Unicycle Games

Gladiators: knock off the other riders, last man riding wins…not for
kids? Rubbish, you try and stop them from joining in!!!
Watched some good “bouts” between a 12 year old lad and some beefy 6
footers.

Carol McLean <cettermclean@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi.
>
> I’ve been collecting information lately about unicycling games. I know
about
> hockey, basketball, sumo, and Quidditch.
>
> Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Carol M.
> Minnesota
>
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Hi.

I’ve been collecting information lately about unicycling games. I know about
hockey, basketball, sumo, and Quidditch.

Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.

Thanks.

Carol M.
Minnesota


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The classic game of tag. You’re it!:slight_smile:

On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 09:09:07 -0600, “Carol McLean”
<cettermclean@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.
I’ve played two more games. One is a children’s game, I’m not sure if
this is what they call catch-as-catch-can. One is “him” and chases the
others until he has touched one other player, who is then “him” etc.
Sorry for the clumsy description.

The other one is a variant and can very well be gone in a gym. All
players except one are on one short side of the gym, except one who is
in the centre of the gym. At a sign (whistle?), all have to go to the
other short end. Those touched by the centre person join him for the
next traverse, etc. It works best if the central area is delineated.
Mosty gyms have enough coloured lines on the floor. Traversing players
may only be touched in the central area of course.

Especially the second play is ideally suited for a wide range of skill
levels (and ages?). And the nice thing is that it advances beginner’s
skills quickly. They can do more than they think because they think no
more about what they can do.

Klaas Bil

“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a database:”
“RSOC, NAIAG, NCSA”

That first one is called tag in the U.S., as Drewnicycle posted in the previous message. “Him” is “it”
over here.

The second one sounds like fun, and having to react to avoid getting touched by the people in the middle
would probably do well to improve skills, since riders have to react to other riders that are in motion.

John

Klaas Bil wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 09:09:07 -0600, “Carol McLean”
> <cettermclean@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.
> I’ve played two more games. One is a children’s game, I’m not sure if
> this is what they call catch-as-catch-can. One is “him” and chases the
> others until he has touched one other player, who is then “him” etc.
> Sorry for the clumsy description.
>
> The other one is a variant and can very well be gone in a gym. All
> players except one are on one short side of the gym, except one who is
> in the centre of the gym. At a sign (whistle?), all have to go to the
> other short end. Those touched by the centre person join him for the
> next traverse, etc. It works best if the central area is delineated.
> Mosty gyms have enough coloured lines on the floor. Traversing players
> may only be touched in the central area of course.
>
> Especially the second play is ideally suited for a wide range of skill
> levels (and ages?). And the nice thing is that it advances beginner’s
> skills quickly. They can do more than they think because they think no
> more about what they can do.
>
> Klaas Bil
> –
> “To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a database:”
> “RSOC, NAIAG, NCSA”

The only other game i know of is jousting. Equipment ect is at http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/unijoust.html

John Zanetti wrote:

> That first one is called tag in the U.S., as Drewnicycle posted in the previous message. “Him” is “it”
> over here.
>
> The second one sounds like fun, and having to react to avoid getting touched by the people in the middle
> would probably do well to improve skills, since riders have to react to other riders that are in motion.
>

We play both of these games as warm ups at our practices and I agree that they do a lot help improve skills.
One variation we use after a couple games is to add the rule that a rider can’t be caught while doing a
specific skill: riding one foot, riding backward, walking the wheel, etc. We change the no-tag skill
frequently.

Another variation in tag is to have everyone who has been tagged to form a line behind the person who was
originally it by holding hands. As more people are tagged the line gets longer and is less maneuverable, but
in a confined space it becomes easier to trap those who haven’t been caught yet by using the line to block off
an area and close in slowly. The person who is ‘it’ needs to form a strategy about whom to catch first.

We also play follow the leader.

John Hooten

Jousting is pretty fun.

-Dylan ==============

I mentioned the second one to the group I ride with, and the 8-yr-old boy that rides with us said “Oh!
That’s sharks and minnows!”

So there you have it. :slight_smile:

John

Klaas Bil wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 09:09:07 -0600, “Carol McLean”
> <cettermclean@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.
> I’ve played two more games. One is a children’s game, I’m not sure if
> this is what they call catch-as-catch-can. One is “him” and chases the
> others until he has touched one other player, who is then “him” etc.
> Sorry for the clumsy description.
>
> The other one is a variant and can very well be gone in a gym. All
> players except one are on one short side of the gym, except one who is
> in the centre of the gym. At a sign (whistle?), all have to go to the
> other short end. Those touched by the centre person join him for the
> next traverse, etc. It works best if the central area is delineated.
> Mosty gyms have enough coloured lines on the floor. Traversing players
> may only be touched in the central area of course.
>
> Especially the second play is ideally suited for a wide range of skill
> levels (and ages?). And the nice thing is that it advances beginner’s
> skills quickly. They can do more than they think because they think no
> more about what they can do.
>
> Klaas Bil
> –
> “To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a database:”
> “RSOC, NAIAG, NCSA”

Carol McLean <cettermclean@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.

> I’ve been collecting information lately about unicycling games. I know about
> hockey, basketball, sumo, and Quidditch.

> Are there other fun games out there? Especially games for all ages.

