Re: Camp Daniel Boone -Reply
Grant O'Neil (poneilgdo@ALPHA2.CURTIN.EDU.AU)
Fri, 7 Mar 1997 01:34:22 +0800
At 19:37 5/03/97 -0500, you wrote:
>DOES ANYONE HAVE IDEAS ON GAMES TO PLAY AT THE END OF A TROOP MEETING
>RELATING TO A SCOUT SKILL. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS PLEASE RESPOND.
>
>
>THANK YOU,
>BRIAN LEVINSKY
>TROOP 8-STATEN ISLAND, NY
Brian, first a little reminder of netiquette - typing all in upper case is
usually considered as shouting.
As for your question of games:
The ones that come immediately to mind both test knotting. The first is a
variation on "drop the hanky" for those who remember that popular childrens'
party game. The group sits in a circle with their hands behind their back.
One person walks around the outside with a piece of rope; they select
someone, place the rope in their hands and say a knot. They then continue
around the circle; the challenge is for the knot to be completed correctly
before they return to the same place. If the knot is not finished or not
correct, the person tying it changes place with them and goes around the
circle with the rope. The game can be adjusted according to the knotting
skills of participants; either by the range of knots that may be specified
or if they are more competent with their knots by requiring the knot to be
tied with hands kept behind the back.
The other game is knot dodge. Two teams are numbered off. The leader of the
game calls out a number and a knot. The person with the corresponding number
from one team has to go to a designated point and tie the knot; the person
from the other team with the same number has to go to another point and try
to hit the person tying the knot by throwing a ball (or a beanbag) at them.
So the person tying the knot has the double challenge of tying the knot
correctly while also dodging the throws. We used to play this on a
basketball court; a length of rope was tied hanging down from the stand
behind the backboard, and the knot was tied with a second length of rope
onto the first. The person tying the knot would signal they had completed it
by swinging on the joined ropes. The person throwing the ball had to throw
from behind the free throw line (with older scouts who can throw harder and
more accurately this may even need to be inside the centre circle) They can
go anywhere to retrieve the ball after a throw, but cannot throw it again
until they have returned to the free throw line.
YiS
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