The game is thought to have started in Israel — gaga means "touch touch" in Hebrew — and was played in Jewish summer camps beginning in the s, according to a article in The New York Times. The Gagasphere is an all-gaga facility.
On a recent day, more than 20 children from the Bogota Memorial Summer Camp piled off buses and into the facility to face off against one another. All players start by standing against the sides of an octagonal pit, with their hands at their sides.
A player or referee throws a kickball in the air. The ball must bounce three times before any player can touch it, and the players shout "ga" each time it bounces, according to the rules used by The Gagasphere. Think you can catch the ball? Think again. It can be blocked and dribbled for three seconds, but then it has to touch the wall or another player to be considered in play.
If the ball gets knocked out of the pit, the last person to have touched the ball is out. Everyone eliminated during game play must immediately leave the pit, but can then stand outside the pit and reach in to catch loose balls — and if they catch the ball, they can go back in. Games move quickly, the average lasting about five minutes.
Between 15 and 20 kids can be in the pit at a time, and they are constantly moving. Ride a bike? A player who is hit by the ball or breaks a rule is eliminated and must leave the game. When the ball is caught in the air on a fly, the last person to hit the ball is out.
Other rules may be added as necessary, and some may choose to play without all of the above rules. In other variations, an additional ball may enter play towards the end of the game if the two or three remaining players are making slow progress.
Commonly, there will be a second count down when play is too slow and only 2 or 3 players remain. At the end of the countdown, a new game is started. Home What is GaGa Ball? How to play GaGa Ball Ga-ga is played in a large fenced in area usually an octagon or hexagon called a ga-ga pit. General Rules A player can hit the ball with their hands, but picking up the ball and throwing it at a player is not allowed. In some games, only open hand hits are allowed to prevent striking injury to small children and also to enable greater control of the ball, keeping it low and inbounds.
What is Gaga? The Gagasphere official Gaga Rules: Players start inside the pit touching the sides. One player throws the gaga ball up into the air. Players can hit the ball with one hand, but cannot pick up and throw it. If the ball touches a player anywhere on or below the waist, that player is eliminated.
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