POISON BALL

This is a game for any number of people. It's usually played with a large ball, like a basketball, and needs a big playing area.

1. Choose two people to go on the ends. Everyone else goes in the middle.

2. The people on the ends take turns to throw the ball at the people in the middle. Anyone in the middle who is touched by the ball is out.

3. If a person on the end throws the ball, and someone in the middle catches it before it touches the ground, the person who caught it gets a life. This means that the next time they get hit by the ball, they don't have to go out. Each life can only be used once.

4. If a person on one end throws the ball straight to the person on the other end and she catches it before it touches the ground, she calls out "FREEZE!" and everyone in the middle must stop where they are without moving. They're not allowed to move again until the person on the end has thrown the ball.

5. The game continues until there is only one person left in the middle, or until everyone is out. The last two players to go out are on the ends for the next game.

RULES FOR POISON BALL:

1. If you're in the middle and you get hit by the ball you have to go out, unless you have a life saved for yourself.

2. You can get a life by catching the ball when the person on the end throws it, without letting it touch the ground.

3. You can have more than one life. If you catch the ball three times in a row you get three lives.

4. When you get a life, you can choose to save it for yourself or give it to someone who's out. If you give it to someone who's out, they're in again, and come back into the middle.