Your turn continues until you either: miss the ball, fail to pick up the jacks, move a jack, or drop a jack that you have picked up. Your turn is then over and the next person goes. Kissies If after you throw the jacks and two or more jacks are touching you can either leave them, or pick up the jacks and drop them to spread them out.
Throw the jacks up in the air and trying to catch as many as possible with both hands together your palms have to be face down - thumb to thumb. Whoever catches the most jacks goes first. Black Widow You have to play from ones to tens without missing. If you miss then you have to start again at ones. No bouncies Go from one to tens without letting the ball bounce before you pick up the jacks. When it is their turn again, they start from the beginning of whatever round they were on.
So, for example, if you were playing the foursies round and picked up one set of 4 jacks on your first turn but then fouled on your second turn, those 4 jacks are canceled out by the foul. In other words, when the game gets back to you, you once again have to pick up the original 4 jacks, plus the additional 6. Though that would make things easier, part of the challenge of this game is that players must use the same hand to throw the ball, pick up their jacks, and catch the ball again.
If you use a different hand during the same turn that is considered a foul and play is transferred to the next player. So, for example, on one turn you could use your right hand to throw the ball, catch it and pick up the jacks in between. Like marbles and other classic schoolyard games, the more players the merrier.
Keep in mind, however, that the more people you have in your game, the longer that game is going to take. Instead, you can simply minimize or maximize the challenge involved by adopting one of these popular variations on the classic Jacks format. The most common method for more than two players is for each player to use one hand to toss the jacks in the air and try to catch as many as possible on the back of the same hand and then toss it again such that it now lands in the palm of the same hand.
After the first player is known, the game officially starts with the first toss of the jacks such that it makes a good spread in front of the player. Continue like this for all the rounds while keeping in mind that the number of jacks to be picked in each round increases and also remember the rules guiding the game.
For kids and beginners, the game is usually played with 5 jacks, while for more skilled players, 10 jacks or more is used. You can try out these variations and any other ones you can think of to make the game more challenging and fun. The basic game involves the first player gathering all the jacks in one hand and gently tossing and scattering them on the surface inside the space encircled by the other players. Then the ball is tossed in the air with the object of the game to pick up the designated number of jacks with the same hand and catching the ball on the first bounce in that same hand.
Play starts with picking up one jack at a time until all the jacks have been picked up onesies. Then play continues with more sets picking up two jacks at a time twosies. When the set of jacks to be picked up leaves remaining jacks, the player can choose to pick up the set number of jacks first and then the leftover jacks. The first player to complete the number of sets is the winner of the game. It takes practice to learn how to throw the jacks onto the playing surface to be successful.
If they are thrown too softly, they may bunch together or stack on top of each other, which is called kissing.
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