FACILITIES | Wedgewood Swim Club

Recreation

Basketball Courts

One full and one half court. Basketballs are available at the front desk

Tennis

Five tennis courts. See the tennis tab for more information

Sand Volleyball

Volleyballs are available at the front desk

Playground

Ping Pong

Ping pong balls and paddles are available at the front desk

Grills

Five grills are available for member use. Please the front desk if you need help setting up

Ga-Ga Pit

See below for a description of Ga-Ga and how to play

Ga-Ga

Ga-ga is a variant of dodgeball played in a large octagonal field called the ga-ga pit. The game combines dodging, striking, running, and jumping with the object of hitting opponents with a ball below the knee while avoiding being hit. The game can be played by groups of individual players, teams and in one-on-one matches.

Ga-Ga Rules

Any number of people can play. To start, everyone in the pit must be touching the wall. Someone tosses the ball in the center of the pit, and it must bounce twice on the ground. As it bounces, everyone can say “Ga” for each bounce. After the second bounce (“Ga-Ga”), the ball is live.

Slap-hit the ball with your hand, aiming it at another player’s leg at the knee or below. If the ball hits or touches anyone from the knee or below, that player is out and must exit the pit. At any time, if a player makes any type of contact with the ball at the knee or below, that player is out

Anytime the ball goes out of the pit, the last person that the ball touched is out.

You can only hit the ball one time until it either touches another player or the wall, then you are able to hit it again. You can dribble the ball against the wall to position it if necessary, and, you can move around anywhere inside the pit during the game.

The game ends when the last person is eliminated, or, to speed up the end of the game, the last few players can be given a count-down for a tie game. Once the game is over, everyone else re-enters the pit to start a new game.