Hoopla! (a new sport invented by the Sumpter family)

Equipment Needed:
1 badminton net
2 or more "hooplet hammers" (badminton racquets)
1 or more "hooplets" (glow-in-the-dark stick connected at the ends to form a circle)
1 package of glow-in-the-dark sticks

Set up:
1. set up badminton net in an open area
2. wait until dark
3. crack several glow-in-the-dark sticks and weave them into the top netting of the badminton, illuminating the top of the net
4. decorate your hooplet hammers by weaving cracked glow-in-the-dark sticks into the strings of the hammer (suggestion: do not weave sticks in the center of the hammer as it may impede your ablity to hit the hooplet)

To play:
Divide into equal teams and hit the hooplet over the net to the opposing team with your hooplet hammer (suggestion: the lighter you hit the hooplet the better as hooplets have a tendancy to fly very far distances)

~ Phillip and Matthew strumming on their hooplet hammers as they wait for it to get dark~