Football too...

The no play when a car was coming sucked if you'd just run a good route. That meant you usually couldn't go to the well with that move again. There was always the chance of hitting sand on smooth concrete which, if you were trying to stop or cut on it, offered the possibility of slipping and busting your head, knee, or elbow (best of all). Thus the need for touch football in the road.

Tackle football in the grass was better, but provided its own hazards. Getting tackled and hitting your knee on a hard, buried root or rock was always a possibility. Of course, you didn't want to get your knees in the dirt anyway because of the chance of grass stains. One of the best pass plays was to the right corner of the house, throwing a low sidearm pass. After getting older, as a receiver you could run a route and slide low on the hill in that corner. The pass would come in low at the crest of the hill, but hit you just about in the chest as you made your slide.