Game combining strategy and ball kicking skills
A game requiring and enhancing ball kicking accuracy, to accomplish the desired result of being the first of two alternating players to kick a soccer ball into, and win possession of, three consecutive squares in a frame consisting of nine square openings, arranged three vertically by three horizontally.
1. A method of playing a game involving kicking a ball into a target, comprising:
providing a target comprising a netting having a plurality of pockets, each of which can hold the ball;
kicking a ball toward the target, with the aim of the ball lodging in one of the pockets; and
indicating a player's possession of a pocket once the ball is successfully kicked into such pocket by placing a physical indicator other than the ball into the pocket.
2. The game-playing method of claim 1 wherein the target defines nine contiguous ball-receiving areas, and there is a pocket for each area.
3. The game-playing method of claim 2 wherein the areas are defined at least in part by a frame.
4. The game-playing method of claim 1 wherein the target further comprises a frame adapted to sit on the ground, for holding the netting at an angle to the ground.
5. The game-playing method of claim 1 wherein the target further comprises a frame defining an opening in which the netting is located, and a structure dividing the frame opening into a number of contiguous ball-receiving areas.
6. The game-playing method of claim 5 wherein the structure comprises two vertical and two horizontal members attached to the frame.
7. The game-playing method of claim 5 wherein the ball-receiving areas are all substantially the same size.
8. The game-playing method of claim 1 wherein the pockets are created with flexible strips.
9. The game-playing method of claim 8 wherein the flexible strips comprise netting.
10. The game-playing method of claim 5 wherein the frame comprises a number of interfitting frame pieces.
11. The game-playing method of claim 5 wherein the target further comprises a stand for holding the frame.
12. The game-playing method of claim 11 wherein the stand holds the frame at an angle to the vertical.
13. The game-playing method of claim 12 wherein the angle is less than 45 degrees.
14. The game-playing method of claim 5 wherein the frame is substantially rectangular.
15. The game-playing method of claim 1 wherein the target further comprises a substantially rectangular frame defining an opening in which the netting is located, a plurality of vertical members and a plurality of horizontal members that divide the frame opening into a number of contiguous, substantially rectangular ball-receiving areas, and a plurality of netting strips define the spaced pockets that are created between the strips and the main netting.