Players: Husband, wife, and therapist (optional). Activists: Both. Setting: Home.
Aim: Channel anger into a harmless physical battle that serves to elicit deeper feelings and bring about insight.
Game Plan: If the couple is in therapy, they may begin by having a foam-bat fight in the therapist’s office. If not, a friend may play the role of therapist, using this book as a guide. Supervision is often required (just as athletic games require referees) in order to keep the rules as well as set the framework of the contest.
The rules of this game are that the contestants should stand facing one another in the middle of a large room in which all furniture is out of the way. A formal “ring” may be set up if desired, roped off like a boxing ring, with some kind of padded floor (a king-size mattress or thick rug will do). At a designated start time they should begin striking one another with foam bats, aiming above the waist and avoiding the face. Foam bats can be bought from toy stores, or made with 1″ x 10″ x 18″ foam strips rolled up like newspapers.
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