Where and when did PT cadences come about? For instance, the "one, two, three, ONE," and so on, to count repetitions? If anyone has info on the subject, please post.
Also, If anyone has ideas for no contact physical sports, please post those too. I have access to a football, and we play Gatorball. I wanna shake it up a bit.
If we do PT similarly, it's based off of the Air Force. Counting PT is pretty logical-just a matter of counts and repetitions.
Sports? Ultimate frisbee is awesome. "Defenderball/Air Force Football" is another good game. It's the same concept as ultimate, but since throwing the football is easier for a lot of people it can help keep the pace high.
If you're looking for other things to do after the CPFT, you can try more group workouts. Something like Crossfit or P90X can be a lot of fun for a squadron. I know a squadron that alternates sports and putting P90X on a projector for their cadets.
Counting PT repetitions came about in many ways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_cadence
^ While it doesn't really say much about pt 'repetitions', they basically came about the same way. Someone found out that it gets the group to motivate individuals to perform better and then it spread to other units and branches.
For Physical sports, Ultimate Frisbee is probably one of the best. Its an easy sport to learn, its no-contact, there really isn't much to learn, and one or two people can't dominate the sport. I can post you a link to some decent rules for non-competition play (For people that don't play regularly) and you are able to be flexible with the amount of people (You can play from 6 to 24 people!)
To help people with running, you can see about doing ability group runs. Set up groups a, b, c, and d (A for 7 or better mile, b for 830 to 7, c for 10 to 830, d for 10+). Then stretch out, set a timer for 15-30 minutes of running/walking.
Volleyball is also another teamsport you can do that is easy to set up and is an excellent team builder. It's also something that some Air force units do from time to time for PT.
And theres plenty more... PM me if you want a long list.
This one is good with a lot of cadets. All you need is a frisbee. At an encampment training weekend we actually played this inside a small classroom.
1- form cadets into a large circle.
2- have one cadet in the middle of the circle
3- cadets on the out side have 3 chances to hit the cadet in the middle with a frisbee
4- if cadet in the middle is hit, he/she will do 10 pushups
5- if cadets on the outside fail to hit cadet in middle after 3 chances, they will all do 10 pushups
6- if cadet in middle catches frisbee, then the cadet who threw the frisbee replaces the cadet in the middle
7- if the cadet in the middle is hit in the face/head, then the person who threw the frisbee does 20 pushups
8- the staff can switch out the person in the middle if he/she has been in for an excessive ammount of time
9- cadet in the middle has free reign and can do everything but exit the circle to avoid being hit
10- the cadets on the can move around in order to catch a frisbee that missed the person in the middle
Quote from: kOOgs20 on July 07, 2010, 04:41:08 AM
This one is good with a lot of cadets. All you need is a frisbee. At an encampment training weekend we actually played this inside a small classroom.
1- form cadets into a large circle.
2- have one cadet in the middle of the circle
3- cadets on the out side have 3 chances to hit the cadet in the middle with a frisbee
4- if cadet in the middle is hit, he/she will do 10 pushups
5- if cadets on the outside fail to hit cadet in middle after 3 chances, they will all do 10 pushups
6- if cadet in middle catches frisbee, then the cadet who threw the frisbee replaces the cadet in the middle
7- if the cadet in the middle is hit in the face/head, then the person who threw the frisbee does 20 pushups
8- the staff can switch out the person in the middle if he/she has been in for an excessive ammount of time
9- cadet in the middle has free reign and can do everything but exit the circle to avoid being hit
10- the cadets on the can move around in order to catch a frisbee that missed the person in the middle
IMHO this pretty much amounts to hazing.
Quote from: Spaceman3750 on July 07, 2010, 05:04:09 AM
IMHO this pretty much amounts to hazing.
Oh boy, here we go. ::)
OH come on! Granted I might wanna tweak the rules to say that there's no hitting of the face/head with the frisbee (as there were many cadets around WIWAC that i'd put out 20 pushups to beam someone in the head with a frisbee) but all in all, it sounds like a fun game.
Saying that's hazing is like saying playing tag on a playground is hazing because SOMEONE has to be "it"
How about a training aid called the circle of fire? Its a little similar to K00gs20, but not even close to hazing.
Basically the group gets into a circle, Someone starts by shouting out a move (Like push-ups, flutter kicks, sit-ups, etc.), and the next person to the right shouts out the number of repetitions (With a set maximum). Once everyone finishes, the next person shouts out a move and the next person to the right shouts out the number of reps and you repeat until everyone goes.
However I do agree that the frisbee thing could get pinged as hazing if it got out of control and/or someone took it the wrong way.
Quote from: Ozzy on July 07, 2010, 06:53:42 AMHowever I do agree that the frisbee thing could get pinged as hazing if it got out of control and/or someone took it the wrong way.
I probably should have been more clear. ^^ This quote more accurately reflects my feelings towards this. On paper, it sounds fine, but in practice you have to be careful that C/Snuffy that nobody likes for whatever reason doesn't keep getting put in the middle and hit in the face a surprising number of times. Just have an SM or senior cadet keep it in control.
LOL, calling Hazing on this is like how some people just walk into a thread and 'yell' OPSEC and leave ..
A frisbee is a pretty gentle bump unless it raps on a wrist bone, or your forehead, but in this kind of setting I can't see that really being much of an issue, as it would be pretty 'slow' play. If someone is playing out of place and practically beaming that disc it would be something to look into, but with others involved in the play, it would be something I don't expect.
Everyone agreed before we played. Plus a number of Sqd commanders and wing staff were present.