Sports that everyone can enjoy regardless of age. Including Yuru Sports.
We’d like to introduce some recreational sports that are perfect for events and gatherings with a wide range of ages, from children to seniors!
When you think of sports, baseball or soccer might come to mind first, but if there are differences in age, physique, or experience, it can be hard for everyone to enjoy them together.
So this time, we’ve gathered recreational sports that everyone can enjoy equally and get excited about!
Some can be played indoors, like in a gym, so if you’re thinking, “I want to play with lots of people of different backgrounds,” be sure to use this as a reference!
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A sport that everyone can enjoy regardless of age. Yuru Sports, too (1–10).
Hula hoop relay
Hula Hoop Relay is an easy game you can play anytime, anywhere—indoors or outdoors—as long as you have a hula hoop.
The team lines up side by side, facing the same direction, and everyone holds hands.
Starting from the front, each person passes their body through the hula hoop and moves it along to the next person.
You must not use your hands when going through the hoop, and you cannot let go of the hands of the people next to you.
It’s a recommended group activity because you don’t need much space and it’s fun even with a large number of people.
Sports Chanbara
Sports Chanbara is a sport that everyone—from adults to children—can enjoy.
It originated by opening up kids’ mock swordplay (“chanbara”) to the public and formalizing it as a sport, with the key feature being the use of competition-specific air soft swords.
It’s fun both outdoors and indoors, and is recommended for fitness on rainy days as well.
For safety, the protectors and dedicated swords are made from soft materials.
If you’re not used to the equipment or don’t have it on hand, you can improvise by using a rolled-up newspaper as a substitute sword.
With simple rules, it’s an ideal recreational sport for all age groups—why not give it a try?
Tail tag
It’s a game called “Tail Tag,” where you play tag and try to grab the tails attached to everyone’s waist.
Prepare plenty of paper streamers or ribbons to use as tails and place them in the center of the court.
Clip a strip to the waistband of your pants so it hangs like a tail, and start! If someone has their tail taken, they go to the center, attach a spare tail, and rejoin the game.
Continue until the last tail is gone, and compete to see who can collect the most tails.
A sport everyone can enjoy regardless of age. Also includes Yuru Sports (11–20).
Hangyobal
This sport was born in Himi City, known for handball and yellowtail (buri), and it’s a relaxed variation on handball.
The basic rules are the same as handball, but when throwing the ball, players must use the hand on the side where they’re holding a stuffed yellowtail under their arm.
When a goal is scored, the crowd chants “Shusse” (promotion), and the stuffed yellowtail is swapped for a larger one.
Because the yellowtail limits the power of the throw, it’s safe and enjoyable for a wide range of ages.
Plus, with each score, players’ movements become further restricted, which helps narrow the skill gap between teams—another reason it’s fun for everyone.
Dance Tamaire
Dance Tamaire is a competition that combines two sports-day classics: the ball-toss game (tamaire) and dance.
In a standard tamaire, teams compete to see who can toss the most balls into a high basket before the stop signal.
This unique sport fuses that game with dancing: participants dance to the music and then toss balls into the basket during the instrumental breaks.
The slightly restless feeling of wanting to toss balls but having to dance—along with the spectacle—makes it a fun event to watch.
table tennis volleyball
Table Tennis Volleyball is a team game played on a ping-pong table using a ping-pong ball, similar to volleyball.
Each team has six players who sit around half of the table’s court and hit the ball with paddles.
Players are divided into blockers and servers; the server returns the ball into the opponent’s area.
As in volleyball, if the ball is not returned within three hits or if it falls off the table, the opposing team scores a point.
Because it’s played seated, it’s an enjoyable team recreation for all ages, from children to seniors.
rod soccer
It’s called “stick soccer,” where players sit at both ends of a narrow court holding sticks and use them to pass the ball and aim for the goal.
Because it can be played while seated, it’s enjoyed by people of all ages and is popular enough to have national tournaments as a recreational sport.
The tension in front of the goal is just like regular soccer, with intense dead heats between strikers aiming for the net and the opposing team’s defenders.
Even without proper equipment, you can easily enjoy it using familiar items—like turning a sponge toy from a 100-yen shop into a stick.