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Pin Down

 Materials Needed 
-Bowling Pins
-Hula Hoops
-Dodge Balls

Rules of the Game

- This is an every man for himself game in which you need to be the last person with their pin still standing to win the game. 

- You need to attack the other pins while at the same time, defending yours. 

- You are allowed to travel anywhere in the playing area. You do not need to stay by your pin.  You are not allowed to team up. 

- You start the game by holding 1 dodgeball. You are only allowed to have 1 dodgeball in your hand at a time. Once you throw your dodgeball, you are allowed to pick up any other dodgeball on the ground. You do not have to go get the dodgeball you started the game with.

- When attacking another pin, the ball must leave your hand. Throwing it in the air, rolling it on the ground, or bouncing it on the ground counts. You are not allowed to have a dodgeball in  your hand and just hit the pin over. 

- When defending your pin, you can use any part of your body to defend it. You can act as a goalie. You can also use the dodgeball in your hand to act as a shield. You are never allowed to touch another player in this game, nor are you allowed to hit the ball out of another player's hand. 

- When attacking or defending a pin, you are not allowed inside of a hula-hoop. You are also not allowed to jump over a hula-hoop, you must go around it. 

- You are not allowed to kick the dodgeballs, but you are allowed to block with your legs. There is a difference between blocking and kicking.

- You are not allowed to hover over your pin to defend it. You must stay standing on the outside of hula-hoop.  

- If you accidently knock over your pin, you are out. If you pin falls down by itself, you are out. Once you get out, drop your dodgeball if you are holding one, and go to the designated waiting area. 

- Once your pin is knocked down for any reason, you are out. You are not allowed to stand it back up. Once your pin is knocked down, you are not allowed to still attack another player. You must immediately get out of the game to the waiting area. 

- At the beginning of a new game, you must get a dodgeball first. After you have a dodgeball in your hand, you can go select which hula-hoop you would like start.

- When there are only 2 people left, it is recommended that nobody defends their pin. The 2 people that are left should sprint towards the other person's pin and attempt to knock it down. It basically becomes a foot race when there are only 2 people left. 

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