I have to admit, kick the can, was probably one of the most popular games we had in our neighborhood. It was real blast that combined a few popular games like ‘hide and seek’, ‘jailbreak’ and others. The object is pretty straight-forward:

Like most games, you need an “IT” person. Once the “IT” was determined, he/she would close their eyes and count over-top of a ball (we usually used a volleyball or basketball) to 100. During this time, all the other kids would scramble for a hiding spot. Once “IT” counted to 100, he would then yell “here I come!”

‘IT’, would then start looking for the hiding kids. The object for ‘IT’ is to try to keep an eye on the ball the whole time you were trying to find everyone. Once ‘IT’ would find a player, the player would then have to come up and set in a pre-determined area. The first person found was the mst crucial.

‘IT’s’ goal is to find everyone before anybody has a chance to ‘kick the can’ (ball). Only the players who have not been found have the opportunity to kick the can. If ‘IT’ sees you trying to kick the can, and yells your name, you are then considered ‘found’ and must set in the area with the other found players.

If ‘IT’ successfully finds everyone, then the first person he has found then becomes ‘IT’.

However, if someone manages to kick the can before ‘IT’ finds everyone, all the ‘found’ players then have the chance to re-hide, while ‘IT’ goes to get the ball and place it back to where it belongs.

‘IT’ remains ‘IT’, until he/she can successfuly find everyone before the can is kicked.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 at 8:41 pm and is filed under Offline Games, Ball Games.