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Thinking the Game

Soccer Checkers
by Coach Richard Beck

Richbeckhiker@aol.com
 

Take a Checker Board
 

Set your red & white pieces up in a 4-1-2 formation or whatever formation you wish. But the game gets clumsy with more than 7 pieces on each side.

 

 

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Two moves at a time.  You can move up or back just as if each piece were a king in regular checkers.
 
You can move one piece two spaces or two pieces one space each.
 
Each time there is a King – game restarts. Getting kinged = Goal.
 
Double jumps are OK but not triple jumps.  You have only two moves per turn.  Each  jump counts as a turn. 
 
Your attacking objective is to get kinged in the middle end line spaces – 2nd & 3rd space only – by forcing those opposing pieces to jump you and move another piece into the space for a goal. 
 
Every time you jump an opponent's piece it changes to your team so you need to switch the piece to your team's colored piece on the board. Stay focused – you need to remember where your opponent's pieces were when you switch pieces.  A variation on the game is to have a referee to change the pieces, time the game, and keep score.  Any disputes are settled by ref.
 
At times during play the total pieces you have may be reduced to 2 or 3 pieces.  Don't worry.  You can add pieces by jumping your opponent's pieces.
 
Your Defensive objective is to jump your opponent's pieces thereby changing the piece to your team.
 
If you jump a piece, the piece changes teams. Creating an advantage offensively or a double team defensively.  Replace the jumped piece with a different colored piece.
 
Hint: Strategy -- best to focus on moving 2 or 3 pieces together in order to get behind your opponent and force the pieces in the 2nd or 3rd backspace out.  Bring piece behind attacking piece for support and jump opposing piece which converts opposing piece to your team.
 
Think soccer not checkers while playing.
 


 

 

   
 

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