SURE, WE USED TO PLAY KICK THE CAN FOR HOURS AT A STRETCH...:

30 Classic Games for Simple Outdoor Play (Jenny Williams, August 20, 2009, Wired)

Kick the Can: This game is a variation of tag and hide & seek. One person or a team of people are designated as “it” and a can is placed in the middle of the playing area. The other people run off and hide while the “it” covers his or her eyes and counts to a certain number. “It” then tries to find everyone. If a person is tagged by “it”, they go into a holding pen for captured players. If one of the un-captured players manages to kick the can, the captured players are released. The game is over once all the non-”it” players are in the holding pen.

Number of Players: Ideally at least three.

Equipment: A metal can.

...but they don't mention two of the Brothers' favorites:

Stick and tree: Players throw a stick into a tree, trying to get it hung up in the branches. Last branch to fall out of the tree wins.

Number of players: At least two.

Equipment: A tree (we used a catalpa in our backyard)

and

A-S-S: This game is a variation on H-O-R-S-E and Shawshanking. Players alternate bouncing a ball on a door stoop and whenever the ball bounces twice without being rebounced the player who missed gets a letter. When a player has an A, an S, and another S, he spreads eagle across the stoop and the other player gets to whip the ball at him from three strides away.

Number of playersL two

Equipment: a stoop and a Spaldeen.

Nothing like growing up in the hood for stripping sports down to its most basic elements.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 20, 2009 12:00 PM