5 ideas for outdoor activities

Beach chaise lounge, barbecue and the beds are not the only options for the weekend in the fresh air. There are a lot of games: in teams, one-on-one or with a favorite dog, for points or for pleasure, developing accuracy, flexibility and strategic quality. Do not waste your time, spend it actively and summer fun.

1. Team games with a ball

Football, volleyball, water polo, football - the classic versions some. Among friends is not necessarily strictly follow all the rules. The main thing - do not forget to grab a suitable ball.

• Number of participants: you can play together, but it's better when the team at least 3-4 people.
• Inventory: ball.
• How to play: Determine which of the rules of classic sports games, you will observe, and consider goals.

And you can do without the competitive aspect and just try to keep the ball in the air as long as possible.

For these purposes, you can use any ball, including soft footbag. The most common variant of footbag in Russia - socks.

2. Racket

In addition to the usual badminton shuttlecock which is used, it is possible to play beach tennis (matkot, freskobol). This game is similar to tennis, but without the courts. However, rackets resemble those that are necessary for table tennis.

• Number of participants: two.
• Inventory: wood or plywood rackets, special ball matkot (freskobola) or a squash ball.
• How to play: Beat the ball racket, trying as much as possible to keep it in the air.

3. Frisbee

On the plate of the teams can play, together with the dog.

• Number of participants: two, including the dog.
• Inventory: frisbee.
• How to play: You can play for points, which gets the team whose player catches the Frisbee into the opponent's zone. And you can just throw each other or dog.

By the way, the options are many, and he learned to catch a plate can be a dog of any breed. All that is needed - regular exercise.

4. Limbaugh

This game combines dancing and stretching exercises. Limbo rooted out in Trinidad and Tobago. But perhaps the most can recall its multserialu "Futurama."

• Number of participants: from three.
• Inventory: thin stick about a meter long, and music.
• How to play: Two people holding a stick, and the third should be in a fun dance to pass under it and not hurt it. With each round the stick dipped lower and lower.

Queen limbo Shemika Charles (Shemika Charles) may lower the wand to a height of 21 centimeters! And you? :)

5. Games with balls on the accuracy

If you like bowling, on the street, you can arrange a competition for bocce, petanque, Bowles - the games, the history of which goes deep in antiquity. The bottom line: to throw the ball so that it rolled on the desired path. You do not have to move actively, so anyone can play - young and old alike. The bocce and petanque balls - the normal scope, and Bowles - with a displaced center of gravity, making it difficult to calculate the trajectory.

• Number of participants: an even two.
• Inventory: a special set of balls.
• How to play: Define the target site (bowls and pétanque with a small ball) and take turns throwing their balls to be closer to this place than the opponent. There are two tactics: to throw a ball close to the goal or hit the opponent's ball away from the goal. The winner is the team that used to pick up a predetermined number of points.