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Traditional games of the United States
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The United States of America has several traditional games and sports, some of which originate from Native Americans. Traditional games Cornhole Cornhole involves participants trying to throw a bean bag into a hole in a slanted wooden board. Chunkey Chunkey is a Native American game in which players roll a stone and then attempt to throw a spear at the place where they predict the stone will stop. Success is determined by how close the spear ends up to the stopped stone. Foursquare Foursquare participants stand in the four quadrants of a square, and bounce a ball to each other, with the goal of making opponents fail to hit the ball into another player's quadrant before it bounces twice. Lacrosse Lacrosse is the most popular indigenous sport in America. It is a hockey-like game where players use sticks to get a ball into the opponent's goal. Twister Twister participants take turns trying to touch various parts of their body to the medium-size Twister mat on the ground, with various opponents usually becoming entangled in the process. Wallball participants take turns to hit a ball against a wall using their hands, with the goal of making their opponents fail to do the same before the ball has bounced twice on the ground. Variations of baseball Kickball Kickball is played with a large hollow ball, with the batter kicking the ball and then running the bases. Punchball Punchball is a baseball variant played with nothing but a rubber ball. It was played to a great extent in New York City, and is similar to the official sport Baseball5. Stickball Stickball is a type of street baseball. Variations of basketball Horse Variations of tag Capture the flag Capture the flag splits the teams into two halves of the field. The objective of the players is to run into the opposite side of the field, steal the "flag" of the other team, and then return to their own half of the field without being tagged. Duck, duck, goose Duck, duck, goose sees players sit in a circle, with one player going around the outside of the circle and saying "duck" everytime they pass a player. At some point, they can decide to say "goose" when they pass one of the players; that player must then get up and try to tag the first player before they can round the circle and sit in the spot of the second player. Marco Polo Marco Polo is played in a swimming pool, with the tagger keeping their eyes closed and trying to tag the other players. The tagger can call out "Marco", with opponents required to shout back "Polo".<ref name=":0" /> Sharks and Minnows Sharks and Minnows is a game where players go from end of a swimming pool to the other without being tagged by the opponents in the middle. Each player who has been tagged becomes part of the tagging team, with the last player to be tagged winning.<ref name=":0" /> 
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