Youth Ministry Games : Ultimate Human Foosball

Preparation: You buy those spiral pet anchors for as many as you want on the field (usually 9 per team). You tie 1/4" polyprop line to each-about 10" long. Attach a 1" metal ring to the other. Pulling the line through the metal ring that it is tied to, creates a "noose" to go around the player's ankle. Prior to each game you screw the anchors into the field. Be careful to position them close enough together, about 15 feet, so that players can interact. (A variation is to leave the anchors in the field, if you have that option, and use some type of snap on that end of the line.) You use a net or two cones at each end of the field for goals.

Position the playing field as below for team "X" and team "O", "G" is for goal:
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| X OXOXO |
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XG X OXOXO OG
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| X OXOXO |
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Basically it's soccer, except that you are tied (literally) in one place. Which brings me to the part where I say... Don't come crying to me if someone gets hurt. The combination of kids running full speed while being tethered on a ten foot leash... well you get the picture. They can run into each other; the ropes can become tangled; and of course they can simply "run out of rope"! The least you can expect is a few rope burns (though heavy socks help). So if you want to test you church's insurance-go for it! The kids will love it!