Ariana Abud

Stoopball is a neighborhood street game that is played on the stairs of a residential city dwelling. If you were lucky enough to grow up in a New York City neighborhood you know first hand how much fun Stoopball and many other street games were to play. The rules of Stoopball are based loosely on baseball. One player is the batter and the other players the fielders. The batter stands immediately in front of the stoop while the fielders stand behind the batter. The batter throws a pink rubber ball at the stoop from a line that the return needs to pass for the ball to be in play. The ball flies back towards the fielders, who are also facing the stoop. The objective is to hit the ball at such an angle and velocity so that it bounces back in the air as far as possible over the heads of the fielders.