Almost any “playground” games can be played on a uni - find out what
your local kids play and adapt appropriately. We often play “stuck in
the mud” - a bit like tag, but the tagged person gets off the uni and
can only get back on again when 2 different riders are holding his
hands.

Another fun game is musical unicycles - very similar to musical chairs,
but with a line of unicycles in the middle. People walk/run around the
outside and when the music stops, everyone tries to get a uni and ride
it. If you either can’t find a uni or, can’t ride the one you’ve got
you’re out. It is a good idea to get a selection of unicycle sizes and
types in the middle, from little to big to UW to giraffes - this makes
it more challenging for a wider range of people without alienating
the little one!

Paul

Paul Selwood
paul@vimes.u-net.com http://www.vimes.u-net.com

“John Zanetti” <gianniz80@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> That’s sharks and minnows!"

I don’t know about the rest of the UK but in Scotland the second game is
called British Bulldogs (though not on Unicycles).

Noel.Holland

That’s a cool name for it.

John

Noel Holland wrote:

> “John Zanetti” <gianniz80@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > That’s sharks and minnows!"
>
> I don’t know about the rest of the UK but in Scotland the second game is
> called British Bulldogs (though not on Unicycles).
>
> Noel.Holland

Ya, we called it British Bulldog in the California of my youth… anybody know why?

Christopher

Klaas Bil <klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> The other one is a variant and can very well be gone in a gym. All
> players except one are on one short side of the gym, except one who is
> in the centre of the gym. At a sign (whistle?), all have to go to the
> other short end. Those touched by the centre person join him for the
> next traverse, etc. It works best if the central area is delineated.

Thats known as British Bulldog in the Uk, we sometimes play it on
unis. Some versions are quite tame like the one described above, but it
can be more violent, with players haveing to be forced off there uni by
the Bulldogs in the middle, any player who touches the ground becomes a
bulldog. Good fun played on muddy fields.

Most British schools have banned this game from the playground as the
injury rate was too high. So we play on grass, the injury rate goes back
down and the muddiness factor goes up.

sarah

  British Unicycle Convention #9  April 19-21 2002

Unicycle Hockey, Games, Muni rides, Quidditch and Barn dance
Harry Cheshire High School, Habberley rd, Kidderminster
http://www.unicycle.org.uk/buc9/

The best game I know is one me and my friend play alot, Crack the Whip. We
each hold onto the end of a rope and ride past each other as fast as we can
and when the rope goes taut, whoever stays on their unicycle, is the winner.
It can hurt, but it’s worth it.
Dustin
Zupancic
“uni_boy50” <forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote in message
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> The only other game i know of is jousting. Equipment ect is at
> http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/unijoust.html
>
>
>
>
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> uni_boy50
> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums

It’s an ancient form of torture in the British prisons. They would get unruly
prisoners and have them run across a field with dogs in the middle. The last
man standing got to clean the kennels for a month.

John

rhysling wrote:

> Ya, we called it British Bulldog in the California of my youth…
> anybody know why?
>
> Christopher
>
> Noel Holland [/i]
>
> [B]“John Zanetti” <gianniz80@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
[i]> > That’s sharks and minnows!" wrote:
> > I don’t know about the rest of the UK but in Scotland the second game is
> > called British Bulldogs (though not on Unicycles).
> > Noel.Holland
>
> –
> rhysling
> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums

It’s an ancient form of torture in the British prisons. They would get unruly
prisoners and have them run across a field with dogs in the middle. The last
man standing got to clean the kennels for a month.

John

rhysling wrote:

> Ya, we called it British Bulldog in the California of my youth…
> anybody know why?
>
> Christopher
>
> Noel Holland [/i]
>
> [B]“John Zanetti” <gianniz80@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
[i]> > That’s sharks and minnows!" wrote:
> > I don’t know about the rest of the UK but in Scotland the second game is
> > called British Bulldogs (though not on Unicycles).
> > Noel.Holland
>
> –
> rhysling
> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums

> The only other game i know of is jousting. Equipment ect is at
> http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/unijoust.html

I was looking at that Microsoft picture, and it appears the riders are using
wooden lances. Padded ends or not, ouch! This may work well for basic-level
riders, but it looks like it could do a lot of damage in the hands of
strong, solid riders.

Well, I guess it would to a lot of damage with knights on horses as well, so
have at it. I’ll stick to Sumo and other games with smaller weapons… :slight_smile:

JF

> The only other game i know of is jousting. Equipment ect is at
> http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/unijoust.html

I was looking at that Microsoft picture, and it appears the riders are using
wooden lances. Padded ends or not, ouch! This may work well for basic-level
riders, but it looks like it could do a lot of damage in the hands of
strong, solid riders.

Well, I guess it would to a lot of damage with knights on horses as well, so
have at it. I’ll stick to Sumo and other games with smaller weapons… :slight_smile:

JF

> The only other game i know of is jousting. Equipment ect is at
> http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/unijoust.html

I was looking at that Microsoft picture, and it appears the riders are using
wooden lances. Padded ends or not, ouch! This may work well for basic-level
riders, but it looks like it could do a lot of damage in the hands of
strong, solid riders.

Well, I guess it would to a lot of damage with knights on horses as well, so
have at it. I’ll stick to Sumo and other games with smaller weapons… :slight_smile:

JF