# What childhood games would you like to see in the Olympics? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631 "2021-11-19T16:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/1 "2021-11-19T16:24:20Z")
For example; dodge ball, Red Rover, butts (buns) up, etc… My submission is: Four Square ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/2 "2021-11-19T16:29:02Z")
Hide ‘n’ Seek. Sandlot style baseball. (old ball in poor condition, shared gloves and bats, debris for bases, etc) Street football Garage door 1on1 basketball ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/3 "2021-11-19T17:01:31Z")
Kickball Capture the flag ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/4 "2021-11-19T17:06:07Z")
[Team Jump Rope.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ro__MVM1o) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/5 "2021-11-19T17:08:18Z")
[Keepy Uppy](https://www.ladbible.com/community/weird-theres-a-world-cup-of-balloon-keepy-uppy-and-it-looks-incredible-20211019) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/6 "2021-11-19T17:11:50Z")
Red light Green light. Marco Polo Kick The Can ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/7 "2021-11-19T17:19:55Z")
Something that requires real skill: jacks. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/8 "2021-11-19T17:26:53Z")
“I’m not touching you.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/9 "2021-11-19T17:37:41Z")
Twister. Duck, duck, goose. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/10 "2021-11-19T17:38:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Twister. This would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/11 "2021-11-19T17:43:47Z")
Right? There could be all kinds of rules and regs, like points deducted if one’s digits are outside the colored circle or extra points for executing a perfect right hand blue / left foot red transition or something. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/12 "2021-11-19T17:47:58Z")
It could be a team sport where you and the fellow people on your team are trying to do better acroyoga than the other teams. Or individual where you are trying to knock the other person out while staying on your circles. Tetherball. I’d love to see what a regulation olympic tetherball court looked like. And innovations in tetherball technology. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/13 "2021-11-19T18:00:57Z")
[Conkers, obviously.](https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Conkers/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/14 "2021-11-19T19:31:05Z")
Freeze tag. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/15 "2021-11-19T19:34:15Z")
Flipping thru the channels a while back, I saw televised competitive [tag!](https://www.worldchasetag.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/16 "2021-11-19T19:37:16Z")
Another Capture the Flag fan. We played it at night in the forest. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/17 "2021-11-19T20:25:21Z")
Kiss Chasey? (OK - not yet). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/18 "2021-11-19T20:31:35Z")
Summer: floor hockey. I see this is already in the Special Olympics. Winter: indoor baseball (played with [a rubber baseball](https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/rawlings-rubber-baseball-16rawurbbrbsbllxxbsb/16rawurbbrbsbllxxbsb?sku=19522678) in a gymnasium). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/19 "2021-11-19T20:44:07Z")
Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/20 "2021-11-19T22:36:34Z")
One that actually used to be in the Olympics: Tug of War [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631.md?page=2)