Ghetto Olympics Year 4
Even More Games!
Overview
We are back! This year had some unfortunate circumstances, but we made it work. The morning of, I needed to take my wife to Urgent care. After we left, she said she felt fine but would stay at home to rest. This postponed the event for a couple of hours and I was not able to set everything up ahead of time. Another factor was that there was a cold front coming that day with a chance of rain, so not likable weather for the event. The last thing is that many athletes canceled at the very last minute, so there was a smaller showing.
All of that to say, we still had a blast! Similarly to the previous year, there are not that many photos/videos, but I will share some highlights.
Event Details
- New Games
- Tons of Fun
So Simple, So Funny
I sorta thought of this game last minute, and man oh man, it turned out to be one of my favorites. Who knew being in an open field blindfolded would still make people scared to run into things?
The game is simple. Teams of two. One person starts with a softball, they are blindfolded, and spun around in circles. When the timer starts, they must get their ball into a hula hoop on the other side of the field, but they cannot move while touching the ball. Their partner has to stay out of bounds on the side and direct them. Once the ball is placed in the hula hoop, teammates switch roles and repeat it back toward the start. Points were given based on time taken to complete.
Teach A Duck to Fly
The Slingshot game was different this year. The game was teams of two. One person gets 5 shots to shoot a rubber ducky to their partner across the field. The further the partner is, the more points they get. The partner catching has to catch it in a bowl of water.
Now here was the twist. The points didn't matter, I secretly measured how much water was still in the bowl after they had shot their 5 shots. Teams were placed based on how much water they retained.
Dino Buckets
Athletes were blindfolded and sat in front of a bucket. They did not know that the bucket was mainly filled with Orbeez which feel very weird to touch when you don't know you are touching them. When the time started, they had to reach into their bucket to find 5 Dinosaurs, 5 army men, and 5 ping pong balls. Athletes had to also correctly sort each of the items into their respective cups.
When they were done I would mark the time, and check their sorting. Any incorrect sort added 30 seconds to their time.
Ball Pit Memory
By far the best game of this year. At one end of the field there is a storage bin with many things in it. First, it was filled with cold water, then on the bottom there is a laminated card with a grid of colors. This grid is covered by beans: black beans, pinto beans, and kidney beans. And then floating on top are cut up pool noodles.
At the other end of the field was a 4x4 grid of holes (the wind would knock the balls over so we used tape to hold them down) and colored balls. The Athlete would need to run to the bin, and only using a special hat I made, move the beans to show the laminated paper. They would need to memorize the colors and run back to fill the 4x4 grid with balls of the correct color. Athletes were placed based on how quickly they could correctly fill the grid.
