# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/41 "2021-11-20T19:41:33Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Chinese Jump Rope Damn! That one was _mine_. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/42 "2021-11-20T20:48:39Z")
Another vote for street hockey. I loved playing that in gym so much I played field hockey in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/43 "2021-11-20T21:20:01Z")
“Penis.” “PENIS!” **"PENIS!!!"** ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/44 "2021-11-20T21:50:42Z")
We called that “smear”, and it was what I came on to suggest. I was actually pretty good at it despite my middling size, since my short legs made it hard to take me off my feet. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/45 "2021-11-21T02:37:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Red light Green light. And then shoot anybody who moves on “red”? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/46 "2021-11-21T03:16:25Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > And then shoot anybody who moves on “red”? That’s only for the Olympics held in Korea. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/47 "2021-11-21T04:31:42Z")
slaughterball? Is that a childhood game or more it’s raining during high school game? FWIW, I loved it ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/48 "2021-11-21T09:31:10Z")
A highly competitive game of marbles, played in a circle, scratched in the dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/49 "2021-11-21T15:26:06Z")
[Nose goes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_goes) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/50 "2021-11-22T14:07:42Z")
[![](https://www.onesnladay.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1.21.1978_0.00.03.00.jpg) ](https://www.onesnladay.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1.21.1978_0.00.03.00.jpg) In the Winter Games, [crack the whip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMw-31zVpyU) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/51 "2021-11-22T15:57:21Z")
Statue tag & SPUD ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/52 "2021-11-23T03:44:40Z")
Is it a game if you put Mentos in Coke? Lawn darts? Tetherball? King of the Hill would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/53 "2021-11-23T05:42:50Z")
Another vote for dodge ball. Then on to some street hockey. Rounded out with spin the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/54 "2021-12-12T03:07:35Z")
[What about Throwball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OwywG5KSJI)? [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEKkpRSbAo) is an extensive explanation of the game from the International Throwball Federation. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/55 "2021-12-12T03:08:38Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Lawn darts? I had learned to play lawn darts before I ever saw a javeline competition. To this day, the latter still looks like the former to me. Alas, lawn darts are banned, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/56 "2021-12-12T06:28:18Z")
Leap frog. Two man leap frog teams racing for 100 yards would be something to see. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/57 "2021-12-17T08:14:43Z")
[Knock Down Ginger](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock,_Knock,_Ginger) It could be a team event, teams taking turns to be “householders” and “knockers”, as well as individual medals. Extra points for technical merit and inventive methods of both knocking and responding. Or you could have a freestyle marathon event around different streets in the host city, so that everyone can join in the Olympic spirit. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/58 "2021-12-17T19:04:07Z")
Stratego. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/59 "2021-12-17T19:04:38Z")
I can believe it… Four Square was going to be my suggestion too. As odd as it sounds, some of us got to playing it again in college, and we were all former high school athletes of one stripe or another, and it was surprisingly fast, athletic, and competitive. I could totally see it as an Olympic sport, although I suspect it would be one of those ones where there’s a lot of posturing/mind game stuff for a while, and then a really frantic flurry of activity. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631/60 "2021-12-17T19:11:33Z")
Pogo sticks. I guess, strictly speaking, not a childhood game, but I’d watch a Pogosticks competition. If that doesn’t qualify, then Statues. Or sack races. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childhood-games-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-olympics/954631.md?page=4)