Blog: A Total-Body Workout from 1929

A grass surface, a net and a bunch of players enjoying a summer morning. It sounded like volleyball to me, or maybe badminton. I couldn't actually see the game - just the top edge of the net - as I was walking up a hill in one of the city's parks. But then the ball hit the ground with a sound that could only be described as a jarring thud. And as I watched, one of the players hauled it up and heaved it back over the net.

It was my first experience with Hooverball, a game similar to volleyball but played with a medicine ball. That's right, a medicine ball, that big heavy thing that gym teachers say they use to help little kids develop balance and coordination, but probably actually use to teach little kids early on about the perils of lifting heavy objects improperly.

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