No, this has nothing to do with animals. It's actually a delightful variation on an old basketball game.

What You Need

• Basketball

• Hoop

Instructions

1. One player takes the ball and makes a weird shot -- say backwards or sideways. If he or she succeeds, other players then try to duplicate the shot. Failure to make the shot earns a player an "H."

2. When everyone's tried his or her hand at the shot, the first player does another crazy shot, and the others try to make it. If anyone doesn't make the shot on the second round, that person earns an "O."

3. This continues until someone racks up all the letters to spell "HORSE," at which point he or she is out of the game. Play until all but one player and the "originator" are left, at which point the remaining player becomes the originator, or have the game structured so that as soon as one person is out, the game starts again.

Variations:

Of course, any word can be used in place of HORSE. For an extended game, how about "hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian."

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