#18: Tetherball
Tetherball popped up in schoolyards as a simple setup: a pole with a ball attached by a rope. Two players tried to wrap the rope around the pole in opposite directions, making speed, timing, and quick reactions essential. Physical education programs embraced it because it needed very little space, and playground manufacturers stocked tetherball sets in school equipment catalogs. Recess tournaments often crowned unofficial classroom champions.
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