Lowell Elementary School in Indianapolis has HAD it with the regular old “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” game, and its students have invented a new version of the game to take it to a whole new level.
Watch these 4th graders at Lowell Elementary School play the most epic game of rock-paper-scissors ever. (via @ELBranch13) pic.twitter.com/81QStnlw46
— ESPN (@espn) August 16, 2018
The rules seem to be:
-Two teams.
-You must hop through an obstacle course of hula hoops to face your opponent.
-Play a single round of rock-paper-scissors.
-The winner will advance in the direction of the other team, the loser must run to the back of their team’s line.
lol this can be 100% done in fortnite playground mode 😛
— H2O Delirious (@H2ODelirious) August 16, 2018
What a great game ! Bravo to the teacher who came up with that.
— Chris Dudeck (@C_Dudeck) August 16, 2018
Where is the ref ? Lots of botched skips. Game should be replayed with some oversight
— K-Dogg (@Kmangio7) August 16, 2018
Eric Branch, the genius gym teacher who came up with the game, has christened it the “Hoop Hop Showdown,” according to Time.
“I love the reaction that it’s gotten,” Branch said. “I think what’s most powerful about it is not the game itself, but the kids and the energy that they have in the video.”
i need to know who won
— Ant (@aedmundson31) August 16, 2018
More of a sport than soccer
— Browns (16-0) (@PrimeCedi) August 16, 2018
More entertaining than any golf match ever played
— TheNBAFreak (@hoopsmixtapes) August 16, 2018
The masses have taken quite a liking-it’s a far cry from the PE Classes where we all hid from dodgeballs and hoped we could get a doctor’s note to excuse us for the rest of our lives.
@conner_howard_ fun game for PE??
— huddy (@hudson_woods) August 16, 2018
FILE THIS UNDER: “RALLY IDEA, ANYONE???” & “THE DEAN APPROVES”#edsup
— Mark Urban (@MarkUrban8plus1) August 17, 2018
Great idea for a game! Can more pathways be created to get more kids moving and playing? Also, make them do the Shoot Dance while playing ✂️ pic.twitter.com/sOBOpp7krd
— JD Hughes (@pe2themax) August 17, 2018
And Mr. Branch says that this was hardly the whole game.
It went on for another 10 minutes at least. No even kidding. Thanks @espn
— Eric Branch (@ELBranch13) August 16, 2018
We can’t wait to see the Hoop Hop Showdown as a standard on nationwide PE curricula.
I’m so using this at my school this year great idea
— inkyjae (@inkyjae) August 16, 2018
