Share Your SportsHow to Refurbish Sports EquipmentDifferent games using similar equipment

WelcomeCongrats! You have just received sports equipment. Now you need to take some of the old stuff to make it look new. These tips will help you improve the old and give the equipment a new life.

Refurbishing Baseball Bats

+Take the old bat and at the bottom tape the bat until the bat starts towiden. This will become the new grip and help the player get a betterhold of the bat when swinging.

Refurbishing Baseball Bats

Make it Creative:

Add different color and

designed duct tape to

add a creative flair

Cleaning Sports Balls

Cleaning the balls will make them look newer and the kids will get moreexcited when they see the new equipment.Use soap and water and a basic “all purpose cleaner” in order to takeoff some of the dirt from the soccer balls.

Cleaning Sports Balls

Note:Don’t worry if the

Ball is not 100%

Spotless. Do your

Best and they will

Appreciate all yourHard work

Put Air into Old Balls

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Put Air into Old BallsBy just adding some airinto the ball, you are ableto reuse the ball.Pumps can be found at your local sports equipmentstore.

Idea:Ask around.

Some of your friends or

neighbors might have a

pump and you’ll be able

to save some money.

Step 2So now you have your new and improved equipment, congrats. All of your hard work will soon pay off. Here are some different games that don’t require a lot of equipment.

Games using a kick ball Spud

Give all the players numbers Throw the ball into the air and call out one number If your number is called, run as fast as you can to the ball, catch it

and yell, “SPUD!” Then take 4 steps towards the nearest person and try to tag them with the ball.

If your number is not called, run as far as you can away from the ball. You can deflect the ball if someone is trying to tag you with it.

Kick ball This is like baseball except you kick instead of swinging a bat. This is easier for some kids because the ball can be placed in front of

the child. Dodge ball

Split into two even teams Line up several kick balls on a line Yell, “GO!” and the kids will run up to the line to grab the balls. Get people out by tossing the ball at players on the other team The team in which the last person standing is on, wins!

Games using a Basketball Basketball

Split players up into teams Classic Basketball

2 on 2, 12 on 12 This will change depending on how many players you have

Knock out Get two basketballs and line everyone up into one line Have two people shoot baskets at one time Once you have made a shot, go to the back of the line When one player shoots the ball and misses, the next player has to shoot

and make it before the first player makes it. HORSE

The first player takes a shot anywhere If they make it in, the other play must shoot from the same spot If they miss, the other play can take a shot anywhere

If the second player misses from the 1st spot, they get a letter to spell HORSE

If the second player makes the shot from the 1st spot, they pick the next spot.

Games using a Soccer ball Blob 1

Two players, without ball, holding hands are “the blob.” All other players with ball. Players dribble away from the blob. When a ball is kicked away by the blob, the player must join hands with the blob.

Bowling Set up cones as pins and have players kick their ball

toward the pins to see how many they can knock over. Coach Freeze Tag

All players with ball dribbling in the grid. When tagged by the coach, players freeze with their legs apart. Frozen players can resume dribbling when a teammate passes a ball between their legs.

How to make a tetherball game Things you’ll need:

Shovel or post hole digger Poll( (this will determine the

height of the tetherball pole Drill Cement Tetherball (if you need to, a

soccer ball or volleyball can work)

Rope

How to make a tetherball game

Clear an area for the game Dig a 2ft deep hole with the post hole digger Drill 2 holes in the pole across from one another

about 2in from the top Pull the rope through both holes and tie a knot at

one end Put the pole into the ground and fill the cement

in the hole String the other end through the tetherball and

tie it

Thank you!If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at: shareyoursports2012@gmail.com