Pass And Toss Relay Double Line

Source: Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category: BEAN BAG AND OAT SACK GAMES



_16 to 60 players._

_Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._

_Bean bags; oat sacks._

The players are divided into two equal groups which compete against
each other. Each group is divided into two lines or ranks which stand
facing each other. There should be from ten to twenty feet of space
between the two ranks.



The game consists of passing a bean bag up one of these lines to the
end, when the last player runs across to the opposite line, tossing
the bag as he goes to the end man in that line, who catches it and
passes it down the line. The same play is performed at the other end,
the last player running across to the opposite line, tossing the bag
as he goes to the last player there. The lines move up or down one
place each time a player runs across to the opposite rank. The game in
detail will be as follows


Number One has a bag, and at a signal passes it down the line to
Number Eight, who runs across toward Number Nine, tossing the bag to
Number Nine as he does so. It must be tossed before he has gone
halfway across the space between. Number Nine immediately passes the
bag to Number Ten, and so on up the line to the last player, Number
Sixteen. The moment that he receives the bag, he runs across toward
Number One in the opposite rank, making a running toss as he does so.
At the same time the entire line from Nine to Fifteen moves up one
place to make room for Number Eight, who should take his place at the
foot of the line next to Number Nine. As soon as Number One receives
the bag, he passes it down the line to his neighbor, Number Two, and
so on till it reaches the end of the line, which at the same time
should be moving down one place to make room for Number Sixteen, who
should take his place at the head of the line next beyond Number One.

This play is repeated until Number One reaches his original position
again, and the bag is passed to him there. Immediately on receiving
it, he should lift it high, as a signal that the play is completed in
his group. The group wins whose first player is first to do this.

The game may be made a little more definite by Number One having some
distinguishing mark, as a handkerchief, tied on his arm.

When players have some proficiency in the game, as prescribed, they
may play with two bags instead of one, keeping both in play at once.
In this form of the game the diagonal opposites start each a bag at
the same time, that is, Number One and Number Nine. The game becomes
thus just twice as rapid. The team wins whose Numbers One and Nine
first succeed in both returning to their original positions, where
they should hold the bags aloft.

A score should be kept, each team scoring two points for winning a
game and one point for every time that its opponents' bags touch the
floor, either through poor throwing or bad catching.

The writer is indebted to Mr. Chesley's _Indoor and Outdoor
Gymnastic Games_ for several points of description or of play
for this game. Mr. Chesley has found it a very interesting
gymnasium game, with possibilities for much sport and skill.


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