Chungi : How To Make & Play

The kids make them from old bike/bicycle tires by cutting them into thin rubber bands or simply using many rubberbands and tying them with a string.

How to play
Playing chungi is as easy when it comes to rules. You just bounce the chungi with your foot, right, left or both, as many times as possible without letting it touch the ground. Once you are comfortable doing this, you can experiment with the game play.

     Step wise- 

• Gently drop the chungi in front of you.
• Use the inside of the foot, almost directly in the center of your shoe where the arch of your foot is, to kick the it directly straight up. 
• Angle your ankle so that the inside of the foot is parallel to the ceiling. This will ensure that the bag will go directly up and not off to the side. It helps to bend the other standing leg as well. After one kick, catch the chungi in your hand. 
• Repeat dropping, kicking, and catching until you are consistently kicking it straight up. 
• Next, try kicking the bag using alternating feet and no hands. See how many you can do in a row

Also try Outside kick: Gently drop the chungi with your arm outstretched to the side, and use the middle of the outside of the foot to kick it. This is harder to do, but remember the tips above – angle your ankle to keep the outside of the foot parallel to the ceiling, and bend the standing leg.

When in a group, you can form a circle, each person bounces the chungi a few times and passes it on to another, who will do the same. The object of the game is to let the chungi be in play as long as possible while being passed on from one person to another. A variation of this could be with a straight line drawn on the ground with two teams on either side, passing the chungi across. The opposing team gains a point if the chungi drops to the ground on your side.

Another variation would be to have someone play goalkeeper while the rest bounce the chungi a few times and then shoot the chungi across the goalkeeper to score goals.

--ENJOY--