Kickball

Kickball is a team game resembling baseball in which players kick a large rubber ball and run around bases to score.

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Kickball rules: Kickball rules define pitching, kicking, base running, outs, and scoring. Rule variations determine how the baseball-like structure works in a particular game.
Kickball field: A kickball field is a diamond-shaped playing area marked with bases and a pitching area. Its layout establishes where kicks are fair and how runners score.
Dodgeball: Dodgeball is a team game in which players throw balls to hit opponents and avoid being hit. Both games became familiar forms of informal physical education and playground play.
Schoolyard game: A schoolyard game is an informal game commonly played by children during school breaks. Kickball’s easy setup and familiar bases make it a common playground activity.
Baseball: Baseball is a bat-and-ball team sport in which players score by running around four bases. Baseball uses a bat and a smaller hard ball where kickball uses a foot and a large rubber ball.
Force play: A force play occurs when a runner must advance because the batter becomes a runner. A kicked ball can create forced advances and outs at bases, as in baseball.
Base (sports): A base is a marked position that a runner must reach or pass during play. Bases structure kickball’s running routes and provide locations for safe calls and outs.
Physical education: Physical education is organized instruction in movement, fitness, and sport. Kickball spread in American schools as a way to teach baseball-like play without bats.
Community sports league: A community sports league organizes local teams for recurring recreational competition. Adult kickball leagues turn a casual playground game into scheduled social competition.
Wiffle ball: Wiffle ball is a baseball-derived game played with a perforated plastic ball and lightweight bat. Wiffle ball keeps the bat; kickball replaces it with kicking.