One of the things that makes this game so much fun is that it combines both hand-eye  (using the racquets) and foot-eye (kicking the box) coordination

Equipment:

• One (1) box for each player. Maybe 2. No larger than a banana box, probably. No smaller then, say, a basketball box. Big enough to hold 10 balls. Certainly no smaller than a shoebox (if you are only using small balls).
• A slidey surface - like a gym floor, wood or linoleum-covered hallway, outdoor baskebtall court, parking lot.
  
• Two different kinds of racquets for each player, of any type: badminton, tennis, racquetball, ping pong even.
• Many, many balls. Foamy, soft balls. Small, medium, even large. Tennis balls, maybe. Ping pong balls.

 The Game:

• Try to get as many balls in as many boxes as you can - except your own.
• You can only touch the balls with your racquets.
• You can only touch your box(es) with your feet.
• If you kick your own box over, the game stops. Set your box in the correct position (with the opening up). Everyone gets one free throw (using only racquets to throw the ball. Or, another player gets to put a ball in your box, and you have to put any balls that fell out back in.
• Players can try to prevent another player from getting a ball in their box by moving the box out of the way with their foot, with the racquets, or by blocking the ball with one or more racquet.
  
• If you have 10 balls or more in your box the round is over. The player with the fewest balls in his or her box(es) wins.

Origins:

• Boxbasketracquetball was invented by myself, Steve Cooperman, and a few extremely playful kids whose names we didn't write down, during the 2008 Rethinking Education conference.
• Everyone was moving so fast were lucky to get this one picture.
• Significant fun was had by all.

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