http://oswego.edu/student/blogs/2010/11/04/broomball-triggers-competition-at-oswego-state/ Real students, real stories. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://oswego.edu/student/blogs/2010/11/04/broomball-triggers-competition-at-oswego-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Ken Kuzia Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:01:49 +0000 http://oswego.edu/student/blogs/?p=2212#comment-1743 When I was a student living in Scales Hall, I invented a game I called "Corridor Squamish." The game was similar to soccer with some novel twists. The playing field was the dormitory corridor outside our rooms. The “field” was four rooms long with goal markers at each end. The goal markers were the same trash cans we used for water fights. A ping-pong ball was substituted for a regular soccer ball, and each team had only two players – a forward and a back/goalie. We only used two men on a team because of the narrowness of the corridor. Any more than two per side and you would just have a mob of guys in the corridor pushing and kicking each other. Remember, the walls and floor were concrete. As a result there were a number of broken toes and sprained feet and ankles along with other assorted injuries. We held hundreds of matches with frequent trips to the infirmary next door. The college administration was wondering, “What the hell is going on in Scales Hall?” When I was a student living in Scales Hall, I invented a game I called “Corridor Squamish.” The game was similar to soccer with some novel twists. The playing field was the dormitory corridor outside our rooms. The “field” was four rooms long with goal markers at each end. The goal markers were the same trash cans we used for water fights. A ping-pong ball was substituted for a regular soccer ball, and each team had only two players – a forward and a back/goalie. We only used two men on a team because of the narrowness of the corridor. Any more than two per side and you would just have a mob of guys in the corridor pushing and kicking each other. Remember, the walls and floor were concrete. As a result there were a number of broken toes and sprained feet and ankles along with other assorted injuries. We held hundreds of matches with frequent trips to the infirmary next door. The college administration was wondering, “What the hell is going on in Scales Hall?”

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