CORNHOLE

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HEY HEY HEY !

How you doing ? I'm back with new interesting sport that I discovered. As you can see in the gif above, the sport called CORNHOLE ! I know it sounds weird but, that was actually a real sport. This sport was originated in America.

The information referred from Ninh Ly

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Cornhole or called "American Cornhole" is popular at the tailgate and social gathering which now become a televised professional sport in the United State. This sport can be played as a single which one player against another player or as doubles where two players against another two players. In doubles, the teammate stands at the opposite boards. The objective of this game is to score more than your opponent. 

The idea of Cornhole is to try and throw the bag into the hole. Once you attempted this, it is your opponent who turns to do the same.

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CORNHOLE

1. Each player owned 4 bags filled with corn or something similar and different in colors to their opponent.

2. They will aim the bag into the hole which is situated on a board that is 27 feet away.

3. To start a game, a coin toss or rock paper scissor will determine who will throw first.

4. Players are permitted to stand on either side of the board in a 4' x 3' area which called the pitches box.

5. In pitches box : They cannot cross the front of it and if you doing so, your throw will be invalid and any point your score will be removed.

6. A game played until someone score 21 points. The first person or team reached 21 first will win.

7. In most games, the winning margin was 21 points or over. But in some tournaments, you need to score exactly 21 points, and if the score over 21, the total score will be reset to 15 points.

8. The player needs to throw every bag in a single inning using the same hand.

9. The player has a maximum of 20 seconds to throw each bag into the hole.

10. The player cannot cross the front line during the throw.

11. The player must throw the back using an underarm manner.

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[Example of Cornhole court]

SCORES

1. In the Court/Woody (1 Point) : If you manage to land the bag on the board.

2. In the Hole/Cornhole (3 Points) : If you manage to throw the bag into the hole, either directly or deflecting in it.

3. Miss/Foul (0 Point) : If you miss the hole completely, if the bag touch the ground or if one of the bags falls off from the board.

4. Inning/Frame : Once all player threw all the 4 bags

The score will be counted up for each player and subtracted from each other. The player who had scored more, get to add the score differences to his/her totals point score. 

If both player score the exact same point, the inning is declared a draw. A new inning will start from the opposite board, with the player or team scoring the most in the previous round will throw first.

CORNHOLE BOARD

These boards are 24" x 48" in sizes and the hole was 6 inches from the top of the board.

BAG

The bag itself filled with corn or similar material which 6" x 6" maximum with weight of 16 ounces. One side of the bag was rougher than the other side. The material used was Suede. The reason was as to get the friction effect.

TYPES OF SHOT

Each player has their own style of shot or technique in order to win the game.

1. Slide Shot : Where the bag hits the board and slides into the hole.

2. Blocker : Where a bag intentionally is thrown to stop short of the hole to block an opponent slide.

3. Bouncer : Where a bag in bounced in and over the opponent blocker.

4. Mailshot : The bag intentionally tossed directly into the hole.

I found this sport is really interesting to play especially during family or friends gathering or maybe we can hold an event or competition in our country. I hope this information may give you an idea of what kind of games you want to play for your event in the future. HEHE 😁

Here, I put a video of Cornhole :

"Best Shot in the American Corn Hole League / Amazing Shots with Bags"

SEE YOU AGAIN IN MY NEXT BLOG WITH ANOTHER INTERESTING SPORT !!

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