Cornhole Isn't Just for Kids


by Dave Roth - Date: 2008-07-26 - Word Count: 494 Share This!

If people just hear about Cornhole and they don't play it, they might come to see it as a game only for children. However, the Cornhole game is usually taken much more seriously by adults and it is played often. The game is very popular in the north where tournaments are played, and it is common at parties and backyard get-togethers. In the west the game is also attracting some attention, but it has not caught on as strongly in the south. If you like to play Cornhole it's just a matter of finding others who like it, too, since there are pockets of Cornhole players all over the country. This is not as difficult as one would think with the advent of the Internet and everything that a person is capable of doing on the Web today. No matter what activity you like to partake in you should have an easier time finding others who have the same kinds of interests.

When you played Cornhole as a kid you might have also called it the bean bag toss or the bean bag game. It was probably played during physical education class in elementary school, no matter what you called it. It doesn't seem to be played anymore, but it used to be quite popular. Those who played it in school have probably forgotten that it was a fun game that actually required quite a bit of skill. Throwing a small, weighted cloth bag at a hole in a board sounds easy but there are subtleties to the game that non-Cornhole players miss out on. The player must stand far enough away from the board that the game is not that easy and it can hard to throw the bags accurately. The game can be played and enjoyed by people of all ages, however, because the bags are not heavy and the game is not physically strenuous. The Cornhole game is quite different from badminton, horseshoes, Frisbee, and other games that are often too strenuous for the elderly and too difficult for young children in that young and old alike can all enjoy the game together.

With the Cornhole game, a player scores points by tossing a cloth bag filled with dried corn or dried beans ? or, more commonly today, plastic pellets ? at a hole in the game board. Putting the bag through the hole scores valuable points. Bags that hit the board and remain on it are worth fewer points. There are no points awarded for bags that miss the game board or for bags that hit the board but fall off. This can make the game somewhat frustrating for people whose aim is not particularly good, but when people are having fun with friends and family, missing the game board is not as big of a deal as it might otherwise be. Having easy-to-follow rules is also good because it makes the Cornhole game better and more enjoyable than other family games around today.


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Dave Roth operates a site which sells cornhole games. In addition to free building dimensions and game rules, the site also carries discount cornhole bags boards.

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