Bench Ball! is a fun game that you play on a bench. If you want to play Bench Ball! it would be best to play it on a porch with a bench on it.  Here are the rules of bench ball:

1. There has to be two players.
2. It would be best if they were kids because if they were grownups, they could break the bench because they're too heavy.
3. There is a goalie and a shooter.
4. The goalie has to try to block the ball from hitting the bench.
5. The shooter has to try to get the ball to hit the bench without the goalie blocking it.
6. The shooter can only throw the ball with their hands.
7. There are no points in the game. You can't win because there's no points. It's just for fun.
8. There are four quarters in a game. A quarter ends when the shooter gets five free throws.
9. Bench Ball! has a connection to basketball because it has free throws. You get a free throw if the shooter hits the seat of the bench with the ball.
10. A free throw is when the goalie moves to the side and the shooter gets to throw the ball at the bench.
11. If the ball goes off of the porch, you get a me-throw. A me-throw is when the goalie gets to shoot a free throw and that takes away one of the shooter's five free throws.