Fireball Smash | Haukuru Te Poi Ahi
Time
10 minutes
Skill focus
Bowling
Complexity
Group size
Small & at Home
Playing in pairs, Smashies lob their water bombs (balls) over the river to put out the fires (cones) on the other side. Points are awarded for fires extinguished or a timed game to self-challenge and improve
Setup, Equipment & Instructions
- Smashies to work in pairs with one being the first “lobber of the water bomb”. The objective is to lob the bomb over the obstacle or river / chasm to put out the fires (targets) on the other side.
- Lobbers to kneel side-on to the obstacle and lob the ball over their head towards the targets.
- Each target hit is a point – the second partner collects the bombs to bring back to the other side (and count the points).
- Game can be timed to find a winner, or run-through twice to challenge pairs to self-improve.
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