How to Play

Understand sizes and distances of Artemis mission destinations.

1. Mark a distance in your yard or a park that is 30-40 ft. long with 6-10 ft. long start/finish lines on either end.

2. Have each player put on snow boots.

3. Split your group in half, and line up half on one end and half on the other end of your 30-40 ft. distance.

4. The first player holds all the hoops and lays them down or tosses them in front of him/herself one at a time.

5. After laying down a hoop flat on the grass, the player hops into it, and then he/she tosses or lays down the next hoop a foot or two farther away.

6. The goal is to get to the other end as quickly as possible, hopping from hoop to hoop without stepping or falling on the ground outside of a hoop along the way.

7. If a player falls or steps outside a hoop, he/she must pick up any hoops that have been laid down, go back to the start, and begin again.

8. When the player gets to the other side and successfully crosses the finish line, the next person must hop from hoop to hoop back to the side the original player started on, also without stepping out or falling on the grass outside a hoop. However, after hopping out of a hoop going this direction, he/she must reach back and pick up the hoop he she just hopped out of (again without falling on are bracing themselves by leaning on the grass outside the hoop they are in).

9. If he/she steps or falls on the grass outside a hoop at any time, he/she must lay hoops back down roughly where they were and start over.

10. Use a stopwatch or timer to time how long it takes to hop through hoops from one end to the other and back. Race against other pairs or do it multiple times and try to beat the previous fastest time.

* You can easily make hoops with any kind of inexpensive, flexible pipe or tubing (1/2” to 3/4” diameter) sold at your local hardware or home/building supplies store. All you need is about 20-50 ft. of tubing/pipe and 6-8 couplings or connecters. (Click here for a hoop-making tutorial.) You can also buy inexpensive hoops from many locations (click here and here for examples).