Supplies:
- sports equipment
- score cards
- pens
- a whistle
- a stopwatch
Object of the activity:
Engage as many campers as possible.
Object of the game:
Get as many points for your bunk as possible.
Set up:
The ideal location would be a large gym or outdoor basketball court. Let’s say that you have 7 bunks participating in the event. You would need to set up 7 activities. For example: at one basketball net, 2-point shots, at the other net 3-point shots, a hockey net for wrist shots and a hockey net for slap shots, a garbage can for football toss, a jump rope area etc. there are so many exciting challenges that you can come up with.
Each bunk lines up at a challenge. I would number the challenges.
So, bunk A lines up at challenge. They wait for the whistle, and then at the whistle the first camper throws the ball at the net. If it goes in, the counselor marks one really for that challenge on his score card. The camper who took the shot runs to the back of the line. The J.C. rebounds the ball to the next camper, who takes his shot. This continues for 3 minutes until the whistle blows.
The bunks have 60 seconds to rotate to the next challenge. This time Bunk A will be at location 2. (Bunk G will be at location 1.) Let’s say location 2 is the wrist shot. Again, they wait for the whistle to start. The first camper shoots and runs to the back of the line. The counselor records the score, the J.C. rebounds to the next camper and the bunk tries to be fast and accurate at the same time.
At the end we do printed awards for each challenge. Say bunk C won a challenge, each camper in the bunk will get a printed award saying congratulations on winning that event. The more events a bunk wins, the greater the bragging rights are. The results will also be announced at lunch the next day and printed in the weekly newsletter.
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