without elders or don't try to improvise by yourself)
PS: Its time to ask me why is the game named "Suppli Balla"
Suppli means a Kid in tamil (nam thai mozhi சுப்பா/சுப்பி - plural suppli, suppli also means "Surprise" in French); Balla means to spar in Hindi (Hamara Rashtrabasha) - Eppudi?
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