Different VEX Games for 8ft x 8ft field?

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First, in your class you have a bunch of smart kids. Show them games from prior years and have them design a game. What could be better than winning a game you helped design?

Second, game elements are all around. Tennis, baseball, softball, nerf balls. Rings from the dollar store, rings cut from 1", 2" 4" pvc pipe. Scoring from buckets to 6" pipe (my hand does not fit down a 4" pipe to retrieve a ball) etc.

Check out the VEX site, every year there is a design a game challenge, pick one of them.

My favorite game was two old style soda boxes with 24 slots. You could drop tennis balls in at 1 pt each. Or pick up a water bottle that had marbles in it (a little weight) for 5 pts. Smaller, many at a time for fewer points vs bigger harder to move for more points. Game strategy needed to win.

Good luck