World Games (Inside Sports)

Posted on February 28, 2008 by kieronski

Every year, we establish a greater respect for differences amongst cultures by exposing our students to games from around the world. Even though the students are used to our traditional American sports such as baseball and football, they should know there is a whole other world of games that people from other countries cherish. Our first week, we played games that involved an inside court such as Tchoukball (Switzerland), Sumo wrestling (Japan) and Broomball (Canada). We modified some rules to keep it simple. Prior to playing the games, each game’s history and customs was described to the students. Take a look at the three featured games.