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Since this was our last week, and since we would not have time to research and attempt at a sport, we decided to reflect on our overall progress throughout this project. We successfully completed 5 sports one way or another. We had many obstacles such as a quarantine and a sprained foot, but we figured out a way to push through both of those problems and still managed to complete our sports. Sometimes we would have to do 2 one week or not do it another week because we both have many things going on in our lives but we made it work. We both enjoyed some of these sports and some we did not like as much. Here is our list of the sports we enjoyed the most (1) to the least (5).
1. Bossaball 2. Cup Stacking 3. Rock Paper Scissors 4. Quiddich 5. Hurling All of these sports were things we did not consider when we originally thought that we wanted to do sports for our genius hour project, but we are glad that we did them. They allowed us to think about that many of the sports we think are "normal sports" are not just the only sports. This project allowed us to become more open-minded to new things and not just shut out things we are unfamiliar with. Overall we both enjoyed working together on this and we look forward for you to see the outcome!
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For one of our final weeks, we attempted rock paper scissors. Yes, we already knew how to play and what the rules were, but we learned so much about the "sport" aspect of it. We learned many things that we did not know about the annual tournaments and competitors. Our videos may seem pretty simple for this one, and to be honest they were pretty easy to make and did not require much time, but the real reason that we did it was to show that is can be considered a sport. Obviously, you are not playing a sport every time you do rock paper scissors to make a decision, but when these people get out on that stage to compete, it is then considered a sport. Especially, when you are competing for $50,000+. One of the rounds that we played, Hunter won. The other round we played, Camden won. That put us at 1-1. This would mean that the winner of the next throw would win the set. Hunter ended up winning the set after he threw rock and Camden threw scissors. This was obviously a 50/50 chance for us because we are not pros at rock paper scissors. Other people though, put a lot of effort into it and at that point it would be based off of skill.
This week we "researched" rock paper scissors. Yes, we know basically everyone knows how to play rock paper scissors. We get it, but did you know there's an entire rock paper scissors tournament that occurs often throughout the year? Many people even bet money in order to play. It's a big deal to some people. Plus, we are running out of sports that don't require a lot of equipment that we don't already have.
The USA Rock Paper Scissors League is a national competition league for players. The first tournament occurred in 2006 and it is considered to be an annual thing each year. There is a $50,000 cash prize for the champion plus all of the money that was bet between players. During the tournament, the best 2 out of 3 "throws" which are the actual games, wins the set. The best 2 out of 3 sets, wins that match. The tournaments are single elimination, so once you lose one match you are out. A lot of competitors even come in costume for these tournaments. I understand that many may not consider rock paper scissors a sport, we don't really either. Many think of rock paper scissors as merely a way to figure out who gets something or as a way to settle disagreements. Though to many, rock paper scissors is a game that they play for a living. Many have different strategies or can somehow predict what the other person will throw, and that is why it is considered a sport to many people all over the world. This week we did cup stacking. It was one of the sports that we enjoyed most. We were not the best at it but it was still fun to try. I'm sure many people have done cup stacking in PE in elementary school just like we have. We did not realize that there were so many strategies to it though. Not going to lie, we were kinda awful at it. It was also super windy outside so that did not help at all. Like I said as well, we were not good and did not have the strategies that the professional competitors do. We ended up using some red solo cups and attempting different sequences which all seemed to fail. After failing at multiple spots outside we decided to try it under the shelter hoping that the wind would not blow as bad underneath there. It did. We were able to get them up a little bit more than before, but it was still not very successful. We definitely didn't break any records.
This week we learned and researched about cup stacking. Cup stacking is a sport that not many people think about when they think of sports, but it is a good option for those who do not enjoy team sports. You can work on this with very little equipment, on your own time. Cup stacking appears in many PE classes, TV shows, as well as in the Junior Olympics for males and females. In cup stacking, there are many different sequences that include: 3 3 3, 3 6 3, and 1 10 1. All of these can be done to break personal and world records. The goal of cup stackers all over the world is to either single handedly, or as a team beat records. I know that earlier I said that it could be a single person sport, but it can also include teams of 4 that each stack like a relay to beat records of other teams. Cup stacking is not just natural talent or practice. While it does require a lot of practice, it also is crucial to have tactics and strategies. Each player has different ways that they hold the cups, and different orders that they stack in. For cup stackers, they can practice with a mat called a Stack Mat. The mat has enough room to do any of the stacking patterns, and includes a timer for you to hit to start and stop your time. The mat allows stackers to save their times and experiment with the different holds and orders. People who cup stack, are very serious about it. There are tournaments all over that lead up to the Junior Olympics. Cup stacking records are being broken all the time all over the world.
This week we played hurling. Hurling was a little difficult to learn because it is not super like any sport we have played before. We were not very interested in this sport in general but decided to use it in our project anyways in order to show that all of the sports we did were not out favorites. When we started, we decided to use a fence as our "net". Along with the fence we used a tennis ball and a baseball bat as our sliotar and our hurley. In Hurling, you are allowed to hit the ball with your hand or the hurley so we decided to use both. We hit the ball up with our hands and then hit it with our "hurley". It was slightly difficult for us because we have never tried to hit a ball up with our hands like that and had to hit it after. Both of us have played baseball and softball before so hitting it was not a huge problem in general, we just could not hit it with the bat after using our hands. Like I said earlier, neither of us really enjoyed playing this game very much. It was not an awful sport, it is just not something that we are used to or show interest in. Not every sport that we have done have been our favorite to learn about or play, but we are interested in learning a few more sports before the project is over.
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