, and is tossed by these skipped players on its
return to the front, thus forming a double zigzag.

Other forms of the game are also here given; namely, the Circle
Zigzag, and the Zigzag Overhead Toss, in which latter game the
ball is tossed over the heads of intervening ranks, the players
of alternate ranks belonging to the same party.

In all of these forms the game may be made more lively and
complicated by advancing from the use of one ball to that of
two or more. The kind of ball used will also make a great
difference in the play, anything from a bean bag to a basket
ball or medicine ball being suitable. Where bean bags are used,
it is desirable to have different colored bags for the
different teams.

CIRCLE ZIGZAG

_12 to 60 players._

_Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._

_Basket ball; hand ball; bean bag._

This is a game of zigzag ball (or bean bag) between concentric
circles, two balls being used, going in opposite directions. The
players stand in two concentric circles, facing each other, each
circle numbered by twos. The first Number One in the outer circle and
the first Number Two in the inner circle have each a ball. These are
put in play at a signal, the play consisting in throwing the balls
backward and forward in a zigzag line from one circle to the other,
the Numbers One in the inner circle throwing to the Numbers One in the
outer, and Numbers Two in the inner to Numbers Two in the outer. The
inner circle should start its ball to the right; the outer circle
should start its ball to the left. The Number One party or the Number
Two party wins according to which first completes the circle three
times.

[Illustration diagram: CIRCLE ZIGZAG]

If desired, the Numbers One may each tie a handkerchief on one arm to
distinguish them from the Numbers Two.

This game may be made more interesting and require much more alertness
on the part of the players by putting more balls into play. This may
be done by the starters starting a second ball around the circle as
soon as the first has reached the third player. In this way several
balls may be used at once.

As in all zigzag games, each player should observe closely before the
game begins from which player he is to catch the ball, and to which
player he is to throw. This will facilitate the rapidity of the play,
a feature on which much of the sport depends. For very young or
unskilled p