In this week's edition of Yes...It's A Sport. Who Knew? FSN examines quite possibly the greatest thing to ever exist on earth (besides the megalodon): Mondo Croquet.

You're thinking, "OK. So with the exception of a giant prehistoric shark, some form of croquet is the greatest thing ever? Ever played XBox 360? That thing is crazy."

Yes. That's correct. And, we have played XBox 360. It's awesome. Anyways, allow us to paint a picture....

You're in your backyard, playing croquet with the fam. The sun is shining. Mom's wearing a sport cardigan, cause she means bizznazz. Dad's across the pitch, sipping a Tom Collins, while Grandma's sitting in a lounger tightroping between stroke #2 and stroke #3. You sigh as you approach the ball, contemplating the best way to kill yourself using just the contents of your wallet. Just as you find that smoothie punchcard with the jagged edges, you look down at the the ball. But wait! It's not a croquet ball! It's a bowling ball! A big one...like a 16 pounder. Then, you look in your hand and see that your Miley-style mallet has turned into a full-on sidewalk-pounding sledgehammer. You drop the punchcard (then carefully pick it up because you're only 3 punches away from a free 12 oz.) and look around. All those wickets that Dad has been tripping over since his 3rd Collins have turned into giant, twisted shards of metal. After a mild celebration and a check of Grandma's vitals, you begin the game.

Like the equipment, the rules of mondo croquet are kinda nuts. The course is set up between two flagpoles: the far pole and the start/end pole. The far pole, or Da FP, is adorned with a stuffed animal. What kind? That's really up to you. At the course behind the FSN compound, we try to keep things seasonal (turkeys, santas, leprechauns, etc.). On the start/end pole, you hang a skull. Or a skeleton. For legal reasons we must advise against using a real skull or skeleton no matter how cool we may think that would look and how we would totally tell all our friends about it.

After the poles are dressed, the game begins. Play starts at the...you guessed it, start/end pole. Each player can sledgeham their ball once. If a ball passes through a wicket or knocks someone else's ball outta the way, the responsible player is rewarded with an extra hit. Once a player navigates through the entire course and strikes the start/end pole, they turn into a zombie.

Yeah. A zombie. What? You thought the skeleton would be the weirdest thing about this game? Mistake, yo. When sledgehammers and stuffed animals are involved, always assume a zombie will appear.

Once a player has transformed into a zombie they seek out other player's balls. If a zombie ball touches a regular ball, the non-zombie is removed from the game. And, as in life, last zombie standing wins.

Awesome, right? Oddly enough, mondo croquet isn't overwhelmingly popular (we think it's like the 89th or 90th most popular sport in the Pacific Northwest). Lucky for you, it's one of the billions of sports found on FSN. To learn more about mondo croquet and to find a game near you, visit our Learn section.