Creative Challenge
Here is a creative Challenge. Most existing sports have been around a long time. The Challenge is to invent a new sport. There are the following requirements:
1. Must look good on television.
2. There must be build up and anticipation (about to happen etc).
3. Suitable for mixed ages.
4. Easy to understand and follow.
5. Colourful.
1. Must look good on television.
2. There must be build up and anticipation (about to happen etc).
3. Suitable for mixed ages.
4. Easy to understand and follow.
5. Colourful.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on -
How about an improvisational music/performance art game?
The sport is musicianship; but every level of musicianship is possible & should be included so everyone has a change to participate from every age group and skill level.
The objective is the "best" improvisational performance art piece integrating performers of all abilities. The success, beauty, quality can be commented on, appraised or voted by a panel and/or the audience.
Each group that competes on TV would require people of varied levels of skill built into it as part of their "handicap." Famous musicians can participate, but they must integrated with other members of their group who are not selected by them or the performance can be in another genre other than what they have become famous for performing. (In fact, including famous musicians would help draw viewers, obviously. )
On TV, part of the pre-game could even go through a selection process of who makes the team. Lower skill level musicians, (there would be one person the group would have to integrate with no prior music ability,) could be selected by chance; higher level would be selected for skill tests.
I've written about how a group like this could integrate performers on all levels on my website. It's called the Arranger's Game. Turning it into a TV show would only take putting competition between groups into it.
Tell me what you think and how you could improve on this idea!
http://www.franis.org/out4improv/
p.s: Does this announcement of an invention comprise publication?
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Permalink Reply by LoL on -
Having looked at the replies thus far submitted, I am minded to enquire as to the definition of 'sport' in this context
Maybe I am being too conservative in my assessment, but the suggestions do not, to my mind at least, seem to adhere to the commonly understood meaning of the word; which generally seems to imply a physical, rather than intellectual, activity
Indeed, many activities that are honoured with the title do not seem to do so either, despite official sanction - I do not, for instance, consider chess to be a sport, so much as a competitive activity ... nor am I convinced that fox-hunting is a sport either; there being no element of concensual competition between the participants
So ... What exactly is a sport? - I assume that for the purposes of this challenge the word is being used as a noun, rather than a verb
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Permalink Reply by LoL on
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Thinking Training said:Can I politely suggest that as part of the creative exercise you use your own definition of what a sport is and then go on from there. As starters, you could create three definitions and then choose the best! The ball is in your court! :)
Hmmmm ... inevitable, I suppose
Interestingly, however, I find I was being even more linear/conservative than I initially feared and am now considering challenging myself not with creating a new sport, but redefining the term 'sport' altogether - Something along the lines of that game, using a 'polygraph' ... (can't remember the correct term) ... connected to a computer, with the aim of arriving at a measurable, pre-determined end-state on-screen by relaxing, so that the less competitive one is, the closer to victory one becomes
Am I allowed to submit an already extant idea by someone else? - After all, they did not conceive of it as a 'sport' ... (although there is the element of competition) ... and I am, therefore, finding a new use for it that goes beyond the initial limitation of their concept of it being a player-vs-computer / player-vs-friends-at-home 'game'
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Permalink Reply by LoL on
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Thinking Training said:It would be tempting to argue the point re: What is a Sport? This is tempting because traditional thinking is mainly argument. .
