Outdoor Recreation: Games, Leisure, and Health Benefits

Outdoor recreation offers immense physical, social, and emotional benefits, from beach ball games to competitive cheerleading conditioning. Master the rules of speedball, kickball, and mini-golf, and discover the best spots in Maryland and North Carolina for finding sea glass.

Rules of Speedball

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Linda Tarr Kent

Speedball is a game played with two 11-player teams, each of which attempt to advance a soccer ball down a field to score at a goal line. Players kick the ball -- as in soccer, throw and catch the ball -- as in basketball, and punt and pass -- as in football.

Linda Tarr Kent is a reporter and editor with more than 20 years experience at Gannett Company Inc., The McClatchy Company, Sound Publishing Inc., Mach Publishing, MomFit The Movement and other companies. Her area of expertise is health and fitness. She is a Bosu fitness and stand-up paddle surfing instructor. Kent holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Washington State University.