Camp Evergreens National Sport
So if you have been to camp you have probably played the game jug and jog. For those of you who haven’t been here to experience this majestic game I highly recommend coming out and playing. Here is a quick overview of the game: There are two teams each team has a square marked out by milk crates inside this square are an assortment of jugs. The goal of the game is to collect all the jugs from the other team's side and place them in your box. When you are on the enemy teams side of the field you can be tagged if you’re tagged you have to sit down where you were tagged and wait for a team-mate to rescue you, or for that all important jailbreak so you can try and run for your life.
"Some like to call it a game of champions. But I like to call it a game of heroes." -David Song
Pretty simple stuff right. This simple and easy to play and get into. But what if you wanted to elevate your game? Go from champion to HERO! As David stated. Well then today's your lucky day because this blog is dedicated to the game of jug and jog. As a veteran of five years of
Jug and Jog playing both in the summer season and the guest seasons I have been able to learn and build up many strategies and techniques to help teams have an edgeover the competition and win many games. I will be showcasing some never before heard strategies and staff interviews and tips and tricks.
“As one of camps national sports I find jug and jog terribly exhilarating and horribly enjoyable! The name doesn’t properly express the amount of sprinting involved.”- Josh Bryce
The name jug and jog is a bit deceiving as Josh so eloquently put, “the name doesn’t properly express the amount of sprinting involved.” While we say it is a game of jogging that is only a part of the whole game. The game has been crafted in such a way as to accommodate all speed types. In a typical game of jug and jog you will have probably three levels of runner you have the sprinter, the jogger and the walker. All
three are very important! A well built team will have a mix of all three of these on their team. The break down.
Sprinters- These are your fastest runners and probably your highest jug
collectors you will want a good 5-10 of these on your team. Remember that most people who are sprinters run out of energy faster and need more time to recharge to perform at their top ability.
Joggers- These are your core group of people you want 20-30 of them on your team. These are the men and woman and kids that can maintain an even speed through the game. These people are who you want rescuing your downed team-mates also playing defence. They are also great back up to the sprinters when they need to recharge.
Walkers- Some may say there is no place for a walker in the game of jug and jog and to those people I say you are wrong. Walkers are key on the defensive line. You want 5-10 walkers on a team these are the people who you want as “callers” and as “line blockers.” A caller's job is to watch the box at all time and yell out whenever a jug runner exits the box, they need to be loud so that the whole team knows a jug is loose and where they are heading. Line blockers are just there to stand on the front line to make it hard for a runner to even get started they should also be ready to turn around whenever they hear a caller yelling so they can be that last line of defence against the jug runner.
“Jug and Jog is better than the WWE" -Katy Greaves
Katy has a very good point and I think it stems from the amount of teamwork involved in Jug and Jog. Some may think that the game is very individual yes you can’t pass the jugs or anything but a well working team will always have the upper hand. Always having people saving fallen team-mates is one of the best and easiest ways to up the team work. Your team is always stronger when no one is sitting on the other side doing nothing. Also a team that listens to the callers and turns and works together to stop a jug runner is 97% more likely to stop that jug from crossing the line. Lastly if all the people and I do mean all the people in the jug box run even the ones without jugs you are 86% more likely to get two or three jugs across. Teamwork is key! And is one of the reasons we love this sport.
“It’s Crazy”- Julia Geisler
Check back next week for the
second part of this blog series,
where we will be going over
some of the best strategies for
the game.
"Some like to call it a game of champions. But I like to call it a game of heroes." -David Song
Pretty simple stuff right. This simple and easy to play and get into. But what if you wanted to elevate your game? Go from champion to HERO! As David stated. Well then today's your lucky day because this blog is dedicated to the game of jug and jog. As a veteran of five years of
Jug and Jog playing both in the summer season and the guest seasons I have been able to learn and build up many strategies and techniques to help teams have an edgeover the competition and win many games. I will be showcasing some never before heard strategies and staff interviews and tips and tricks.
“As one of camps national sports I find jug and jog terribly exhilarating and horribly enjoyable! The name doesn’t properly express the amount of sprinting involved.”- Josh Bryce
The name jug and jog is a bit deceiving as Josh so eloquently put, “the name doesn’t properly express the amount of sprinting involved.” While we say it is a game of jogging that is only a part of the whole game. The game has been crafted in such a way as to accommodate all speed types. In a typical game of jug and jog you will have probably three levels of runner you have the sprinter, the jogger and the walker. All
three are very important! A well built team will have a mix of all three of these on their team. The break down.
Sprinters- These are your fastest runners and probably your highest jug
collectors you will want a good 5-10 of these on your team. Remember that most people who are sprinters run out of energy faster and need more time to recharge to perform at their top ability.
Joggers- These are your core group of people you want 20-30 of them on your team. These are the men and woman and kids that can maintain an even speed through the game. These people are who you want rescuing your downed team-mates also playing defence. They are also great back up to the sprinters when they need to recharge.
Walkers- Some may say there is no place for a walker in the game of jug and jog and to those people I say you are wrong. Walkers are key on the defensive line. You want 5-10 walkers on a team these are the people who you want as “callers” and as “line blockers.” A caller's job is to watch the box at all time and yell out whenever a jug runner exits the box, they need to be loud so that the whole team knows a jug is loose and where they are heading. Line blockers are just there to stand on the front line to make it hard for a runner to even get started they should also be ready to turn around whenever they hear a caller yelling so they can be that last line of defence against the jug runner.
“Jug and Jog is better than the WWE" -Katy Greaves
Katy has a very good point and I think it stems from the amount of teamwork involved in Jug and Jog. Some may think that the game is very individual yes you can’t pass the jugs or anything but a well working team will always have the upper hand. Always having people saving fallen team-mates is one of the best and easiest ways to up the team work. Your team is always stronger when no one is sitting on the other side doing nothing. Also a team that listens to the callers and turns and works together to stop a jug runner is 97% more likely to stop that jug from crossing the line. Lastly if all the people and I do mean all the people in the jug box run even the ones without jugs you are 86% more likely to get two or three jugs across. Teamwork is key! And is one of the reasons we love this sport.
“It’s Crazy”- Julia Geisler
Check back next week for the
second part of this blog series,
where we will be going over
some of the best strategies for
the game.
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