Oh, I'm not interested in arguing for the sake of proving that "You are wrong: Therefore I am right"
But in order to pursue any endeavour, parameters must be defined
Even the process of creative thinking requires this - After all, when it comes to exploring new ideas about food provision. if what actually constitutes food has not been agreed upon then little progress can be made, since building the Forth Bridge would be equally as valid a serving suggestion for the evening as, say, shepherd's pie
So, I don't think there is no place for critical thinking as part of the creative process ... It just depends upon the purpose of that creative process as to how much critical thinking might be required - If the end result is to be the creation of something for it's own sake, then not much will be required beyond decision-making about aestaethics; whereas, if it is to be the achievement of a specific goal ... (in this instance, a sport) ... then critical thinking is an essential part of the creative process
For me, that initial, critical, process precedes the creative one - First the what ... and only then the how ... if time and resources are not to be wasted
I simply remain open-minded about the how during the initial, critical, analysis - Since the two processes serve different functions, I see them as separate and do not feel any need to exclude the critical phase as a result of my intention to, subsequently, engage in the creative one
So, I wondered what the parameters were ... what the acceptable limits of the term 'sport' would be ... before continuing
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Permalink Reply by Juan Francisco on -
Philosophy of this kind of frontenis: The frontenis, as competition is a very violent game. Practice are required for physical conditions that are not present in the majority of the population. To allow this sport to a much wider range of people, and turn it into a real game, fun and healthy, I thought this output: Skipping LINES.
THE GAME THE SECOND BOAT, This will place two rays parallel to the wall playing at 9 and 12 meters of it. And the stadium is divided along in two halves, with another line, as we shall see later.
Frontenis in the first game jackpot is the main cause of his rudeness. If you play the second pot, you can practice at any age and, as discussed below, this mode becomes a more cerebral sport muscle. This is achieved by making the ball back to the wall, has to bounce twice: The first boat, necessarily, before the first line, closest to the wall game, and second, behind the farthest. That is, is played to the second pot.
Because every day there are more people live longer in our population, this form of frontenis may play a role even therapeutic, improving brain function and muscle and improved preservation of joint function due to a moderate exercise and healthy, so this sport becomes a GAME, something quite different from any other competitive sport, which in principle can all generate different pathologies. From the medical point of view, any competitive sport is really healthy, and this mode of frontenis it is.
WAYS TO USE: Fronton, which is inserted in the center of the wall in game two concentric circles, a white circle, one meter in diameter. Within this circle there is another target, with the same color as the rest of the front wall of 50 cm in diameter. These targets may be permanently painted or made of a durable material and thin, with appropriate colors , so that they can be hung from the center of the wall, or stuck in it, and, if possible, that sound so different from the impact of the ball. Two white lines or yellow, in cincocentímetros wide, parallel to wall game, 9 and 12 meters from the wall. Are key to the game. A longitudinal line that divided the back of the court into two equal halves. One or two racquets per player of your choice.
TECHNIQUE: We recommend practicing with two rackets, one in each hand, or playing with two hands and a racquet. This exercise is more balanced and healthy. In any case, to encourage the development of both halves of the body equally, it is determined that the hand with the racket is operated by the middle of the field on which the second boat.
The ball is struck after the second pot, and allowing also hit after a possible third boat, and remain valid move. From the third boat, take the ball and takes the player to which the next shot. The hand with which the ball must be struck: the left hand to the ball which is the second boat on the left half of the court, or to the left of the longitudinal line. When the second boat be in the right half, the ball must be played with your right hand. Otherwise, do not blow this score. If the second boat is on the line center, the player can choose the hand with the racket that operated in this game. To serve, the player chooses to use the hand. Although is right to hit the ball to the third boat, if it occurs, will be the hand that corresponds to the place where the second.
SCORE: The ball must bounce in front of the first RAYA AND BEHIND THE SECOND. If the ball comes from any part of the front wall, outside the circle, then scored as one. "If the ball is the white disk, the most big, scoring five. And if you come from the target, scoring ten.
PROCEDURES:
a) Young simply winning before reaching a hundred points, or to be agreed in advance. The first serve is decided with a coin in the air. The ball is hit alternately by each player.
B) couples in Team: This mode plays several couples, belonging to two different teams. Winner is the team that comes with fewer hits to a hundred points. The winning team who finishes with fewer strokes. Whenever two players are involved, one from each team. So until you have all the components of the two teams.
c) Individual: many players can participate as they wish. Whenever only one play, and earn points that reaches at least one hundred strokes. Therefore should be counted from the beginning of each game, until they complete the stipulated number of points for this item. Therefore, do not know the order of the winners until they have finished playing the last of those registered. The order of the game will be the registration of the party.
