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(C) 2003 Ventring Crew 369
Quest Fitness and Sports Award Fact Sheet
In the years since Venturing started, the program has been defined by the activities Venturers do. Sports have become a very important activity within crew programs. The resounding popularity of the Ranger Award for the outdoor emphasis caused the need to create a similar, challenging award program for Venturing's sports emphasis.
Statistics throughout the United States are showing that Americans as a nation are overweight and out of shape. Heart disease and diabetes, diseases which are the results of being overweight, are rampant. These diseases, historically found in older people, are now being found more and more in the youth. Young Americans are not being encouraged to watch their diets and start an exercise program.
While working on QUEST, Venturers will be required to learn more about what makes up a nutritional diet as well as design your own personal exercise plan based upon your lifestyle, fitness levels, and desires for a healthy and long life. Hopefully this program will introduce Venturers to a sport or sports that they will enjoy the rest of their life. As with many other requirements throughout the Venturing Program, Venturers will be required to share what they learn with others. This sharing may be done through various sports clinics and presentations with other groups. In the electives section, Venturers will be required to choose at least one sport in which to become proficient.
Purpose
- Provide a wide variety of sports-related activities that encourage the development of the "whole" person.
- Give Venturers the opportunity to pursue a specific sports interest in a new way that may not be available in a traditional scouting, educational, or recreational setting.
- Provide Venturers a variety of practical, hands-on sports experiences while having FUN.
- Promote fitness and sportsmanship
- Learn new sports correctly that Venturers will enjoy the rest of their life.
- Recognize Venturers for achievement in the sports area.
- Develop highly trained Venturers who may become a training and leadership sports resource to dens, packs, and troops, religious organizations, the community, schools, sports teams, and families.
Requirements
Five Core Requirements: (Do all)
- Earn the Sports Bronze Award.
- Complete an American Red Cross Sport Safety Training Course or equivalent.
- Complete the Fitness for Life program.
- Learn and do fitness assessments.
- Sports Disciplines (Choose a sport from a list provide in the Quest Handbook or another sport approved by your advisor.)
Electives are: (Do one)
- History and Heritage of Sports
- Sports Nutrition
- Drug Free Sports
- Communications
- History & Heritage of Disabled Sports Movement
The Quest Award
The Quest medal features the Vitruvian Man (c. 1492) by Leonard da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci actually drew the figure as he was influenced by Vitruvius, a Roman engineer of the first century B.C. It is based on a model of ideal portions which Vitruvius established. Like the balanced man that both Vitruvian and da Vinci modeled, the modern Venturer must be balanced physically, mentally, nutritionally, and even socially. The Vitruvian man stands before a red, white and blue background. That background reminds us
of national pride as our athletes compete against the world. The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a solid field of green. The green represents the sports field as well as the completion of journey started with the sports Bronze award with its half green and half white ribbon.
- Quest Award Medal No. 04266
- Quest Award Certificate No. 33151
- Quest Award Pocket Card, No. TBD
- Quest Award Handbook No. 33151
Core Requirements for The Quest Award
Do the following five Requirements:
- Earn the Sports Bronze Award.
Do nine of the following:
- Complete the American Red Cross Sport Safety Training course (or equivalent) and CPR training.
- Fitness for Life
- Complete the Fitness for Life program (Corbin and Lindsey, published by Human Kinetics, 2002). Check with your Advisor to see if your crew already has the book Fitness for Life. Ask your Advisor about offering the program for you alone, you and some other Venturers, or even your whole crew. You might find the book at your local library. You can order it directly from Human Kinetics at
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0736044949.
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- Complete .the following requirements:
- Make an appointment with your doctor for a complete physical before beginning any physical conditioning program. Explain to your doctor that you are preparing to undertake a 90-day physical fitness improvement program.
- Interview healthy older adults about their fitness levels. As part of these interviews, you may want to ask such questions as:
- What kinds of cardiovascular activities do you do?
- How have your fitness, diet, and physical activity changed over the years?
