(adapted from "Troop Program Resources")
Procedure: Mark goal lines at each end of the playing area. One Scout is chosen as guardian of the gap (the space between the goal lines). The other players are divided into two teams, one behind each goal line. The guardian is in the center of the gap and calls the name of a Scout on one team. That Scout immediately shouts the name of a Scout on the other team. These two players must then try to change goals without being tagged by the guardian. If the guardian tags one of them, he changes places with the tagged player and joins the team toward which the tagged player was running. The tagged Scout is the new guardian of the gap and starts the next round by calling out another name. If the guardian tends to keep calling the same name time after time, make a rule that after a Scout has run, he steps back from the goal line and cannot run again until all have participated.
Scoring: None - just for fun.
Last Revised 04/09/02