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Badminton
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
badminton to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing badminton skills.
- Participate in a
badminton game.
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community badminton tournament.
- Demonstrate your
knowledge of the use and care of the equipment needed to play
badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle or bird), racket, court, net, and
comfortable clothes and shoes.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following grip techniques: forehand, and backhand.
- Spend at least 60
minutes practicing to develop skills for shots and strokes (clear,
drive, drop, and smash). Keep track of your time on a chart.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following: hit the shuttle using forehand or backhand; hit the
shuttle, alternating forehand and backhand; hit the shuttle against the
wall with a forehand or backhand; hit the shuttle against the wall,
alternating forehand and backhand.
- Accurately lay out a
badminton court, including net and lines.
- Play 5 games of
badminton.
- Participate in a
badminton skills development clinic.
- Play at least three
games during which you make your own foul calls effectively to your
leaders satisfaction.
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Baseball
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
baseball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing baseball skills.
- Participate in a
baseball game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Participate in a pack
or community baseball tournament.
- Demonstrate skill in
two of the following throwing techniques: overhand, sidearm, underhand,
and relay throw.
- Demonstrate skill in
two of the following catching techniques: fielding a ground ball,
fielding a pop-up, catching a line drive.
- Demonstrate correct pitching
techniques.
- Demonstrate correct
hitting techniques, including bunting.
- Explain the rules of
base running. Explain base coaching signals.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following sliding techniques: the straight-in slide, the hook slide,
and the headfirst slide.
- Play 5 games of
baseball using standard baseball rules.
- Draw a baseball field
to scale or set one up for play.
- Attend a high school,
college, or professional baseball game.
- Read a book about a
baseball player and give a report about him or her to your den or
family.
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Basketball
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
basketball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing basketball skills.
- Participate in a
basketball game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community basketball tournament.
- Demonstrate
effective passing using the chest pass, bounce pass, over-the-head pass,
and baseball pass.
- Successfully
demonstrate the set shot and jump shot shooting styles.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following dribbling techniques: high dribble, low dribble, turnable
dribble, change-of-pace dribble, and combination dribble.
- Spend at least 30
minutes on three different occasions developing individual defensive
skills.
- Explain and
demonstrate 10 official basketball signals.
- Play three
shot-improving games with a member or you den or team.
- Play 5 games of
basketball.
- Participate in a
basketball clinic.
- Attend a high
school, college, or professional basketball game.
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Bicycling
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
safe bicycling to your den leader or adult partner.
- Demonstrate the
correct fit of a bicycle helmet.
- Show how to ride a
bike safely, using all hand signals and following all safety and traffic
rules. Ride for at least half an hour with an adult partner, your
family, or your den.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete requirement 1 below, and do four additional requirements:
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- Record on a chart at
least 25 hours of bicycling. (REQUIRED)
- Participate in a
pack, den, or community bike rodeo.
- Demonstrate how to
repair a flat tire on a bicycle.
- Make a poster illustrating different types of early bikes and show it to your den.
- Demonstrate to your den or pack the use of proper bicycling
safety equipment.
- With the help of a
parent or adult partner, register or reregister your bicycle.
- Go on a
"bicycle hike" with your family or den. Obey traffic rules
related to bicycling.
- Repair or restore a
nonfunctioning bicycle to a safe condition. Include the installation of
all proper safety devices.
- Visit a bicycle race
or exhibition.
- help set up a bike
rodeo or bike competition for your pack.
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Bowling
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain to your
leader or adult partner the rules of courtesy and safety for bowling.
- Show how to pick out
a ball of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
- Play a complete game
with your family or den.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Give a brief history
of the sport of bowling.
- Define the following
terms: strike, spare, split, miss, and foul. Show their symbols for
scoring.
- Demonstrate proper
stance, delivery, balance, and follow-through to your leader or adult
partner.
- Try different types
of delivery and hand positions and see which work best for you.
- Score a complete
game using a score sheet and the proper symbols.
- Play at least four
games and chart your progress. Figure out your average score.
