D3 – Bellringer! If you forgot to fill out a permission form, call mom / dad right now, and have them fill it out!!! www.mrwrightmerit.weebly.com Open up your textbooks, and read pp 15-16. Then, proceed to answer the following questions: What is a “game medium”? Which type is mentioned first? Define it, and give several examples, and explain why you chose them. What does the text suggest you remember with these specific type of games? What is the second type of medium mentioned? Describe the 5 subtypes of it the text mentions, and give an example not mentioned.

Not Going…  If you are NOT going on the fieldtrip, please take a Yatzhee / Senet Game, pieces and instructions to the other classroom, and play at least one round. You may work on other classwork quietly if you finish early. Otherwise, we are heading out to try some Disc Golf!

Game Mediums Intro D4

D4 – Bellringer! What type of medium would you consider disc golf to be? Explain: What about Yahtzee? Explain why: Can you give an example of other games that fit into these medium types?

Physical Games and Sports As mentioned yesterday, there are many different types of mediums, or forms of games. The one that we focused on yesterday and today are physical games / sports. There are many types of physical games / sports. Can you identify some? Examples: Baseball Basketball Football Soccer & one of my favorites…Disc Golf!

Physical Games, Continued Often involve athletic activities, with special equipment (balls, nets, sticks, etc.) Usually the game revolves around one or two specific physical actions, and you are rewarded for skillfully performing those actions. Soccer for example revolves around dribbling, passing, and shooting the soccer ball into a net or to or past other players. The field of play is often quite important, etc.

Disc Golf Disc Golf evolved out of regular “old” golf, and is a lot cheaper and easier for more people to play than the original. Here’s an intro to the sport: VID 3/ 4 main types of discs: Putter (rounded, flat and heavier), for short distances (usually to the hole / cage) (50 ft or less) Mid-Range (a bit sharper on the edge, lighter, but still has some weight to it). Easier to control than drivers, doesn’t go as far (~200- 50 ft) Driver (thinner, lighter, for long distances) Fairway: good for most longer throws, a bit more stable than the distance type. Start with one of these (200-400 ft) Distance: lightest, sharpest type. Best for long holes, but require higher speeds and force to throw. Most don’t begin with these (300-600 ft)

Throwing Three types of main throws: Backhand: Used most often, most accurate for most players. If you use your right hand, it will bend away at the end towards the left, if thrown flat or hyzer (away end pointed down) Forehand: Used almost as much, a bit harder to master. If thrown right handedly and flat or hyzer, it will bend the other way, opposite the backhand. A driver, if allowed to go far enough, can also come back the other way in an S shape.

Scoring: You want to get the LOWEST score, and each throw counts as a point. You move onto the next hole after making it into the basket. I’ll keep track of everyone’s score today on the Udisc app…just 5 bucks a year, if you like disc golfing, totally worth it 

Practice So I know that many of you didn’t get to go on our fieldtrip…sadness! So, we are going to create our own disc golf course! The rules will be the same as regular disc golf, but we will use crates instead of regular baskets. But for our purposes, it’s fine  You can do the course with others, or there will be one basket to practice on. Now let’s go have some fun! One we finish, we’ll introduce you to bocce!

Afterwards Make sure to fill out a Game Analysis Paper, so that we can talk about it afterward 