As I remember war-ball, a player on one team would loft a floater and a couple of his teammates would nail the guy as he settled under the floater. Of course if he caught it you were not out, because he had already been eliminated. Some of the clowns NEVER figured that out. Week end, week out, they fell for the high/low trick. Thats pretty much how we spotted the losers, the ones that could not master that trick. I'd swear Gore and Kerry were there parked under the ball floating toward them, then they would whine and cry to the teacher. Most got nailed then learned.
Whenever I had to play sports in gym class, it was a horrible experience. But if I were playing with friends or whatever outside of school, it ws always fun.