- Compete in a Scout,
family, school, or community bowling competition.
- Take bowling lessons
- Attend a parent, high
school, college or professional bowling competition.
- Visit a bowling
alley and learn about the care and maintenance of the bowling lanes,
pins, and racks.
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Fishing
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Review your local
fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they
are important, and commit to following them.
- Demonstrate how to
properly bait a hook.
- Try to catch a fish.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community fishing tournament.
- Demonstrate how to
clean a fish.
- Prepare a report on
three different kinds of fish. Include information on preferred habitats,
feeding habits, and recommended fishing techniques, baits, and equipment
needed to catch it.
- Draw a picture of
three different types of fishing reels. Explain how each works.
- Tie three fishing
flies. Use at least one to fish.
- Demonstrate proficiency
in casting at a target 30 feet away.
- Select a species of
fish and draw a picture of it, correctly labeling each part and it's
function.
- Replace the line in
a fishing reel.
- Make a simple pole
and line fishing rig. Use it to catch a fish.
- Catch a fish using
artificial bait or lures.
- Practice fishing on
five occasions, complying with local fishing regulations and the Outdoor
Code.
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Golf
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
golf to your leader. Explain the need for caution concerning golf clubs
and golf balls.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing golfing skills.
- Participate in a
round of golf (nine holes).
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Explain the use of
woods and irons. Explain their differences.
- Explain how par is
determined for a hole.
- Demonstrate the
proper grip of the club to your leader, adult partner, or instructor.
- Spend 30 minutes
practicing the swing styles: full swing, approach swing, and putting
swing.
- Spend 30 minutes
practicing aim, stance, and address position.
- Draw a diagram of a
typical golf hole, from tee to green.
- Demonstrate your
knowledge of the use and care of golf equipment: clubs, ball, tee, bag,
shoes, and gloves.
- Describe the
composition of a regulation golf ball.
- Take golf lessons.
- Spend 30 minutes
hitting balls on a driving range.
- Play miniature golf.
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Gymnastics
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the six
events of men's gymnastics: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings,
vaulting/side horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.
- Participate in three
of the six events using the proper equipment.
- Explain the safety
rules you should follow to learn gymnastics.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Write a report on
the history of gymnastics.
- Take gymnastics
lessons.
- Attend a gymnastics
meet.
- Practice and
demonstrate five floor exercise skills.
- Practice and
demonstrate two skills used on the pommel horse.
- Demonstrate two skills
on the still rings.
- Demonstrate two
skills using the parallel bars.
- Demonstrate two
skills using the horizontal bar.
- Demonstrate a vault
using the side horse.
- Develop a regular
routine of physical and mental conditioning.
- Learn about three
U.S. gymnast who have won medals in the Olympics.
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Marbles
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
Ringer or another marble game to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing skills to play the game of Ringer or another marble
game.
- Participate in a
game or marbles.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a den,
pack, or community marbles tournament.
- Explain to an adult
what lagging is. Demonstrate how to do it.
- Demonstrate the
following shooting techniques: knuckling down, bowling, and lofting
(also called plunking).
- Explain the correct
way of scoring for a game of marbles.
- Play five complete
matches of marbles using the standard rules.
- Start a collection
of marbles and show it at a den or pack meeting.
- Write a short report
on the history of marbles and share it with your den or family.
- Explain the rules
about shooters.
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Physical
Fitness
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Give a short report
to your den or family on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
- Practice finding
your pulse and counting your heartbeats per minute. Determine your target
heart rate.
- Practice five
physical fitness skills regularly. Improve performance in each skill
over a month. Skilled could include pull-ups, the 50-yard dash, and the
softball throw.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Make diagram of the
Food Guide Pyramid. List the foods you ate in a week and show
where they fit in the pyramid.
- Choose a form of
exercise, bring your heart rate up to target, and keep it there for 15
minutes. Don't forget to warm up and cool down.
- Set up a four-step
exercise program. Chart your progress for five days a week for two
weeks.
