Afternoon Sports Coordinator for adults and teens

Description of Tasks:

1). Before the conference: Call the Northfield School Contact (what's the name/number? A member of the Executive Committee can tell you) and arrange to have appropriate equipment (i.e. Frisbees, soccer balls, basketballs, volleyballs, cones, pinnies/mesh jerseys, etc.) available for use. Also, have the school set up the volleyball nets behind the garage on the side of Gould.

2). During the Conference: Decide (with input from the Coordinator and others) what games to play each day and have them announced in the morning during ingathering. Gather all together at one o'clock and facilitate the beginning of the game. Be there in case anyone needs assistance.

3) At the end of the conference: Arrange to have all equipment returned to the school.

General Things to Keep in Mind: The games that have gone over well in the last two years are Capture the Flag, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball and timate Frisbee. Capture the Flag is very popular with the "younger" teens but there have been injuries in the last two years. Everyone should have fun. At times feelings can be hurt when picking turns as some people may be left out.

One possibility would be to link all 5 days' worth of activities into some kind of Olympics, though possibly that would get too competitive. The group could split into teams (2-3) and have 10 fun things to do (not all involving athletics) .

Michael Minotti, June, 2000