http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/23/bouncing-back-to-swingball/ Deirdre Nelson - Artist in Residence Sun, 20 May 2012 17:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/23/bouncing-back-to-swingball/#comment-344 tawona Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:25:19 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/02/23/bouncing-back-to-swingball/#comment-344 <p>there's something about having all that room to move (or swing) while being connected or fixed to something.<br /> interesting you came up with this, i remember playing this in Zimbabwe as a child; though we never had a pole, just the soft spongy ball and two hard plastic raquets. you will notice that in most of the colonies, sports that were popular in the UK such as rugby, cricket and tennis are very popular there as well. same as the cloth was taken to these places so were other aspects of culture</p> there’s something about having all that room to move (or swing) while being connected or fixed to something.
interesting you came up with this, i remember playing this in Zimbabwe as a child; though we never had a pole, just the soft spongy ball and two hard plastic raquets. you will notice that in most of the colonies, sports that were popular in the UK such as rugby, cricket and tennis are very popular there as well. same as the cloth was taken to these places so were other aspects of culture

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