How to Play Kick Ball
- 1). Set up the kickball field. Place first, second and third bases in the same general arrangement as you would for baseball--a diamond shape. Make home plate the last point of the diamond shape.
- 2). Divide the players into equal teams. Optimally, you need at least seven players on a team.
- 3). Decide which team will kick first and which team will field first. The fielding team needs a pitcher, catcher, first base player, second base player, third base player and two outfielders. The kicking team should line up off the field to prepare to take turns kicking.
- 4). Give the ball to the pitcher and have the first kicker approach home plate to kick the ball. The pitcher rolls the ball on the ground to the kicker and the kicker must kick the ball into the field. The kicker has three tries to kick the ball and if he fails to kick after three tries, he is out. After kicking the ball, the kicker runs to first base, trying to get there before the fielders get the ball to the first base player.
- 5). Use the same principals as baseball, with fielders trying to catch or field the ball and runners trying to advance around the bases without fielders tagging them. Fielders who catch pop flies can get the kicker out. Fielders who throw the ball to a base player before a kicker reaches the base can get the kicker out. When fielders achieve three outs, the teams switch places and the fielders kick and the kickers field.
- 6). Score runs when kickers advance around all the bases and get back safely to home plate.