Boochie

Boochie - A whole new ball game

Many, but not all of the games in the toy department are table top. Boochie will get you up and moving, motor planning and using those big muscles.

Boochie is played over a number of rounds. You will be throwing your bean ball and ring, trying to be the closest to the boochie ball. You will also receive bonus points if you reach the objective printed on the boochie ball. Keep score on your wrist tracker.

The game can be played by four and there are four colors. Each player will choose a color and get a bean ball, ring and tracker of that color. The bean balls in the image above are round, where mine are a little more football shaped and about 2 3/4" wide at the widest point. They are solid and not floppy like you might think about bean bags. The plastic rings are 9.5" in diameter. The 12-sided orange boochie ball is hard foam. There is something different printed on each side. Examples:

• +1 players with balls closest together
• +2 ball furthest away
• +3 third closest object
• instant win if your hoop lands around this ball

The wrist tracker are plastic and have a velcro loop that you have to put your hand through it get it on. I got mine through, but someone with big hands might not make it. But you can just carry it or probably put it in your pocket. There is a dial on the tracker that goes from 0 to 11. Each number has a different throwing challenge written on it. Examples:

• hook shot
• make sound effect
• toss both at once
• kick objects
• sit backwards
• head touching the ground

Object:
Be the first player to reach 11 points.

Set up:
Let each player choose a color and take the ball, ring and tracker of that color. Throw the boochie ball about 12 feet away (longer distance for better players). You may not approach the boochie ball until the round is over.

Play:
Players take turns. Establish a throwing line near from where the ball had been thrown. Each player steps up and throws one of the items, trying to make it land as close to the boochie ball as possible. Now each player steps up again and throws their second item, trying to get it as close as possible to the boochie ball. The round is over. Players approach the boochie ball, but don't touch or move anything yet. The player who got an item closest to the boochie ball gets two points. The second closest player gets one point. Now read what is printed on top of the boochie ball. Award points for the winner(s) who met the challenge. Advance your tracker one number for each point you scored. The person with the most points will throw out the next ball. Each person that comes up to the line to throw must look at their tracker and throw with whatever challenge is showing, for instance make a sound effect as your throw or throw both objects at once. Keep playing rounds until someone scores 11 points.

Try this:

• Skip the game. Place the four rings on the ground and throw each ball into the same colored ring. As you are successful, push the ring back a few inches and try again.
• Use a hula hoop. Place it 10 or twelve feet away. Practice throwing your objects into the hoop using the throwing challenges on the wrist tracker.
• Place the four balls on the ground. Try to throw the colored rings around them.
• Work on visual discrimination, spatial relations, gross motor skills, aim, socialization skills,process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation 

In the box: 4 rings, 4 bean balls, 4 wrist trackers, 1 boochie ball

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