Did you ever?

[ancient-one]

When you were a kid did you ever play Shinny? I guess it was called that because of the scars left on your shins by the sticks and crumpled up condensed milk cans(small size).
It was one of our favorite games, just find a half-way level area and set up two goals. The equipment was simple, a branch that could be modified to look like a hockey stick and a really crushed up milk can. The cans flying through the air could really cause pain, especially when hit in, oh well, you know where.
In the little town where I grew up all of the streets were dirt and pretty level. They were usually our shinny field.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Around here it was stick ball.

 

[SAFireman]

Acorn wars.....

 

[Rustyt1953]

Acorn wars.....

Buckeyes and hedge apples.

 

[dmn57]

We used to build opposing forts and throw dirt clods at each other.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

We had rock fights, that explains how many of us turned out.

 

[Old TexMex]

Slingshots and chinaberries.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Shinny was what we called our pick-up hockey games, on the ice outside the rink. Two chunks of snow on the ice for a goal, no-lifting rule. It was easier to skate all day without shin pads, but I always wore my deerskin CCM gloves.

 

[chiefbob81]

We had bb gun fights across the pond out in the woods. Lots of lumps, some holes on forearms, worst was a penatrated ear lobe. And there wsn't a pair of safety glasses on site.

 

[Salty RI]

We used to play a game called chicken, you had to stick your knife in the ground close to the other guy foot without hitting it, if he moved his foot, he was chicken, whoever got his knife closer won, we used to play this in the school yard, the teaches would cheer you on. [emoji1] if you hit the other guys foot you lost.

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[walkin jack]

.Tops- we would file the points down to very sharp and have wars trying to split each others tops
.Marbles
.home made rubber band guns. I made a 6-shot rifle that was a real crowd pleaser. Made it out of a piece of 1x4 and six of moms clothes pins
.sling shots (wrist rockets. (yep, them chinaberries would leave a mark!)

 

[jcelect]

shinny-on-the-ice

When you were a kid did you ever play Shinny? I guess it was called that because of the scars left on your shins by the sticks and crumpled up condensed milk cans(small size).
It was one of our favorite games, just find a half-way level area and set up two goals. The equipment was simple, a branch that could be modified to look like a hockey stick and a really crushed up milk can. The cans flying through the air could really cause pain, especially when hit in, oh well, you know where.
In the little town where I grew up all of the streets were dirt and pretty level. They were usually our shinny field.

I was raised around Lake Erie and the bays so it was shinny-on-the-ice for us! Sure was hell wearing figure skates instead of hockey skates! A hi -speed belly flop on the ice hurts!
jcelect

 

[OFT II]

Cow patty fights. No fair using the fresh ones.

 

[ericrlarson]

We had bb gun fights across the pond out in the woods. Lots of lumps, some holes on forearms, worst was a penatrated ear lobe. And there wsn't a pair of safety glasses on site.

Same here! I m surprised we survived growing up in the 70’s. Bottle rocket wars shot through a pvc pipe and metal garbage can lids for shields


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[Ribwizzard]

Well, BB gun fights were the most common, but one of the most memorable " war" we had was when we came upon some 1", schedule 40 PVC pipe , 10 footers. Someone dumped a hole pallet off next to a cow field. We started sticking the bell'd out end into wet cow patties, packing it good and full, and when you whip'ed that 10 ft pipe with all your might you could splatter your buddy from head to foot at 25 yards, maybe even out to 50 ( been many years ago)
Talk about some pissed off Mom's.

 

[Chubbo]

Hockey

In our town it was called 'hockey'.

In the winter the game was played on ponds, dug by a Building Tile Company, located in my home town, to get blue clay, used to manufacture building tile. - The goals were made by placing bushel baskets half submersed in the ponds, before they froze in the winter. - the hockey clubs were made of willow branches. - The pucks were empty pet milk cans. - Our helmets were heavy wool stocking caps, in the winter, and bare heads in the summer. - My skates were my dad's old clamp on skates, clamped onto a pair of his old shoes, and worn with several pairs of stockings, to make them fit. - Our winter padding consisted of extra layers of clothing, in the summer none was worn. - In the summer the game was played on the tared surfaces of our streets, wearing clamp on roller skates, - Being equipped in that manner, we enjoyed pounding the 'Do lolly' out of each other in the name of 'hockey'.

Chubbo