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Description

Make a tripod then set it on the pitch. Can you work together to score a goal without abandoning your creation?
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/tripod-football/

Resources

Bamboo canes
Rope
Footballs
Something to mark lines (for example, chalk, masking tape, or rope)

Instructions

** Build tripods **
Put three poles next to each other. Make sure they’re lined up so the bottoms are even.
Use a clove hitch to attach the rope to one of the outside poles. Attach the rope about 15cm from the top of the pole.
Wrap the short tail around the long end of the rope.
Make seven or eight wrapping turns (wrap the rope around all three poles at once).
The tighter you make these turns, the stiffer your tripod legs will be.
Put the end of the rope between the middle pole and the pole with the clove hitch on. Make two frapping turns (wrap the rope around the wraps of rope you made in step four).
Pull the frapping turns tight.
You could stand on the poles as you gently pull the rope.
Move the end of the rope across the middle pole and put it between the middle pole and the other outside pole.
Don’t put the rope diagonally across the wraps of rope.
Make another two frapping turns and pull them tight.
Tie a clove hitch around the outside pole that doesn’t have a clove hitch on already. Leave a length of rope to act as the tripod’s handle.
Stand up the tripod by crossing the outside legs under the middle pole.

** Set up the pitch **
Everyone should split into two teams.
The person leading the activity should mark out a rectangular pitch on the floor with a goal at each end.
Everyone should take it in turns to place their tripods on the pitch. Each player should be two metres away from others – the tripods may need to be more spaced out than this if players can move around their tripod a little.
It’s up to you how you lay the pitch out – you could use the layout of table football to get you started.
Each player should stand by their tripod and hold the rope handle.

** Play tripod football **
Each team should work together to score a goal, playing football as normal but without letting go of their rope handle or moving their tripod. This will make it easy to stay two metres apart while playing.
People won’t be able to dribble the ball, so they’ll have to rely on their teammates much more.
If the ball goes out of play, it should go to the team who weren’t last to touch it. No one should leave their tripods: the person leading the activity should kick it back to the nearest player on the team that gained control.
If a team scores a goal, the other team get control of the ball. The person leading the game should kick the ball back to their player who’s closest to the middle of the pitch.

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Badge Links

• Pioneer - Game
• Pioneer - Hitch
• Pioneer - Lashing
• Teamwork - Team game