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Bucket Ball has a similar feel to Hanetball (see page 180), in the sense that the player actually stands within the goal but it is much weirder, more fun and…uses buckets.

For two competing players, at the start of the game each player stands facing the other, a few yards apart. Both have placed their feet into plastic buckets, one on each foot. If children are playing a standard bucket is usually perfect; for adult players you may need to search a garden centre for larger specimens.

Players hold in their hands an equal number of small balls. The aim of the game is to throw as many balls as possible into either of your opponents’ buckets, whilst avoiding getting too many in your own. Players are allowed to move about, so the game soon develops into tense stand-offs, daring bucket-footed attacks, and desperately clumsy leg movements to avoid incoming balls landing in one of your own buckets. Any player falling over loses, and once all the balls have been thrown the bucket-balls should be added up to determine the winner.