Pinecone golf (Čiekuru golfs)

Info

Participants play one by one, who completes the task faster.

The game requires buckets or a similar object, large cones and small tree branches (up to 1m).

Participants stand in a line. The buckets are laid down approx. 10m away.

Participants simultaneously start the task by pushing the cone forward with a wooden stick or branch until it reaches the target and enters the bucket.

History

The game was created at a time when there were no smartphones, computers, when children spent their free time outdoors, approx. around the 1950s-1960s. There is no information about the exact place of its origin, but the game was popular throughout the territory of Latvia with different variations.

Physical abilities developed

To improve the movements, promote the formation of cooperation skills, improve the grasp, moving towards the goal.