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Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Strong
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 2

Basketball Challenge

Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Strong
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 2

Basketball Challenge

Snapshot of Activity

Play a game of “HORSE.”

Travel
5
3
2
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Before the meeting: 

  1. Find a basketball hoop or court the den can use. Get permission to use it if necessary.  
  2. Remind Cub Scouts, parents, and legal guardians that the Cub Scouts will be playing “HORSE” basketball and to make sure Cub Scouts wear appropriate clothing and food wear. 
  3. Remind parents and legal guardians of the location of the meeting, if different from normal meeting location, to gain access to a basketball court.  

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and explain to them the rules of HORSE.  
  2. Ask Cub Scouts what part of the Scout Law they should keep in mind when they are playing.  
  3. Choose the order in which Cub Scouts will shoot baskets for the game. 
  4. First player picks where they want to shoot the ball. 
  5. If a player makes the basket, the next player must shoot the ball from the same spot. 
  6. If a player misses the basket, then the second player shoots from wherever they want. 
  7. If the first player makes the basket, but the second player misses, the second player receives a letter in the word HORSE. 
  8. Players only get a letter if they miss the shot and the player before them makes the shot.  
  9. When a player has spelled HORSE, they are out of the game.

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Bray Barnes

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Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

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David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

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Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.