Pickle, Pepper, and Tip-In, Too - Over 250 Sports-Derived Games and Activities for Kids

201 Pages. Includes Indexing by Alphabet, Sport, and Number of Participants. Owner's last name in ink on front endpaper. No other marks or stamps on this little-used book with bright covers, and flawless interior. The major goal of this book is to help children learn the skills of sports --- baseball, socceer, tennis, hockey, etc. --- by playing games derived from them. Intended for children age 6 to 13. Another goal was to record games played by previous generations of children, as a means of keeping those games alive. For many of the games adult supervision is assumed. The author laments the reality of today is that children can no longer simply go out and play. The reasons for this are complex and beyond the scope of this book but as one hockey instructor said Kids can't be kids anymore. Contents in 16 Chapters: Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Billiards, Bowling, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Volleyball, Two-Sport Games, and Miscellaneous Fun Games. …