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Required to be done before Class: none
Can be done before or after class: Requirement 3, 4, 5
Required to be done after class:
none Merit Badge Requirements:
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or
illnesses that could occur while playing sports,
including hypothermia; heatstroke; heat
exhaustion; frostbite; dehydration; sunburn;
blisters; hyperventilation; bruises; strains;
sprains; muscle cramps; broken, chipped,
loosened, or knocked-out teeth; bone fracture;
nausea; and suspected injuries to the back,
neck, and head.
- Explain sportsmanship. Tell why it is
important. Give several examples of good
sportsmanship in sports. Relate at least one of
these to 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.
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(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,
water-skiing, 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 (qualities) 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 3. |
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