- Explain the reason
for warming up and cooling down before and after each exercise session.
- Visit a local gym
and talk to a trainer about exercises and programs for young people.
- Participate in some aerobic exercises
at least three times a week for four weeks.
- Build an obstacle course that could include some exercises with jumping, crawling, and
hurdles. Time yourself three times to see whether you can improve
your time.
- Swim for a total of
an hour, charting your time as you go.
- Participate for at
least three months in an organized team sport or organized athletic
activity.
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Skating
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain ways to
protect yourself while skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.
- Spend at least 30 minutes
practicing skating skills.
- Go skating with a
family member or your den for a total of at least three hours. Chart
your time.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Participate in a Pack
or community skating event.
- Demonstrate how to
care for your skates.
- Explain the proper
clothing (including any safety equipment) needed for skating.
- Find out about some stretching
exercises to do as a skating warm-up, and spend at least 10
minutes, on two occasions, practicing them.
- Play a game of ice or
roller hockey.
- Learn how to do two
new skating skills in the area of skating you have chosen (traditional
or in-line roller skating, or ice skating) (e.g., for roller skating,
forward scissors and crossover; for ice skating, forward and backward
swizzles and glides).
- Participate in a
skating skills development clinic.
- Draw a layout for an
ice hockey arena.
- Explain skating
safety / courtesy rules to your adult partner and always practice them!
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Skiing
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the
conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for a ski
activity.
- Be able to explain
safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country ski trip.
- Go skiing.
Demonstrate how to stop and turn.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Explain the different
kinds of ski lifts and how they work. Use one.
- Describe the four
universal symbols used to indicate ski trail difficulty.
- Demonstrate how to
snowplow (wedge position), hold your position, and get up from a fall.
- demonstrate how to do
a basic christie.
- Demonstrate five
cross-country skills, such as a kick turn, the double strides, double
poling, sidestepping, the step turn, the herringbone, straight downhill
running, the snowplow, side slipping , dragging the pole, the diagonal
stride uphill, and a traverse
- Participate in at
least three games using skis, such as relays, races, treasure hunts, and
skiing around poles or flags.
- Explain what to do of
you see a skiing accident.
- Take skiing lessons.
- Watch a film on
skiing.
- Talk with a member of
a ski patrol and learn about the job he or she does at the ski slope.
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Soccer
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
soccer to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing soccer skills.
- Play a game of
soccer.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Participate in a
pack, school, or community soccer tournament.
- Demonstrate the
skills of passing, collecting, shooting, heading, dribbling, and
tackling.
- Demonstrate skill in
goal keeping.
- Accurately lay out a
soccer field for a game.
- Demonstrate five
types of fouls and explain why players should avoid them.
- Demonstrate how to
juggle the soccer ball and keep it from touching the ground for 30
seconds.
- Play at least two
games of Soccer Tennis.
- Spend at lest a total
of six hours playing soccer. Keep track of your time on a chart.
- Join a soccer team
in your community or school.
- Attend a high
school, college, or professional soccer game.
- Learn about U.S.
Olympic soccer team and report your information to your den.
- Explain the history
of soccer.
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Softball
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
softball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing softball skills.
- Participate in a
softball game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community softball tournament.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following throwing techniques: overhand, sidearm, underhand, and the
relay throw.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following catching techniques: fielding a ground ball, fielding a
pop-up, catching a line drive.
- Demonstrate correct
pitching techniques and practice for three half-hour sessions.
- Demonstrate correct
hitting techniques, including bunting. Practice for three half-hour
sessions.
- Explain the rule of base running and demonstrate skill in the following sliding techniques:
the straight-in slide, the hook slide, and the headfirst slide.
- Learn and demonstrate base coaching signals.
- Learn about one
defensive position (shortstop, catcher, etc..) and practice at that
position for three half-hour sessions.
- Attend a high school,
college, or community softball game.
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Swimming
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain basic rules
of safety for swimming. Emphasize the buddy system.
- Pass the
"beginner" swim level test.