- Are you more fit and/or active now than you were five (10, 15, etc.) years ago?
Use this data to discuss with your crew and/or another group the importance and benefits of using exercise throughout their lives.
- Research and write an essay of 1,500 words or more, or make a presentation to your school, a Cub Scout den or pack, a Boy Scout . troop, or Venturing crew explaining what physical fitness is. Incorporate into this essay or presentation all of the following:
- Aerobic capacity
- Endurance
- Body composition
- Flexibility
- Muscle strength
When you have completed your research and written your essay or made your presentation, review your results with a fitness professional or your coach or Advisor.
- Based upon your essay or presentation on physical fitness, develop a personal physical fitness improvement program and follow it for a minimum of 90 days. After developing your program, review it with your Advisor and/or coach. This fitness improvement pro- gram should include the following guidelines:
- Exercise a minimum of three times each week.
- Complete the Venturing Weekly Exercise Plan and Chart in appendix K. At the end of each week, review your calendar. Write down the times when you seem to have the most/least energy. Note any environmental conditions or changes in your personal health (cold, flu, fever, etc.) that may have affected your performance. You may want to adjust your schedule.
- Share this information with your Advisor. You may do some of your exercise workouts as part of your regular physical education class at school.
Note: This may qualify as your personal improvement project for the Venturing Gold Award.
- Look though current magazines, articles, and/or videos that feature exercises. Evaluate at least three exercises. Determine how these exercises apply to personal fitness. What level of fitness is required to be able to perform the exercise and what procedures and equipment are necessary for successful completion? Present your findings to your crew and/or another youth group.
- Learn to calculate the number of calories a person would need who is sedentary, moderately active, or active, for their particular age. Keep a record for 10 days of your food intake and physical activity. How might you adjust your food intake and physical activity to change your percentage of body fat? Write a plan to maintain ideal levels of body fat. Include in this plan the six factors that influence body fatness and share this information with your Advisor and coach.
- Examine three muscular development exercises and apply biomechanical principles to each. List two reasons why these principles can reduce injuries and discuss this information with your crew or other youth group.
- Based upon the human desire for peak performance, examine and discuss the physical and psychological activities required for success. As part of this discussion, review with your crew and/or another youth group the following six specific needs (S-P-I-C-E-S) for a balanced approach to achieve this desire:
- Spiritual
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Cultural
- Emotional
- Self-Responsibility
Note: S-P-I-C-E-S is supplied from the United States Anti-Doping Agency,
http://www.usantidoping.org/education/index.htm
- Learn and do fitness assessments.
Administer the FITNESSGRAM physical assessment test to your crew, a Cub Scout den or pack, a Boy Scout troop, another Venturing crew, or another youth group. (The Cub Scout Wolf program has a requirement that each Cub Scout to complete a similar type of activity.) See the ?Physical Assessment? chapter in the Quest Handbook.
- Sport Disciplines
Choose a sport from the list below or another sport approved by your Advisor.)
- Develop a profile of a typical athlete in your chosen sport, listing skills and attributes necessary to be proficient. Examples: hand-eye coordination, running speed, quick responses, heavy/light weight, tall/short.
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- Develop a list of equipment and facilities necessary for your chosen sport:
- Personal equipment such as mouthpiece, helmet, or earplugs
- Team equipment such foils, shooting jacket, or weights
- Team or sponsor supplies or facilities such as targets, ammunition, playing courts, or rivers
- Discuss the relative importance equipment plays toward your success in that sport. (Certain sports are equipment-intensive, such as bobsled and luge.)
- Tell how equipment for this sport has improved or changed over time.
- Participate and show proficiency in a sport of your choice.
- For your chosen sport, give a sports clinic to a Cub Scout pack or den, Boy Scout troop, or other youth group. Include a demonstration and skills teaching. You can even include competition when possible.
