While we are in 6-7th standard, we get so much fascinated with this Olympics tournament where we have the option to conduct a tournament of different games Indoor/Outdoor. Tho we play cricket regularly the advantages of conducting Olympics brings the real talent amoung our guys. This will be conducted on a friendly basis every Qtrly/Hfyearly exam holidays. Depends on the total no of guys we group them for a captain and team players. Have a glance,What we did!
Mottai Madi cricket: Who said cricket is not in Olympics? Even Our school doesn’t have it in Annual sports event. We included it vehemently! Since Street cricket is banned in our area due to breakage of windows, walls painted(sticks), road blockage (Wooden board mounted, huge stones as sticks-bowlers end), , breakage of water pots, and a terrible hindrance to the passers by causing wounds finally leads to parents fight. So we discovered Mottai madi cricket. We vigilantly use kids bat ^ a hard plastic ball (pitches good) and started playing in mottaimadi.
Sticks mounted wooden board/drawn on balcony walls. Reules: One pitch catch, no need to run and score its only G 2 G4 no 6 (G-Granted). The bowler can bowl any no of balls till a boundary is scored by the batsman. Anything hit directly out of the mottai modi is treated OUT and it either goes to the streets or into other neighbouring houses. The passers in the street (be it Uncle/aunty/thatha/patti/girls/ whoever has to throw it back to the mottaimadi. We are too lazy to bring that back ourselves also its drinks time) If it is neighbouring houses we jump/climb like spiderman to get that ball back). This was considered as the most disciplined game among our area nothing known except the house members. I remember once the ball went into the pugai koondu of the other house and fell directly into the ennai satti- kitchen. :lol: We learnt Controlled Shots,beautiful drives inbetween the gaps.
Lawn tennis: This is a seasonal game, if wimbledon,US/French open is telecasted in the DD We bring it live. We use a badmitton bat and the same plastic cricket ball. Net : Nylon rope or thick Sanal : Our court is gates facing each other. We even tied one end of them on the gate and the other end of the bathroom jaali. The referee will have a hard time to find out whether the ball passes below the net or above. The game is guarded by the line boys by keeping the gates shut if someone tries to pass the gate We draw the court on the street and starts playing in singles/doubles announcing score 15/30 30/45 deuce adv.. X
Kite flying: This is one of the most passionate sport from July (shool reopening) till Deepavali in chennai. The captain and his players will fly kites from mottai madi, open stair case, streets, corp Water tanks whichever feasible.. The fixation is that Ur kite needs to cut the opponents with your own resources bombay, bana or vaal kathadi (kite with tail) and nool kandu or lottai. If there is shortage of noolu. the captain will keep running on the streets which is quite dangerous at times.
Carrom/Trade Board games: Back to indoor now if there are more teams we invite only the captian or (best player) to play it for them. Black coin - 5 points , white – 10, red 25 and follow is a must (Rules!) Tumming is allowed. Whoever comes with utmost score their team win. Similarly TRADE- board game played with dice this time not coins its millionaires with currencies. The winners and the runner ups are granted accordingly.
Goli (Marble) Adi-Jaan (Hit & fingermeasure) U have to hit the opponents Goli and make a jan *the distance to cover by thumb and any other finger bet the two marbles}. We play this in Mottaimadi for safe reasons.
The other games which we feel convenient to include in the tournament are football only penalty shoots with big (zebra lined rubber ball), badmitton/chess strictly rules followed. And so also tops, sevenstones etc..
We didn’t mind the the infrastructe ^ or lack of kits even parents scold,It is the passion and spirit of the game which carried us thru out the tournament. It even lasted for 3-4 years. Whichever team scores maximum the team and captain will be rewarded with any of our elder brothers
adi illadha pudi illadha pithalai cup which has to be returned to the owners by evening :lol: Truely Missing those wonderful, enthusiastic moments of Childhood days which doesnt rejuvanates in this corporate world.
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