butts up
(North America) A playground game based around throwing a ball against a wall and catching it on the rebound.
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We called this game "butts up" IIRC
Butts up. We played it with the blue racquetballs. Scared at first but I grew into it
We called it FACE (Philly area) Like in bball Horse, once you spell it bc of drops, you went palms on the wall and “butts up”
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(North America) A playground game based around throwing a ball against a wall and catching it on the rebound.
“We called this game "butts up" IIRC”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Butts up. We played it with the blue racquetballs. Scared at first but I grew into it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We called it FACE (Philly area) Like in bball Horse, once you spell it bc of drops, you went palms on the wall and “butts up””
— Bluesky· May 2026
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