Many children of today are not cognizant with bean bag toss games. It would require enthusiasm and effort on your part to ensure that this nice little outdoor activity of yore becomes known to the kids of today. The game is great as it combines the advantages of several other games without partaking of their disadvantages. For instance, it is an open air game but leads to minimal strain on the players - meaning it is a hit among people of all ages.
Make washer toss games and bean bag toss games a part of your long weekends. Utilize your backyard if you are not in the mood of an outing. The bean bag toss game is quite similar to the cornhole or corn toss games. The difference between them is that the cornhole games utilize seeds of corn as stuffing, the bean bag toss games make use of poly-beads.
Bean Bag Beans
All you need is 8 bean bags made of duck cloth or cotton fabric and a couple of raised platforms which are placed at a distance of 27 feet from each other while playing the game. The platforms are usually made of plastic or wood with a 6-inch hole on its playing surface. The standard size of the playing surface is fixed as 24" x 48" or 24" x 36". The bean bags are filled with plastic pellets, with each of them weighing 14 to 16 ounces. The size of each pellet is usually 6" x 6".
Like in the washer toss games, 2 or 4 players form the teams and toss bean bags at the board. When there are 2 players, they both aim at same playing board. 4 players utilize 2 game boards kept some distance apart. The aim is to throw the bean bag directly into the hole on the playing board. Each team gets 4 throws per round.
The bean bag that goes into the hole is worth 3 points. If it just ends up on the board, it is worth 1 point. A bean bag that does not touch the platform is worth 0. The standard scoring method is to subtract the lower score from the higher score and use the difference as actual score. For instance, if the two teams score equal points, the net result is that they both get 0. The winner of the game is the team that scores 21 first.
In cases, when teams are unable to decide who will begin the game, usually a coin is flipped to make an unbiased decision. The team place higher in a round pitches first in the next round.
The washer toss games make use of washers instead of bean bags and these are tossed at the washer boards placed some distance away. The players try to aim the washer at any one of the three holes in the board. The scoring is similar to the bean bag toss games - the difference is that a score of 5, 3 and 1 points is given as the washer ends up in third (farthest), middle and first(nearest) holes respectively.
The game can act as a fun-filled complement to your usual weekend plans. If you are going on a picnic, you can carry along bean bag toss game in a bag and have unending fun with friends or family almost anywhere. It offers engaging gameplay without letting monotony take over. If you are interested in becoming a part of the contests and competitions in the game, American Cornhole Association could be of great help to you. The ACA decides official rules of the game and organizes regular tournaments to promote the game as a means of healthy sporting which fits in well with the modern lifestyle.