Horseshoes: King Among Sports (well at least the shoes that go on
the horse of the king among sports(frisbee))
Another "sport" I took up at camp
was horseshoes. And of course by took up I mean played less than 10
times but established myself as horseshoe champion of the world. I
was talking to someone from my camp yesterday on the MSN program and
I showed him my amazing website and he said "why is there no
howto section for horseshoes, oh horseshoe master?" or something
like that, and I said whoa good idea I will put one up.
Close only counts
in horseshoes and handgrenades. Therefore this picture is relevant.
Here it is!
Now the thing is, at camp they bought 4
horseshoes(2 of each colour): plastic ones. The "pit" was
a wooden peg in the hard ground. Real horsehoes is played with metal
horsehoes in a sandpit. The difference here being that if real horseshoes
hit the pit, they stop. This of course is inferior horseshoes, as
it loses an element of the game. That element is total randomness.
How can any game be fun unless it is completely out of control of
both players who wins? EXACTLY!
When our horseshoes hit the ground, though, they bounced. They
would richochet off the ground, often hitting nearby trees and/or
people. It was not pretty when people were in the trees. So anyway,
this made us develop new ways to win. I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW
TO WIN TEH MONIES AT FRISBEE!!
These are what
real horseshoes look like.
First here's how you score! You get three points if you get a "ringer",
which is kinda obvious so figure it out yourself. You get two points
if you get a "leaner". Again, not brain surgery. And one
point if you get your horseshoe close to the peg. Close means within
a horseshoe's width. So basically if you put a horseshoe and you
can touch both the peg and the horsehoe with it you get a point.
Now that you know how to play, on to the tips!
These are what
our horseshoes looked like. If you take away the fact that the horseshoes
are near the peg.
In real horseshoes, you wanna
put like a one and a half spin on it or something. This is easy and
not very random, thus it's useless in the real world of horseshoes.
The way I won, and thus the best way, is to use the frisbee backhand
grip on it. LEARN THAT HERE! Bounce the
horseshoe in front of the peg a few feet, and let the randomness begin!
Don't try to land near the peg or you will fail and put an eye out!
That's about all the tips I care to give. It is indeed true I did
not really give any tips at all, and I would like to keep it that
way. Well... okay, I will give one tip. You must get a shirt like
this one to do well at horseshoes. If not, you will not.
Anyways this is ending the same as everything else I write ends.
I am bored of it and don't feel like writing anything else so bye.
Oh yeah, if you actually want to learn how to play boring horseshoes
go here!
Here is a tidbit of knowledge from it!
"Pitch every shoe in practice just as you would
in a tournament - as if the title depended on throwing a ringer"
That's right, the horseshoe title could be on the line if you don't
listen to this advice!!
I don't know if this is
i love horseshoes or i love you but you need this shirt.
