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Banana Racing is simplicity itself and great to play on a polished floor.

Slide one foot as far forward as you are able, as if slipping on a discarded banana skin. Then drag the trailing foot back up to meet the first. Both of your feet must remain touching the ground at all times. Once you have mastered the required feet movements, you need to practise increasing the speed—obviously the faster the better. And remember, if you are playing this outside the official shoes of the Banana Racer are not training shoes or sneakers but a pair of leather-soled brogues.

To play real banana racing you will need…bananas. Eat the insides then use strong rubber bands to attach the skins, slippy-side exposed, to the base of your shoes. Competitors now race to complete a course in the quickest time whilst avoiding falling. Possibly the only game around in which you can boost your potassium levels and risk a serious hamstring injury all at the same time.