Flickerball is a group sport played with an American football in similar situations to dodgeball, such as Gym Class/PE (Physical Education) classes.
The teams separate on opposite sides of an area such a gymnasium, parking lot, or field.
The game is unstructured in terms of what constitutes or if there will be outs and the length of play nor time-outs.
Flickerball was first played at Davidson College in 1951, when it evolved as an alternative to touch football.
The basic setup is as follows: Each team's board (which has a large hole in the middle that look much like a backboard with the box cut out and around six feet off the ground) is positioned at opposite ends of the field.
Rules are that all players can hold the ball for only five seconds and can take a maximum of three steps forward (players may go in any other direction any number of steps within 5 seconds) and can either pass or shoot to end the possession.
Whenever the ball hits the ground the team to touch it last loses possession.
An alternate version of the game, which is commonly played in Wisconsin, follows a different set of rules.
If the ball is dropped at any point in the game, the defending team gains possession.
It is a fast game due to restrictions on possession times for such things as passing, shooting, and inbounding.