Sports Bronze Award Requirements
Craig Bond (craig00@nternet.com)
Thu Aug 27 07:04:44 1998
SPORTS BRONZE AWARD REQUIREMENTS
Do nine of the following:
1. Demonstrate by means of a presentaiton at a crew meeting, Cub Scout or
Boy scout meeting, or other group meeting that you know first aid for
injuries or illnesses that could occur while playing sports, including
hypothermia; heatstroke; heat exhaustion; frostbite; dehydration; sunburn;
blisters, hyperventilation; bruises; strains; sprains; muscle cramps;
broken, chipped, loosened, or knocked-out teeth; bone fractures; nausea;
and suspected injuries to the back, neck, and head.
2. Write an essay of at least 500 words that explains sportsmanship and
tells why it is important. Give several examples of good sportsmanship in
sports. Relate at least one of these to everyday leadership off the sports
field.
OR
Make a presentation to your crew or a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group of at
least 30 minutes with the same requirements as for the essay.
3. Take part as a member of an organized team in one of the following
sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, diving, fencing,
field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacross, ruby, skating (ice or
roller), soccer, softball, swimming, team handball, track and field,
volleyball, water polo, or wrestling (or any other recognized sport
approved in advance by your Advisor except boxing and karate).
4. Organize and manage a sports competition, such as a softball game,
between your crew and another crew, between two Cub Scout dens or packs,
between two Boy Scout patrols or troops, or between any other youth groups.
You must recruit at least two other people to help you manage the competition.
5. Make a set of training rules for a sport you pick. Design an exercise
plan including selectged exercises for this sport. Determine for this
sport the appropriate heart rates and desired training effects. Follow
your training plan for at least 90 days, keeping a record showing your
improvement.
6. Make a tabletop display or give a presentation for your crew, another
crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, or another youth group that explains
the attributes of a good team leader and a good team player. Select
athletes that exemplify these attributes.
7. Make a display or presentation on a selected sport for your crewe or
another group covering (a) ettiquette for your sport, (b) equipment needed,
(c) protective equipment needed and why it is needed, (d) history of the
sport, and (e) basic rules.
8. Research and then, at a crew meeting or other youth group meeting,
manage a discussion on drug problems as they relate to athletes. What
drugs are banned? What impact do these banned drugs have on the human body
and mind? Where can information about drugs be found? How do some sports
organizations fight sports drug abuse? Cover at least the following drugs:
stimulants, painkillers, anabolic steroids, beta blockers, diuretics,
alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.
9. Research and then, at a crew meeting or other youth group meeting,
manage a discussion on recent training techniques being used by world-class
athletes. Compare them to training techniques of 25 and50 years ago (this
must bedifferent than the discussion in requirement 8).
10. Study ways of testing athletes for body density. Fat content can be
measured by skin-fold calipers, body measurements, and hydrostatic
weighing. Then recruit a consultant to assist you as you determine the
body density and fat content for your fellow crew members at a crew meeting
or special activity.
11. Select a favorite Olympic athlete, a highly respected athlete in your
city, or a favorite professional athlete and research his or her life.
Make an oral presentation or tabletop display for your crew or another group.
12. Explain the importance of proper nutrition as it relates to training
for athletes. Explain the common eating disorders anorexia and bulimia and
why they are harmful to athlet3es.
[Activties or projects that are more available in your area may be
substituted with your Advisor's approval for activities shown above.]
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Bronze Award Device
When you complete the requirements for a particular Bronze Award, you will
earn a Bronze Award device similar to a military campaign ribbon that you
may wear on your uniform. Earning the whole Sea Scouting Quartermaster or
Venturing Ranger Award requires a greater challenge; each has a distinctive
award of its own. For more information on these two challenging awards,
check out the Sea Exploring Manual and the Ranger Guidebook. You can earn
all five Bronze Awards as well as the Quartermaster and Ranger awards.
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Above information copied from _Silver Award Guidebook_ (25-015), 1998
printing.
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My apologies for any misspellings. I've tried to pick them up, typos too,
but do not guarantee the above to be free of these errors.
Craig Bond
Mandeville, Louisiana
www.gnofn.org/~noac/chit2.html
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple;
only God can count the apples in a seed.
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