For many newcomers at camp, it is a very
strange sight when they come across the camps tushball court. Camp
Timberlane invented the game in 1963 by first year camper R.J. Tush.
The game is played similarly to volleyball except that the net is
replaced by a roof (approximately 10 feet high), and there is no one
to catch the ball on the other side. The serve is also different, and
there is no maximum or minimum limit on the number of people
playing.
A group of people stands in a line facing the roof and the ball is
served by the first person in line. The following people hit the ball
in the style of a volleyball return. In case of a miss by one person,
that person is then out of the game. However, if the next person
successfully saves the person before him, then both are
still in the game.
Recently Camp Timberlane set the worlds record two years in a
row for the most people in one game of tushball.
Also a highlight of the game,polish-style is sometimes
played in which the ball is allowed to bounce on the ground before
being hit back up on the roof. Tushball is Timberlanes own
invention, and we hope the campers in the future enjoy it as much as
those in the past.