Switch - it's a variation on 4 Corners. Start with one player at each of 4 corners (or chairs). A fifth person stands in the middle and is "It". All other players form a queue outside the play area. When "It" yells "Switch!", all players must leave their corner and find an empty corner. Meanwhile "It" steals a corner. Once the corners are taken, whoever is left is out, and goes to the back of the queue. The person at the front of the queue is now "It" and goes to the centre. The game moves quickly, so those waiting don't get bored or restless. Being out is less disappointing because they get back in the game soon enough, and everyone usually gets a break from running at some point.
My Scout group plays a game called "5 Chairs" so named because it's dodgeball with 5 Chairs on either side and much like your scatter ball when you're hit you go and stand on the chairs on the opposite side so your still involved if someone on your sides chairs catches a ball thrown by someone on your team who's still in then everyone on those chairs are back in. It is the favourite default game of our group and has resulted in many happy nights... and broken clocks.
Love the videos! We have a cub in a wheel chair so it can be challenging to come up with/adapt games to include all, Scout Scout Scout is a great one we can use, thank you!
One spring about a million years ago I helped organise a scavenger hunt for Cubs - go out in your sixes and collect objects for every letter, A, B, C, D.... Ten minutes later we were visited by the most irate gardner who had just had his crop of D-affodils, which he'd been waiting all winter for, decimated! Happy days!
Great stuff 👍 Thanks. Back to the coal face tonight. We will be loosing two Cub leaders at half term so we are combining Cubs and Scouts until we get enough leaders. I go to India for three weeks starting 1st October just to make things worse! Any ideas 💡? Thanks
@@bigmaninthewoods Running two sections together is a bit of a challenge. The Scouts want to do different things to the Cubs. We have done it before and taken the Scouts out separately for a while but now we will be two leaders down. Any tips for getting new leaders? Thanks 👍
@@dougirvine6978 Could the older Scouts take on more of a leadership role? Help facilitate small group discussions, demonstrate skills. They could be your new leaders in a couple of years. It's important for them to have their own time too, maybe 30 min after Cubs go home?
For the scout hall basketball, how do the scouts know where they can sit ? Or can they sort anywhere? If anywhere, is it a bit like musical chairs until they all fine a chair they like 😂
@KramNellup nope. I’m a Scout Leader in London. I started this channel because there wasn’t anything information, ideas, advice for Scout Leaders. So I just decided to start this up and share what I’ve learnt along the way as a Scout Leader
Have a look at this playlist for even more game ideas:-
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I'm in the States and definitely going to use some of these with my Pack. Thank you for sharing!
That’s great to hear. Let me know how it goes.
BTW where in the states do you Scout?
Switch - it's a variation on 4 Corners. Start with one player at each of 4 corners (or chairs). A fifth person stands in the middle and is "It". All other players form a queue outside the play area. When "It" yells "Switch!", all players must leave their corner and find an empty corner. Meanwhile "It" steals a corner. Once the corners are taken, whoever is left is out, and goes to the back of the queue. The person at the front of the queue is now "It" and goes to the centre. The game moves quickly, so those waiting don't get bored or restless. Being out is less disappointing because they get back in the game soon enough, and everyone usually gets a break from running at some point.
That sounds a fun game 👍🏻👍🏻
My Scout group plays a game called "5 Chairs" so named because it's dodgeball with 5 Chairs on either side and much like your scatter ball when you're hit you go and stand on the chairs on the opposite side so your still involved if someone on your sides chairs catches a ball thrown by someone on your team who's still in then everyone on those chairs are back in. It is the favourite default game of our group and has resulted in many happy nights... and broken clocks.
Sounds good 👍🏻
Love the videos! We have a cub in a wheel chair so it can be challenging to come up with/adapt games to include all, Scout Scout Scout is a great one we can use, thank you!
Ah thank you- glad it’s useful for you Peter 👍🏻👍🏻
One spring about a million years ago I helped organise a scavenger hunt for Cubs - go out in your sixes and collect objects for every letter, A, B, C, D.... Ten minutes later we were visited by the most irate gardner who had just had his crop of D-affodils, which he'd been waiting all winter for, decimated! Happy days!
Hahahahahhaha the whole scavenging hunt from his garden lol
Appreciate your content. Keep the videos coming
More to come James 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow, thank you
Great stuff 👍 Thanks.
Back to the coal face tonight. We will be loosing two Cub leaders at half term so we are combining Cubs and Scouts until we get enough leaders. I go to India for three weeks starting 1st October just to make things worse! Any ideas 💡? Thanks
What ideas are you after Doug?
@@bigmaninthewoods Running two sections together is a bit of a challenge. The Scouts want to do different things to the Cubs. We have done it before and taken the Scouts out separately for a while but now we will be two leaders down. Any tips for getting new leaders? Thanks 👍
@@dougirvine6978 Could the older Scouts take on more of a leadership role? Help facilitate small group discussions, demonstrate skills. They could be your new leaders in a couple of years. It's important for them to have their own time too, maybe 30 min after Cubs go home?
Might try the seated basketball tomorrow
Give it a go 👍🏻👍🏻 🏀🏀🏀
For the scout hall basketball, how do the scouts know where they can sit ? Or can they sort anywhere? If anywhere, is it a bit like musical chairs until they all fine a chair they like 😂
They sit where ever they want to…. Randomly
Do you do this as a commercial project?
What do you mean?
I was wondering if the blogs are part of a business?
@KramNellup nope. I’m a Scout Leader in London.
I started this channel because there wasn’t anything information, ideas, advice for Scout Leaders. So I just decided to start this up and share what I’ve learnt along the way as a Scout Leader
Awesome
Out of interest, why did you ask if they are part of a business?