This is somewhat a different indoor game as it has no outdoor game that is similar to it. This game is also fairly competitive and is ‘ferociously-paced’. The aim of the game is to thrash a suash ball (bright orange ball usually) against a ‘wall-marked’ wall, whilst the opposing player carries out the same action.

If the ball rebounds onto the ground on the ‘non-game area’ then points aren’t counted. Squash rackets are similar to tennis rackets although the laces in the racket are a lot tougher as to avoid the laces detaching due to contact with the ball.

Mario Kart has been around since 1992, where Super Mario Kart made its debut on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly called the SNES).

The game is a spin-off of the popular Mario (and Luigi) series of video games. Mario kart traditionally incorporates a number of characters from both the ‘goodies’ and ‘baddies’, which you, as a player, can race with and against.

There have been 8 Mario Kart games since inception, with the latest being released in 2008 on the Nintendo Wii, which allows player to utilise the Wii’s motion tracking capabilities to steer the karts and do speed jumps.

Pogs was quite a fast-lived trend game from the 1990s that originated from a craze that involved collecting the drink caps (“milkcaps”) of a drink called ‘POG’, hence the name of Pogs. Pogs was also a collection game that consisted of collecting pogs, which are small circular discs, made of cardboard and with various colours, designs and texts displayed on them.

The gameplay basically involved two players stacking up a set amount of pogs upside down then taking it in turns to throw a ‘slammer’ on the stack. Any pogs turned face up were then collected by the player who threw the slammer that turn.

The game ended when there were no pogs remaining and the winner was the player with the most pogs. If gamers were ‘playing for keeps’ then the players walked away with whatever pogs they had at the end of the game.

Minigolf, which also goes by the names of miniature golf, crazy golf and adventure golf, is based on the popular pastime of standard golf. Golf involves a variety of golf clubs and players hitting the balls over hundreds of yards, whereas minigolf only users a putter club.

In minigolf players have to get a golf ball into the hole in the least number of hits. In contrast to normal golf, crazy golf often has themed obstacles and contraptions that are built to thwart the players attempts to proceed in the course.

Minigolf is traditionally a less serious sport than standard golf and although most minigolf courses are based outside, there are also a number of indoor minigolf course too.

Jenga is a tower blocks game that involves players trying to remove rectangular cuboid blocks, usually made of wood, from a pre-built tower of said blocks.

The word ‘Jenga’ itself is derived from ‘kujenga’, which is a Swahili term meaning ‘to build’.

The objective of the game requires any players involved (there’s technically no limit on the maximum number of players) to remove a block on their turn without causing the main structure to collapse.

Jenga is a game that needs good judgement, a lot of patience and an extremely steady hand. Once quite a few blocks have been removed the game can become quite intense.

We’ve all probabyl heard of skittles, no not the multi-coloured sweets, I mean the bowling-like game where you have a number of skittles set up and you have to roll a ball to knock as many down as possible.

It is usually played with 9 wooden skittles, hence its other name ‘Nine Pins’. The ball was traditionally also made from wood. However, this is about table skittles, a game I know which can sometimes be found in traditional pubs around England.

In table skittles (also known as Devil Amongst the Tailors or bar skittles), the ball is attached to a rod that stands beside a set of 9 miniature skittles or pins. The player must swing the ball around the pole and, like in standard skittles, knock as many pins over as they can.

Another table based game which is very popular with men and boys especially although it is very enjoyable by anybody really!

It’s great fun and easy to play which is probably what makes it so appealing to so many people around the world, also its football which is the most popular sport in the world so it’s easy to see why everyone loves it.

The rules are simple, the first to 10 wins the game. There are certain rules that need to be kept to such as not spinning the players to give yourself an unfair advantage. That is pretty much the only rule that you need to play, so go ahead give it a try.

Racket ball is a obviously a racket based sport that is played with a tennis shaped string racket with a squash style ball only larger and not as firm. The game is more or less the same as squash only it is played with a larger racket and ball so to speed the game up.

It is hugely popular amongst all age groups and is usually found in most leisure centre/sport clubs, it is a cheap game to take up as you only need a racket and a ball, and the ball is very soft so the your tacket should last a long time as a result.
Why not give it a go down at your local Leisure Centre!

This is a really fun sport that is loved my both men and women of all ages, especially kids and big kids!

The aim of the game for those of you who don’t know is to shoot people as much as you can to get the highest number of points. The game is based around Infra Red guns that fire lasers at people which then hits that persons pack and vibrates to let them know they’ve been hit, great fun!

This can be played in many different styles such as team or every man for himself, every man for himself is more fun as you can see who is the best amongst everyone, rather than just 1 team against the other.

Air Hockey is a hugely popular sport in many areas of the world and is easy to participate in no matter what your age, young or old.

The game is often found in bowling alleys and arcades and is played on a table that has 2 nets and has the areas of a hockey pitch marked on the table; the difference is that as suggests the sports name the table has air involved! There are lots of small holes on the table which shoot air up which in turn keep the plastic puck on the table and make it easier to hit around the table.

It’s great fun so give it a go!