Gutter Ball

[steve dave]

So, growing up my town's pool had little troughs that ran all along the inside of the sides of the pool.  We would take a nerf ball and get it wet and bounce it across the water (or go for a "dunk" and not skip it on the water).  Had various points for each kind of shot.  Teams played across the pool from each other obviously.  Called it Gutter Ball.  Anyway, I never really went to any other pools that weren't in hotels or something while growing up.  Is Gutter Ball a local phenomenon to my home town or is this a national thing?  tia

[LimestoneOutcropping]

Nope.  Very popular sport.  Basically water polo but you could usually touch bottom and the net was bigger.

[steve dave]

Nope.  Very popular sport.  Basically water polo but you could usually touch bottom and the net was bigger.

Should have explained better.  You aren't in the pool.  You are on the sides.  It was played exclusively during "adult swim" when you had to take your 15 minute break and eat your pickle or fun dip or whatever.  Went as far as having to get an adult to get our ball when it was stuck out in open water. 

[LimestoneOutcropping]

Nope.  Very popular sport.  Basically water polo but you could usually touch bottom and the net was bigger.

Should have explained better.  You aren't in the pool.  You are on the sides.  It was played exclusively during "adult swim" when you had to take your 15 minute break and eat your pickle or fun dip or whatever.  Went as far as having to get an adult to get our ball when it was stuck out in open water. 

In that case, no.  That sounds awful.

[steve dave]

Nope.  Very popular sport.  Basically water polo but you could usually touch bottom and the net was bigger.

Should have explained better.  You aren't in the pool.  You are on the sides.  It was played exclusively during "adult swim" when you had to take your 15 minute break and eat your pickle or fun dip or whatever.  Went as far as having to get an adult to get our ball when it was stuck out in open water. 

In that case, no.  That sounds awful.

Should have explained better.  It was super fun.

[Brock Landers]

Had a similar type of thing going on at my town's pool growing up.  We never really had teams, just a couple of guys on each side of the pool, we would mainly have contests to see who could make the nerf ball land in the gutter the most.

What was really fun was getting a football game going, where the gutters would be the goal line.

Edit, just read Steve Dave's further explanation of Gutter Ball.  Yeah, that's awful, sorry man.  What's fun about being at the pool and playing a game but not being in the water?

[steve dave]

Everyone play Alligator where you get a huge group of guys together and one is in the water (the alligator obviously) and the rest start on one side of the pool?  They have to dive in at the same time and try to get across without the alligator touching you.  Played on the 10 foot end so you could dive deep if need be.

[LimestoneOutcropping]

Everyone play Alligator where you get a huge group of guys together and one is in the water (the alligator obviously) and the rest start on one side of the pool?  They have to dive in at the same time and try to get across without the alligator touching you.  Played on the 10 foot end so you could dive deep if need be.

See, now that doesn't sound bad except that you are playing guy on guy.   

[steve dave]

Or, how about the game where someone takes a penny (marble, rock, whatever) and throws it way up in the air on the 10 foot end?  Everyone dives in and tries to get the penny.  Sometimes, if you are elite, you catch it on the way down.  

[Rick Daris]

Everyone play Alligator where you get a huge group of guys together and one is in the water (the alligator obviously) and the rest start on one side of the pool?  They have to dive in at the same time and try to get across without the alligator touching you.  Played on the 10 foot end so you could dive deep if need be.

alligator sounds like a game for retards. we would play a superfun game called shark where you get a huge group of guys together and one is in the water (the shark obviously) and the rest start on one side of the pool?  They have to dive in at the same time and try to get across without the shark touching you.  Played on the 10 foot end so you could dive deep if need be.


also we played gutterball, but like limestone said we were in the pool at the time. you could also try and block a persons attempt. why did you guys not play this game in the pool???

we also played gutterbaseball where if you hit it in the gutter it was a homerun but if you hit it out of the pool it was an out. two people on a team. probably the best mhk city park pool game of all time.

[steve dave]

Everyone play Alligator where you get a huge group of guys together and one is in the water (the alligator obviously) and the rest start on one side of the pool?  They have to dive in at the same time and try to get across without the alligator touching you.  Played on the 10 foot end so you could dive deep if need be.

See, now that doesn't sound bad except that you are playing guy on guy.   

Meh, it hit it's peak at, like, 3rd grade so there was no way we were letting girls get involved.  

[steve dave]

we also played gutterbaseball where if you hit it in the gutter it was a homerun but if you hit it out of the pool it was an out. two people on a team. probably the best mhk city park pool game of all time.

Yes, we instituted this with gutter ball.  If you skipped it into the gutter it was a single but if you landed it without hitting the water it was a homerun. 

[BigCat]

I still don't understand this 'gutterball'. You stand on the side of the pool and try to throw a ball across the pool and make it into the other gutter? If so then you wasted a good portion of your life, sd

[Rick Daris]

also, how bad would it suck when you would get a nerf type ball that wasn't really a nerf ball and when it got all wet for an entire day it would basically turn into a wet floppy sock. 

[steve dave]

also, how bad would it suck when you would get a nerf type ball that wasn't really a nerf ball and when it got all wet for an entire day it would basically turn into a wet floppy sock. 

JFC, I know 

[steve dave]

I still don't understand this 'gutterball'. You stand on the side of the pool and try to throw a ball across the pool and make it into the other gutter? If so then you wasted a good portion of your life, sd

don't hate the playa, hate the game

[Applejack]

Yes, I played that game for about 5 years of my life. Its actually pretty tough to stop, it gets to skipping pretty fast. I challenge you to a gutter ball match.

[steve dave]

Yes, I played that game for about 5 years of my life. Its actually pretty tough to stop, it gets to skipping pretty fast.

You must have had different gutters.  The ones at our pool were down about 2 inches from the sides so the sides acted as a back board.  That was why you got more points for dunking it as opposed to skipping it. 

I challenge you to a gutter ball match.

I would destroy you.  Don't do this to yourself.

[pissclams]

was the name of the game "Gutter Lame" ? 

[steve dave]

was the name of the game "Gutter Lame" ? 

No, "Gutter Ball" (see title of thread)

[Rick Daris]

other pool thoughts...

best pool snack- fun dip. runner up- jolly ranchers.


best move off a diving board- flying squirrel. runner up- preacher seat.


most fun thing to do at the pool period- have a person throw a nerf ball at you while your jumping off the boards and try to catch it mid-air (not a better feeling in the world than when you catch one)  

[steve dave]

other pool thoughts...

best pool snack- fun dip. runner up- jolly ranchers.


best move off a diving board- flying squirrel. runner up- preacher seat.


most fun thing to do at the pool period. have a person throw a nerf ball at you while your jumping off the boards and try to catch it mid-air (not a better feeling in the world than when you catch one)  

Yeah, mentioned fun dip earlier.  It is in the pool hall of fame, no doubt.

Best food:  Huge pickle in paper towel
Best diving board move:  Can opener
Best thing overall:  'sigh' agreed on the nerf ball catch 

[Rick Daris]

most fun thing to do at the pool period. have a person throw a nerf ball at you while your jumping off the boards and try to catch it mid-air (not a better feeling in the world than when you catch one)  

Best thing overall:  'sigh' agreed on the nerf ball catch 

i honestly just got a kind of light/nervous/good feeling in my chest just thinking about catching one off the boards.



will make it a point to do this over the summer. 

[LimestoneOutcropping]

Yes, I played that game for about 5 years of my life. Its actually pretty tough to stop, it gets to skipping pretty fast. I challenge you to a gutter ball match.

Exactly.  Became like skipping rocks.  Drop arm angle, wind up and throw a seed while the other guy tried to defend his gutter.  If it went over and out of the pool, you switched sides.

[LimestoneOutcropping]

most fun thing to do at the pool period. have a person throw a nerf ball at you while your jumping off the boards and try to catch it mid-air (not a better feeling in the world than when you catch one)  

Best thing overall:  'sigh' agreed on the nerf ball catch 

i honestly just got a kind of light/nervous/good feeling in my chest just thinking about catching one off the boards.



will make it a point to do this over the summer. 

Not at the MHK pool you won't.   

[Rick Daris]

most fun thing to do at the pool period. have a person throw a nerf ball at you while your jumping off the boards and try to catch it mid-air (not a better feeling in the world than when you catch one)  

Best thing overall:  'sigh' agreed on the nerf ball catch 

i honestly just got a kind of light/nervous/good feeling in my chest just thinking about catching one off the boards.



will make it a point to do this over the summer. 

Not at the MHK pool you won't.   

i know. saddest thing ever. as soon as i move here the city pool is closed for two years. had to join the country club just to have a pool to go to this summer. what a rip off, don't get me started.   

[Dirty Sanchez]

We played gutterball, but would be in the pool when we threw.  It was a big pool, so most games had scores about like soccer games.

[pissclams]

ya cause the natatorium isn't elite? GMAFB.  catch a football off the highdive and get enshrined.  enshrined.

[LimestoneOutcropping]

ya cause the natatorium isn't elite? GMAFB.  catch a football off the highdive and get enshrined.  enshrined.

Indoor pool in July?

 

[pissclams]

sure. mock the indoor pool concept.  while you're waiting for MHK pool to reopen i'll be honing my catches off the diving board skills.  sorry santos, hate to break it to you.