APOLLO BALL
EST. 2026  ·  MISSION 001
Mission briefing · A new sport has launched

APOLLO
BALL

No hands. One ball. One Portal. Keep a 4″ glow-in-the-dark ball airborne with your whole crew, then land it in the bucket. That's an Apollo Ball.

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What is this

The space race, in your backyard.

Apollo Ball is a cooperative team sport. No nets, no court, no gear closet — just a ball, a bucket, and whoever showed up. Your environment is part of the game: walls, tables, shelving. Everything is in play.

Your Crew + No Hands + The Moon Landing = Apollo Ball
How to play

Every game is a two-phase mission.

The ball can never touch the ground. It can never touch your hands or lower arms. Everything else — feet, knees, chest, head, shoulders — is flight hardware.

Phase 1
The Launch Sequence
  • The Portal starts upside down. One player bounces the ball off the bottom to launch the game.
  • Keep the ball airborne — no hands, no lower arms, no floor.
  • Every player must touch the ball at least once.
  • Bounce it off anything in your environment — walls, tables, shelving.
  • Complete the phase by knocking the ball off the top of the Portal.
→Flip the
Portal
open-side up→
Phase 2
The Landing
  • Same rules. Same crew. Higher stakes.
  • Every player touches the ball again.
  • Then someone sends it home — into the Portal.
  • Ball drops in the bucket? Mission accomplished.
Land it = an APOLLO BALL

If the ball touches the ground at any point, the mission resets. Like the real Apollo program: teamwork, precision, and defying the impossible.

Mission hardware & crew

Three things. That's the whole setup.

01 The Ball

A glow-in-the-dark volleyball. White with a green tint by day. Full phosphor glow by night. Day games, night games — the mission never stops.

Engraving-style line drawing of the Apollo Ball

02 The Portal

An 18-gallon bucket. Phase 1: closed-side up — knock the ball off the top. Phase 2: flipped open — land the ball inside to score.

Engraving-style line drawing of the Portal, an 18-gallon bucket with rope handles

03 The Commander

In bigger games (8+ players), one player directs traffic — steering the ball to crew members who haven't touched it yet. Think point guard, but for spaceflight.

Engraving-style line drawing of an astronaut with a closed reflective visor
The official ball

It glows. Obviously.

The official Apollo Ball is molded in glow-in-the-dark plastic. Charge it up in the sun, then keep playing long after the streetlights come on.

The official Apollo Ball — a glow-in-the-dark mini volleyball with the Apollo Ball wordmark
Take the ball for a test flight →
Advanced maneuvers

Develop your signature move.

Style points are real points. (Not really. But also, yes.)

Engraving-style astronaut performing a scorpion kick, striking the ball behind their head
The Scorpion
back kick, tail up
Engraving-style astronaut arched back, chest popping a falling ball
Bump Slap
chest, then kick
Engraving-style astronaut guiding the ball with their boot onto an upside-down bucket
Stomp the Yard
stomp it onto the Portal
Spirit of the game
"The common goal is to beat the game — not each other."

Apollo Ball is cooperative by design. Celebrate the crew, welcome every skill level, and cheer on all the weird saves. When the ball drops in the Portal, everybody scored.