Cub Scout Flag Football

From MeritBadgeDotOrg

Flag Football Belt Loop and Pin

Flag Football Sports Belt Loop Flag Football Sports Pin (line drawing, actual pins are color)

Belt Loop Requirements

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain or discuss the simple rules of flag football with your den.

2. Practice running, passing, and catching skills for at least 30 minutes.

3. Play a game of flag football.

Sports Pin Requirements

Earn the Flag Football belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Layout and properly mark a flag football field at a park or playground.

2. Explain the difference between defense and offense in a flag football game.

3. Describe five different positions a player may play in flag football. Name the position that you prefer to play.

4. During three half-hour sessions, practice the skills of passing, hand-offs, rushing, and running.

5. Participate in a flag-football clinic.

6. Consider all the people who make it possible to play a game of flag football. List parents, coaches, team members, scorekeepers, referees, groundskeepers, etc,

7. Play in five flag football games without incurring a penalty.

8. Explain and demonstrate at least six football officiating signals.

9. Attend a high school, college, or community league football game.

10. Read a book about a football player and tell your den or family about the player's training and work ethics.

11. Talk with a referee or official of a high school, college, or community football league and learn about the job he or she does at a football game.

Notes

1. Earning the Cub Scout Flag Football Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is an option for requirement 3 of the Sportsman Activity Badge.
2. Details on earning a Cub Scout Sports or Academic pin or belt loop multiple times

Help with these requirements

External links