runaround ping pong

In a recent chat with Holly, beloved goddaughter and co-proprietress of the famously delicious Snuzzles, we became mutually rapt in a discussion of the many marvels of ping pong. I quickly found myself wanting to share with her the joyous potential of some ping pong variations I knew. I was hoping to describe a certain such when I realized that the name by which I knew it was clearly no longer considered appropriate and/or correct. Somewhat later, I was delighted to learn that there are now extant a variety of descriptions of the aforementioned that use far more acceptable names, such as “Runaround Ping Pong.”

Here‘s yet another depiction of the same game. This time, it’s simply called “Run Around the Table.” Two more pongish variations are included.

Then again, there’s Jungle Pong – (not exactly) the same game (see comment), different name, and more fully documented.

And, lastly, a video explication, here called “Round Ping Pong.”

Of course, you don’t have to keep score, the goal being to see how long you can keep the ball going. You can count the plocks (the noise the ball makes when hitting the paddle) if you need something score-like. It can get quite spiritual, actually, whether your running around or not, as I describe here.