Play Your Way

Play Your Way is a Disney and ESPN collaboration that will warm the hearts of Junkyard Sports fans the world over.

The core concept: the PAG - "...Physically Active Games that kids create and play indoors, outdoors and anywhere!"

There are currently ten games listed on the site. Here is the winner of the PAG Super Hall of Fame:

"Handball is a combination of soccer and rugby. There are two nets and two goalies for each team. Handball can be 3 on 3, 4 on 4, or 5 on 5. If you push someone with or without the ball, there is a 1 on 1 showdown and the fouled person goes 1 on 1 against the opposing goalie. You can steal the ball from anyone except the goalies. In Handball you can only use your hands. You can pass the ball from player to player. When the ball hits the ground its anyone's ball. If the ball goes out of bounds the last team to touch the ball has to give up the ball to the other team. That is Handball!"

They even have Junkyardly recommendations for sports equipment on a page called: "STUFF TO PLAY WITH"

"You don't have to have all the latest sport equipment to create your own PAG. In fact, true ESPN PAGGERS prefer to use common items in uncommon ways when creating their games. Below are a few suggestions for things you can use to create your own games: CHALK, BANDANNA, BUCKET, HULA HOOP, HACKEY SACK, FRISBEE, BEAN BAGS, JUMP ROPE, TIMER, RAMP"

OK, so maybe it's not so inclusive, junkwise or playerwise. But it's a one of the few, and probably one of the best-sponsored invitations for kids to invent their own sports. And as such, is a treasured, and significantly praiseworthy resource.