Greek Games - Discover what you get
Looking for a fun, active, field game to introduce at your camp?
Hoping to extend your current athletics program?
Creating your own Greek games program is a reasonable option, and we aren’t claiming to be offering you something that you couldn’t find for yourselves. We are offering you a valuable insight and experience which will help you eliminate common mistakes and provide an activity that has a working balance of safety, fun and learning.
What you could do:
- Hire someone to create a Greek games activity from scratch. This will take approximately 30hrs+ of work at roughly $10 per hour, and you will only be able to research about 50% of what we offer you. You will need to:
- Research many Greek games resources: online, in books, publications, videos.
- Search for equipment online, in local stores, trade magazines, camp conferences, neighbor camps, etc.
- Create your own lesson plans.
- Trial and error the equipment and activity to find out safety points and logistical considerations.
- Research many Greek games resources: online, in books, publications, videos.
- Websites to check out:
- www.wikihow.com/throw-a-javelin
- http://www.nationalthrowscoachesassociation.com/Basic_Technique_for_Discus_Throwing.htm
- http://www.nationalthrowscoachesassociation.com/Basic_Technique_for_the_Shot_Put.htm
- A helpful book to read on the subject:
- Complete Book of Throws” by Jay Silvester - $16.46 on Amazon.
NB: Greek wrestling is not the same as high school or college wrestling. The version we teach is not available to learn anywhere else on the internet, or on video.
What we offer:
- A lesson plan incorporating 4 popular games – javelin, discus, shot put and Greek wrestling - focusing on safety, fun and learning.
- Videos of the activity being run and demonstrations of how to throw effectively.
- Equipment lists and recommendations for where to purchase from (NB: we do not receive royalties from the suppliers that we list).
- Safety considerations (except considerations which will be site specific – you can call us about those).
- Photos.
- Our trial-and-error knowledge points.
- A one hour telephone conversation with a member of our staff, well-versed in the program, to help you adapt it to your needs and answer any questions.
- Email contact for any questions that arise during your implementation.
- Special offers relating to your purchase, in addition to program updates.
Benefits:
It is our belief that the benefits you will receive from our Greek games package are valuably higher than the investment you would make in researching the games for yourself. There is no doubting that many summer camps do research and implement their own activities, and do it effectively. Our hope is that in finding the path to success, we can pass our tested knowledge on to you (much of it unavailable elsewhere), giving you the tools you need to create your own camp activity, without the time-consuming research.
- You invest considerably less personal and staff time and in researching the Greek games, the research has been done for you!
- You receive the benefit of our errors made, and knowledge developed from us running the program.
- A lesson plan that focuses on the learning and development of the campers.
- Many creative variations for the activity.
- Reliable contact with a human being, who can answer your questions and help you adapt the program to fit your organizations needs.
- We hope to spur innovation in your organization by planting a seed. If you create a program we don’t have, we‘d love to talk about buying it from you for our camp!
Greek Games
Package: $100
