Trashball

A game played in the class rooms of the USA, boy scouts, or those who may seek the glory of making the impossible shot. Trashball is a ball or sphere piece of newspaper rolled up and taped together, a tennis ball, or nerf ball which is shot from certain distances into an empty wastebasket.
Eytmology
Trashball comes from the word "Trash" which is things thrown into the garbage and the word "ball" which is an aerodynamic sphere that can be thrown, kicked, or launched quite a long distance.
General Rules
#Only 1 person must be up behind a piece of tape on the ground to show what point they are trying to make.
#There must be at least 3 pieces of tape on the ground at least 10 feet away from the wastebasket.
#The wastebasket must be against a wall or something that can hold it up from tipping it over.
#The person must shoot the ball into the wastebasket if not the other people playing trashball will have a chance to shoot the trashball into the basket.
Classroom Rules
#On the event of a Review game, the person who correctly answers the Teacher's question receives 1 shot from that correct answer.
#There are 3 pieces of tape on the ground that are 8-10 feet away from each other and at least 5-6 from the wastebasket to the first piece of tape.
#The person that gets the answer right must shoot the trashball from behind the tape with any style they please.
#If the person makes the shot depending from what tape they were behind that is how much extra credit point(s) they receive on their quiz/test.
##The tape goes from Tape 1-Tape 3 according from closest away to farthest away. The tape number they shoot from and score from, must be accounted for on their quiz/test.
#If the person does not make the shot they must return to their seat and wait to be called on in a certain order again.
#This game is not played on for a winner, but to gain extra credit points for a quiz/test.
Boyscout Rules
#Everyone stands in a circle around the wastebasket, facing inward.
A scout tries to make a basket.
:If he makes a basket, his patrol gets 1 point.
:If he misses, his patrol loses 3 points. But, he can get those three points back by immediately doing 3 sit-ups, 3 push-ups, or running 1 lap around the circle of scouts.
#First patrol to a specified score is the winner.
#An unbiased leader by the wastebasket could help retrieve the ball and toss it to the next scout.
Trashball Today
Trashball is played by students, boy scouts, and trashballers who want success all over the world.
*Trashball is sometimes used in classes by teachers who want to help their students study for a review game in which those who are well prepared have a chance at extra credit in their quiz or test.
*Trashball is played by boyscouts to encourage athletics or just for having fun with fellow boyscouts and competing.
*Trashball can be played with any type of object in which is aerodynamic and can fit into an empty clean waste basket.
There are many great trashballers around the world today. One of the best is Daren M. He is deadly from the 3 point tape line.

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