60 seconds (game)

60 seconds is a scaled down version of association football, whereby all participants work as a team in order to score a particular number of goals in an allotted time of 60 seconds. Goals may only be scored via "headers" or "volleys", and the targets for the team are to score 1 in the minute, then 2, then 3 and so on.

The Goalkeeper

The goalkeeper is determined by a few rules. Usually, the first goalkeeper will be a volunteer, or in extreme competition, determined by a swift "turn around touch the ground bagsy not in goal" routine. The last person to perform the routine will find him or herself between the sticks. The aim of the game from there on is to avoid being in goal. The goalkeeping position changes hands in these situations:

# When the allotted time has expired and the required amount of goals haven't been scored, the last member of the goalscoring team who touched the ball will swap places with the goalkeeper.
# The goalkeeper may catch an attempted goal, cleanly with no bounces. In this instance the goalkeeper is permitted to use two hands when catching a volley or when catching a header.

Regional Variations

There are many different variations to this game around the world, each with their own subtle differences to rules/regulations. Many will have out of bounds areas, or certain areas of a penalty box, where headers or volleys may not be scored. This is usually to make the game a little more testing, though sometimes purely for annoyance value. The most bizarre version of game can be traced to Hastings, Sussex, where it is believed being goalkeeper for incomprehensibly long periods of the game will result in you being declared the winner. Shockingly, this format has not been adopted anywhere else throughout the British Isles.