Unicycle games - HORSE

we played Unicycle Horse at our unicycle practice last night . Horse is
a basketball game where 2 or more players try to duplicate basketball
shots. First the order of play is established. The first player takes a
shot, if the shot is successful then the next person must duplicate that
shot exactly and so on until someone misses. When someone misses a shot
he/she is given a letter as a penalty (the first being H, the next
failure an O, and so on until the word Horse is spelled). After a miss
the next player in line can take a different shot. If everyone makes the
shot the first person takes a different shot. When any player misses 5
times - has HORSE- they are eliminated from the game. The winner is the
last person still playing without getting HORSE.

We played Unicycle HORSE the same way but did unicycle skills instead of
taking basketball shots. We started off with fairly simple skills to
give the newer riders a chance to get through a couple rounds without
getting letters, but then moved on to more difficult skills. The game
ended with Jess Riegel and Zack Baldwin (the last two riders still in)
matching one another's trials skills.

The game was simple, fun, and I hope it will give the riders incentive
to develop new skills.

John Hooten