Today the social game of Stick-ball is always played with men and women on opposing sides. Points are scored by using a small ball to hit a target. Often a wooden fish, mounted on top of a trimmed cedar tree which can be scored by hitting the pole with the ball within three or four feet of the fish. Traditional rules require each man to use both wooden stick from two to four feet in length, each with a cup-shaped pocket at the end. The sticks are used to hold, catch and throw the ball.
Women always use their hands.
Traditionally the ball was a round rock covered with deer or cow hair inside a sewn leather covering. For safety purposes, today s players use a bean bag or hackey sack. There are a number of players on each team, which can consist of 20 to 60 people depending on the individual games. The playing field for the pole games must be large enough for a least 60 people and is larger than a regulation basketball court. Many versions of the Stick-ball games are played by the Creeks.