Here are some suggested sports for requirement 5:
Cycling |
Sailing |
Field sports |
Swimming |
Field hockey |
Synchronized swimming |
Lacrosse |
Underwater sports |
Track and field |
Water polo |
Racquet. sports |
Waterskiing |
Badminton |
Winter ice sports |
Handball |
Bobsled |
Racquetball |
Curling |
Squash |
Ice hockey |
Table tennis |
Luge |
Tennis |
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Roller sports |
Speed skating |
In-line speed skating |
Winter snow sports |
Roller figure skating |
Biathlon
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Roller hockey Skiing |
Skateboarding |
Snowboarding |
Target sports |
Archery |
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Bowling |
Darts |
Dance |
Disc sports |
Equestrian |
Shooting |
Fencing |
Water sports |
Martial arts |
Canoe/kayak |
Modern pentathlon |
Diving |
Orienteering |
Rowing |
Team handball |
Other sports |
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Electives:
Do one of the following:
- History and Heritage of Sports
Do all of the following:
- Study the history of the Olympic movement. Learn when and how it started.
When did the United States Olympic movement start?
When did the winter Olympics start and where?
What were the initial games in both summer and winter Olympics?
In what Olympic years were there no Olympics and why?
- Pick a sport you have an interest in and learn the history of that particular sport.
Who started the sport and why?
How has the sport changed since its beginning?
What new equipment has been developed to make the sport more efficient?
- Make a presentation on what you learned in requirements 1 and 2 above to your crew or a pack, troop, other youth group, retirement home, etc.
- Sports Nutrition
Do all of the following:
- List at least five complex carbohydrates and five simple carbohydrates. During a crew meeting (or another activity approved by your Advisor and/or coach), discuss with your crew why complex carbohydrates are nutritionally dense and what that means to a sportsperson. Tell why fiber is considered a complex carbohydrate and list some examples of fiber-rich foods. Serve snacks that represent each carbohydrate, You could even make this a game where people guess which snack went with each group.
- Interview a registered dietician and talk about your favorite sport. Have the dietician help you evaluate and develop a nutritional pro- gram that fits you (and/or your team as a whole) and your sport.
- Make a presentation on ?Good Fats? and ?Bad Fats.? Explain how they affect a teenager?s diet. Include in your presentation information on saturated fats, unsaturated fats, hydrogenated fats, and cholesterol. Use posters, overhead transparencies, computer slide shows, charts, and relevant information from your school health text book. Working with your crew, calculate fat needs for yourself and the other members of your crew.
- Keep a three-day food record of everything you eat and drink. If you put it in your mouth, write it down. With the help of a health-care practitioner, determine if you are eating enough protein, vegetables, fat, carbohydrates, and fiber. Also determine the amount of sugar, sodium, and hydrogenated fat consumed. Resources for determining these amounts are available at your local library.
- People who do not eat meat are called vegetarians. Vegetarians can be categorized into three different groups. In a discussion with your Advisor and/or coach, name those three groups and explain their differences and similarities. In an interview with a registered dietician or nutritionist, ask questions about the complete protein requirements of a vegetarian and how they make sure they are achieving these daily requirements. Using this information, put on a presentation, tabletop display, or other such activity approved by your Advisor and/or coach for a Boy Scout troop or Cub Scout pack.
- Drug Free Sports
Complete requirements 1 or 2 and two additional subcategories, OR complete requirements 3 and 4.
- Research two classes or categories of prohibited substances in
Olympic sport, as listed in the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code (this information can be found at
http://www.usantidoping.org/prohibited_sub/index.htm
). Develop a paper (minimum 1,000 words) or a presentation that thoroughly addresses the following questions:
- What legitimate medical purposes is the substance used for?
- What health risks are associated with using and/or abusing the substance?
- How are other people and competition affected if an athlete cheats by using a prohibited substance?
- What consequences does an athlete in the sport you identified face when they have been found cheating?
- What is the best training program for an athlete who wants to excel at the sport you chose (e.g., nutrition, workouts, etc.)?
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- Communications
Complete requirements 1, 2 OR 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 OR 8.
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