Oh, man! I am soaked through - at least, my snow mitts are - and I feel extremely pleased with myself when I see the dozens of snowball marks on the fence in front of which I was standing. I have become much better at dodging the fall - and - slide baseball way, which must be a whole lot more exciting and a whole lot less painful on packing snow than it is on gravel. Or even grass.
My dad is really good with snowball fights. He waits for me to bend down to launch a blizzard at me, and can conceal a third snowball behind his second. We also make my siblings into our little minions to throw snowballs (that we make, thank you) at the other side. It's really cute!
But I have improved greatly since last winter, and I have many tips for myself. I can share them with you, too!
TIPS:
1. When your opponent is busy or trying to recover, don't hit him then. First, because it's no fun because there's no sliding or dodging involved. Two, because it's kind of unsportsmanlike. Three, because you can't really take credit for it if you get a hit in the face (because they were unprotected and not in full fighting mode). Four, because you can use that time to hoard up your snowballs and store them on the laundry-drying rack and lodge them in the forks in the tree you sometimes hide behind.
2. When you're bare-handed and your opponent has a snowball in his hand, and you're planning to dodge, point your feet straight forward so he or she won't know where you're planning to sidestep. Or fall, whichever. Some people aren't really as psychic as you think they are.
3. When someone throws a snowball at you, before dodging, follow their snowball's path with your eyes to see where it's going. This also applies to when you throw a ball - follow it's future path first.
As for group fights? I've never been in one (pity!). You're on your own!!
P.S. Do you know what "Banzai" means? From the title? Well, it's a word in a different language meaning . . .
CHAAAAAARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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