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Cadillac game - Hacking

In a makeshift circle, 5 or more players gather to begin a game of Cadillac. Anyone may join the circle spontaneously if no players have gotten out of the circle. The hackysack is ALWAYS alive if it has not touched one of two things: any player's hands or the ground. A hackysack perched on a windowsill or a car may be picked up with elbows or kicked off and back into play. When 3 or more players have hit the hackysack once each (with any body part except hands), a player may catch the hackysack and shout "CADILLAC!", thereby "getting a cadillac." Upon the word being shouted, all players in the circle must stop movement of their feet. That is to say if they change the relationship between their feet and the ground, they are out. This includes feet off the ground and lack of balance. If any player does change the relationship, they are immediately out and the circle goes back to hacking.

Cadillac game - The Throw

If no players do move after the word is shouted, the catcher of the hackysack has 3 steps to get in position to throw the hackysack at a stopped player. A stopped player may move anything but his feet in defense of the catcher. If the catcher throws the hackysack at a stopped player and hits him, he is out. If more than one player is hit by the hackysack in the course of the throw, they are also out. However, if the hackysack is caught by a stopped player, NO ONE is out except the player who threw the hackysack.

Cadillac game - Three or fewer players

When the circle has dwindled to 3 or fewer players, the rules for getting a cadillac change. 3 hits must still occur, but only 2 players are required for a cadillac to be caught. When there is only one player left in the circle, that player wins.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Hacking", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki