Item Name: Sports 1978 - 1990

Item ID: Sports-H4

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements July 1976 until February 1979

1. Explain sportsmanship. Tell why it is important. Give several examples of good sportsmanship in sports. Relate at least one of these to everyday citizenship off the sports field.

2. Take part for one full season as a member of an organized team in ONE of the following team 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
Wrestling
(Or any other recognized team sport approved in advance by your counselor, except boxing and karate)

3. * Take part in ONE of the following individual sports on a competitive basis in at least two organized meets or tournaments:

Badminton
Bait or Fly Casting
Bowling
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Fencing
Fishing
Golf
Gymnastics
Handball
Horsemanship
Horseshoes
Judo
Orienteering
Paddle Ball
Rifle or shotgun shooting
Sailing
Skating (ice or roller)
Skiing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Track and Field
Waterskiing
Wrestling
(Or any other recognized individual sport approved in advance by your counselor except boxing and karate)

4. 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.

5. Show proper techniques in your two picked sports.

6. Explain the attributes of a good team leader and a good team player.

7. Draw diagrams of the playing areas for your two sports.

8. 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 No.2

 

Requirements February 1979 until September 1995.

1. Explain sportsmanship. Tell why it is important. Give several examples of good sportsmanship in sports. Relate at least one of these to everyday citizenship off the sports field.

2. 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.)

3. *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, tennis, track and field, waterskiing, and wrestling. (Or any other recognized sport approved in advance by your counselor, except boxing and karate.)

4. 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.

5. Show proper techniques in your two picked sports.

6. Explain the attributes of a good team leader and a good team player.

7. Draw diagrams of the playing areas for your two sports.

8. 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 No. 2.