- Demonstrate the
ability to float on your back.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Learn two of the
following strokes: crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke,
pr breaststroke.
- Learn two of the
following floating skill: jellyfish float, turtle float, canoe (prone)
float.
- Using a kickboard,
demonstrate three kinds of kicks.
- Play a water game
with your den or family.
- Visit with a
lifeguard and talk about swimming safety in carious situations (pool,
lake, river, ocean). Learn about the training a lifeguard needs
for his or her job.
- Explain the three
rescue techniques of Reach, Throw, and Go.
- Take swimming
lessons.
- Attend a swim meet
at a school or community pool.
- Tread water for 30
seconds.
- Learn about a U.S.
swimmer who has earned a medal in Olympics.
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Table
Tennis
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
table tennis to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing table tennis skills.
- Participate in a
table tennis game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community table tennis tournament.
- Demonstrate your
knowledge, use and care of the equipment needed to play table tennis
)racket or paddle, table and net, ball, tennis or basketball shoes, and
comfortable clothing).
- Practice 30 minutes
developing serving skills.
- Practice 30 minutes
developing your forehand and backhand strokes.
- Explain to your
leader or adult partner how spin affects the bounce of the ball.
- Accurately set up a
table tennis table and net according to USA Table Tennis rules.
- Play five games of
table tennis.
- Participate in a
table tennis skills development clinic.
- Explain to your
leader or adult partner how to score a table tennis game.
- Participate in a
game of doubles table tennis (four people playing in one game, two
people per side).
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Tennis
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
tennis to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing tennis skills.
- Participate in a
tennis game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community tennis tournament.
- Demonstrate your
knowledge of the use and care of the equipment needed to play tennis (rackets, balls, shoes, clothing, and court).
- Practice for 30
minutes developing forehand techniques through forehand bump-ups with a
bounce, partner bump-ups with a target, forehand alley rally, forehand
alley rally over a "net", drop-hit forehand bumps, drop-hit
catch in pairs, and toss-hit catch in pairs.
- Practice developing
serving skills for 30 minutes.
- Explain to your
leader or adult partner how to score tennis.
- Accurately draw,
label, and explain a tennis court layout.
- Play five games of
tennis suing U.S. Tennis Association rules.
- Participate in a
tennis skills development clinic.
- Attend a high
school, college, or professional tennis meet.
- Present to your den
or family a report on the history of tennis.
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Ultimate
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
ultimate to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing ultimate skills.
- Participate in an
ultimate game.
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack or
community ultimate tournament.
- Demonstrate
effective pivoting while throwing. Use the following throwing styles:
backhand pass, sidearm pass, and upside-down pass.
- Demonstrate skill in
the following catching techniques: one-handed, clapping, and sandwich.
- Spend a total of 90
minutes in practice developing defensive skills for the position of
marker and defender. Keep track of your time on a chart.
- Explain the flight
dynamics of the ultimate disk. Draw a diagram if needed.
- Accurately lay out
an ultimate playing field, including end zones.
- Play five games of
ultimate.
- Participate in an
ultimate skills development clinic.
- Explain the history
of ultimate and how it became a sport.
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Volleyball
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Belt Loop
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Complete these three (3)
requirements:
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- Explain the rules of
volleyball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30
minutes practicing skills to play the sport of volleyball.
- Participate in a
volleyball game.
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Sports Pin
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Earn the belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
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- Compete in a pack,
school, or community volleyball tournament.
- Demonstrate skill in
two volleyball passing techniques: forearm pass and overhand pass
(setting).
- Demonstrate skill in
two volleyball serving techniques: underhand and overhand.
- Spend at least 90
minutes in practice to develop individual skills for volleyball. Make a
chart to record your practice efforts.
- Explain how
volleyball matches are scored, including the terms side-out and rally
scoring.
- Accurately lay out a
volleyball court.
- Play five games of
volleyball
- Officiate at least
three games of volleyball.
- Explain the
importance of good sportsmanship.
- Attend a high
school, college, or professional volleyball game.
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