Take the table game outside and make it twice the size. This yard pong set trades a folding table and plastic cups for 12 oversized buckets and 2 balls, laid out on grass, sand, a driveway or a pool deck. Each bucket stands 7 in tall and measures 7.5 in across, paired with 2.5 in balls, so the targets read clearly from a full throwing distance away and the arc of every shot is easy for spectators to follow.The materials are chosen for outdoor life. The buckets are molded from Pp so they survive being knocked over, stepped near and thrown at all afternoon, and the Pvc balls are wear-resistant rather than felt-covered, so they do not fuzz up or soak through when a throw lands short in wet grass. Nothing here needs assembling or inflating, which is why the set tends to come out of the bag within a minute of arriving somewhere.The whole game weighs 5 lbs, and the buckets stack into one another before dropping into the included carry bag, so it travels as a single armful to a barbecue, a campsite, a tailgate or the beach. Rules are simple enough that a child learns them in one round and competitive enough that adults keep asking for a rematch, which makes it a fair bet for family reunions, graduation parties and long summer evenings when the group needs something to do standing up.