In the case of couples where there is an interruption of the game because the ball was impracticable, the next you do get the player to beat that it was not possible. The items are made of one hundred points or more if desired. In simple mode pairs wins the player before the full score, even if the purpose of seeing the progress of each player, you can also timing in order to know the minimum time in which to reach one hundred points. pairs team won the team to get beaten in the least amount of employees for all components
In competitions, during a season can be a prize for the player who was in competition control, fewer strokes, and the team that achieved the lowest number in one of the parties.
ARBITRATOR: They can carry the account of the score the same players, but if there is an arbitrator, to be placed on the opposite side of the wall of the front wall, between two lines, to appreciate better the boat if the ball was in place correct. At parties there must be two pairs referees, so that each one controls the number of strokes which the player is given. The boat above the RAYAS to be invalid, unlike tennis.
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Permalink Reply by Juan Francisco on
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Yellow: 10 points. The ball comes from the target.
In red: 5 points. Comes the white disk.
In blue: 1 point. Comes from the wall, outside the circles.
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Permalink Reply by Juan Francisco on
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Thinking Training said:Hey Juan
I like your game. And your diagram.
Thanks You!. Although I must admit that I'm not the creator. It's another person.
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Permalink Reply by Sinclair McLay on -
Allow the use of hands in football by the outfield players. Not for catching or throwing or running with the ball - but only for flicking the ball on. Make it no contact to emphasise the gentler, more balletic side of this new sport. Plus a few other tweaks.
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Permalink Reply by Johan Vercruysse on -
So last night was stormy and gave birth to the "bipolar multipe pursuit". The game is played on a standard running court. A number of teams of four to five runners have a starting position which gives the same distance between all teams.
At tha start signal, each team is pursuing the team before it. At random times twithin certain time constraints) a stop signal occurs. All the terrain gained on the other team is credited, the terrain lost on the pursuing team is debited. Within tens of seconds, the team takes its position at the stop signal and awaits the new start. At start everyone runs in the other direction, pursuing the team that just before was pursuing them.
This goes on until an elimination moment occurs. The team with the worst score leaves the running court. But if any runner at any moment can touch a player of the team he pursues, that player is "out" en becomes a zombie for the other team. That mean he cannot be touched, neither win points, but if he touches a participant of a third team, that participant is also out (and becomes also a zombie). A team leaves the pursuit if only (one/two) players are actif. So the Zombie can help his own team, by turning the third team below the minimum level. He knows though, that at the signal, the new Zombie will pursue his team.
Ok no details but with some experimentation this might give some firework at the running courts too.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Chuck DesJardins on -
Boomerang Hockey - a boomerang is thrown forward but comes back to the person who threw it. Boomerang hockey could be a sport where your goal is on your back side and not your front. You pass the boomerang forward but it ends up behind you. To pass the boomerang, it must be to a teammate who is either even with you on the field or behind you on the field. The goal of the game is to score a goal in a net that is behind you, and not in front of you.
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Permalink Reply by Johan Vercruysse on
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A goal on your back, why not. As you are moving towards other players to score in their goal that they are carrying on their back, at the same time you have to watch that the goal on your own back is niet scored.
Dr. Chuck DesJardins said:Boomerang Hockey - a boomerang is thrown forward but comes back to the person who threw it. Boomerang hockey could be a sport where your goal is on your back side and not your front. You pass the boomerang forward but it ends up behind you. To pass the boomerang, it must be to a teammate who is either even with you on the field or behind you on the field. The goal of the game is to score a goal in a net that is behind you, and not in front of you.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on
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Kim, have you ever thrown a boomerang? It's the shape of it that specifies how it returns to you, as well as your skill in being able to throw it in the manner toward the goal(s) you intend.
Perhaps a "soft" version of a boomerang for safety's sake - I think they already have these.
The other possibility is to have a back board, like a tennis court backboard or racketball court, that springs whatever is tossed at it back behind the thrower. In the USA there are these circular Saturn-like ring that will fly quite long distances. They bounce when they hit surfaces. Perhaps those could be used?
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