Now that is something I can do... building a rocket around here would get me arrested but air-hockey - no worries.

I know several rocketeers in Australia, and another in NZ (although it's been awhile since I've heard from him). Rocketry isn't impossible there, just rather more difficult.

For any interested, this has become the Official Box Hockey Web site www.Box-Hockey.com
Virtually indestructible, light weight/portable and way more fun than air hockey or foosball.

Hey Rocket,

Did you go to school in Florida? I did and I have loved Box Hockey ever since and have never found this game for sale or in any store. I own a Batting cage company now, and would love to have some of these "GEMS" for the younger brother and sisters to play with while the others are using the cages.

I was so tickled to find your web site. I am a 43 year old married woman in Florida and can still remember the "Box Hockey" of my youth. Thanks for the WEB SITE! Tammy :)

how do you make a box hockey game ,and what are the rules

My memories of Box Hockey is more like Tammy. Our box was probably 4'x8' made with 2x8's with a single hole in each end and two holes on the board in the center. We played with sticks and a plywood puck. The challenger got to call whether it was a "fast" game or "slow" game. The Rec set it up on the sidewalk under the overhang of the school.

i love boxed hockey as a child and would like to introduce my children to it, however i do not remember all the rules.
can you help me too remember?

My Sister's friend just built the 'box hockey" we played as kids at our local rec in Wauwatosa, WI (Milwaukee).

It's a wooden framed box that about 4' X 2' and has holes for goals in each end. There are three separator boards across the middle. the middle board has one hole and the other two have 2 holes. You use checkers and a popsicle stick...bring back memories!

Anyone remember the rules???

Back in the dark ages, I played a form of box hockey. However, it just had two holes -- one at each end. No dividers. However, there was a diamond-shaped wood barracade in front of the hole to prevent straight on shots. We used a plywood puck. Instead of the fast-paced game, we took turns trying to make the shot. In a way it was sort of like pool or "bumper pool." We also played "four-square" with a basketball and "washers" where we tried to throw washers into a hole of a plywood box.

Thank you for your comments on box-hockey.
My daughter & I are running a summer camp for at-risk teens. We have a very small budget. She has raved abuot the game since attending a summer camp as a child. She is so excited to think we will be able to play with our kids!
Thank you!
Julie

We played box hockey growing up in Oak Park, Michigan. Our game also used a box with 2 holes at the ends (the goals) and 3 wooden dividers. The 1 in the middle had a hole in the center and the 2 other boards had two holes, each one closer to each of the sides (similar to the plastic box hockey games they're selling on the internet now). We used a real hockey puck and wooden sticks similar to rowboat oars. We fought over the best sticks (the ones that were so worn that they had a straight edge, as opposed to the rounded edges of the brand new sticks). The game began with the puck on top of the center board. 2 players stood on opposing sides of the center board. Next, we tapped the ground and then tapped each other's stick 3 times, alternating between the ground & stick (similar to lacrosse) after the third stick tap, you slapped at the puck. If the puck landed on your opponents half, it was your shot first. A legal shot involved one where the stick never left the ground. You could tap the puck, or drag it along the ground, as long as the stick did not come up. If you did not score a goal, it was your opponent's shot. If someone hit it outside the box, the puck was placed on the side board where it went out and was flipped back onto the court and possession switched hands. When a goal was scored, the puck was placed on the center board and the game was restarted as it was in the beginning. I can't remember if we played one goal and out or if we increased the score. It was probably one and out. The kids all lined up to play. Also, you were not allowed to step inside the box to shoot, but could put one foot on the side of the box to help you reach the puck and for leverage. I spent hours playing this game!

I grew up in Minnesota and we played box hockey at rec at the Jr. High in the summer. We had a wooden frame and a metal bottom with one goal (hole) at each end and a center divider with two holes. We could choose to play with a stick or with our hand - we used a real hockey puck and stick. I would love to get the rules for this - this was my favorite game as a child. If anyone knows the rules to the game as we played it in Minnesota, I would love to know. I just remember calling out before the start of the game - "No pinching and no cheating".

When I was a kid we had "box hockey", that was ~3X6 with a divider in the middle, with two holes (off center) , one hole on each end, centered. The rub was that we played with old sawed off broom sticks, and, gasp, a golf ball. It was great fun, and pretty tricky tying to get the ball to go where you needed it to... The only "rule" was that sticks had to stay on the ground, or "very close" - saved our knuckles this way. We began play by placing the ball on top of the middle divider, clicking our sticks three times and off we would go. I just made one for my kids this weekend, and they are having almost as much fun as I am...