Sports
Sports merit badge requirements from ? to 1996:
- Explain sportsmanship. Tell why it is important. Give
several examples of good sportsmanship in sports.
Relate at least one of these to 4 citizenship off the
sports field.
- Take part for one full season as a member of an
organized team in ONE of the following sports:
baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, diving,
fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice
hockey, lacrosse, rugby, skating (ice or roller),
soccer, softball, swimming, team handball, tennis,
track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.
(Or any other recognized team sport approved in advance
by your counselor, except boxing and karate.)
- Take part in ONE of the following sports on a
competitive basis in two organized meets or
tournaments: archery, badminton, bait or fly casting,
bowling, canoeing, cycling, diving, fencing, fishing,
golf, gymnastics, handball, horsemanship, horseshoes,
judo, orienteering, paddleball, rifle or shotgun
shooting, sailing, skating (ice or roller), skiing,
swimming, table tennis, track and field, waterskiing,
and wrestling. (Or any other recognized sport approved
in advance by your counselor, except boxing and
karate.)*
- Make a set of training rules for the sports you picked.
Tell why these rules are important. Follow these rules.
Design exercises for these sports. Keep a record of how
you do in these sports for one season. Show how you
have improved.
- Show proper technique in your two picked sports.
- Explain the attributes of a good team leader and a good
team player.
- Draw diagrams of the playing areas for your two
sports.
- Explain the rules and etiquette for your two sports.
List the equipment needed. Describe the protective
equipment. Tell why it is needed. Tell what it does.
* This cannot be the same sport used to meet requirement 2.
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