ARCHERY

To Earn the Archery Belt Loop, the Scouts must participate in Council-run summer camp programs. The boys are only allowed to shoot at a Council range with a BSA range officer present. Contact your local Council for requirements.

BADMINTON

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of badminton to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing badminton skills.
3. Participate in a badminton game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community badminton tournament.
2. Demonstrate your knowledge of the use and care of the equipment needed to play badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle or bird), racket, court, net, and comfortable shoes.
3. Demonstrate skill in the following grip techniques: forehand and backhand.
4. Spend at least 60 minutes practicing to develop skills for shots and strokes (clear, drive, drop, and smash). Keep track of your time on a chart.
5. Demonstrate skill in the following: hit the shuttle using forehand or backhand; hit the shuttle, alternating forehand and backhand; hit the shuttle against the wall, alternating forehand and backhand.
6. Accurately lay out a badminton court, including net and lines.
7. Play 5 games of badminton.
8. Participate in a badminton skills development clinic.
9. Play at least 3 games during which you make your own foul calls effectively to your leader's satisfaction.

BASEBALL

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of baseball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing baseball skills.
3. Participate in a baseball game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 6 of the following:

1. Participate in a pack or community baseball tournament.
2. Demonstrate skill in 2 of the following throwing techniques: overhand, sidearm, underhand, and the relay throw.
3. Demonstrate skill in 2 of the following catching techniques: fielding a ground ball, fielding a pop-up, catching a line drive.
4. Demonstrate correct pitching techniques.
5. Demonstrate correct hitting techniques, including bunting.
6. Explain the rules of base running. Explain base coaching signals.
7. Demonstrate skill in the following sliding techniques: the straight-in slide, the hook slide, and the headfirst slide.
8. Play 5 games of baseball using standard baseball rules.
9. Draw a baseball field to scale or set one up for play.
10. Attend a high school, college, or professional baseball game.
11. Read a book about a baseball player and give a report about him or her to your den or family.

BASKETBALL

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of basketball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing baseball skills.
3. Participate in a baseball game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community basketball tournament.
2. Demonstrate effective passing using the chest pass, bounce pass, over-the-head pass, and baseball pass.
3. Successfully demonstrate the set shot and jump shot shooting styles.
4. Demonstrate skill in the following dribbling techniques: high dribble, low dribble, turn able dribble, change-of-pace dribble, and combination dribble.
5. Spend at least 30 minutes on 3 different occasions developing individual defensive skills.
6. Explain and demonstrate 10 official basketball signals.
7. Play 3 shot-improving games with a member of your den or team.
8. Play 5 games of basketball.
9. Participate in a basketball clinic.
10. Attend a high school, college, or professional basketball game.

BB GUN

The BB Gun Belt Loop can only be earned at a BSA camp. The BSA-trained range officer is the only person who can work with the Scouts on the belt loop or pin.  Contact your local council for information regarding this Sports program.

BICYCLING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of safe bicycling to your den leader or adult partner.
2. Demonstrate the correct fit of a bicycling helmet.
3. Show how to ride a bike safely, using all hand signals and following all safety and traffic rules. Ride for at least half an hour with an adult partner, your family, or your den.

Pin:  In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Record on a chart at least 25 hours of bicycling. (Required)
2. Participate in a pack, den or community bike rodeo.
3. Demonstrate how to repair a flat tire on a bicycle.
4. Make a poster illustrating different types of early bikes and show it to your den.
5. Demonstrate to your den or pack the use of proper bicycling safety equipment.
6. With the help of a parent or adult partner, register or register your bicycle.
7. Go on a "bicycle hike" with your family or den. Obey traffic rules related to bicycling.
8. Repair or restore a nonfunctioning bicycle to a safe condition. Include the installation of all proper safety devices.
9. Visit a bicycle race or exhibition.
10. Help set up a bike rodeo or bike competition for your pack.

BOWLING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules of courtesy and safety for bowling.
2. Show how to pick out a ball of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
3. Play a complete game with your family or den.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Give a brief history of the sport of bowling.
2. Define the following terms: strike, spare, split, miss, and foul. Show their symbols for scoring.
3. Demonstrate proper stance, delivery, balance, and follow-through to your leader or adult partner.
4. Try different types of delivery and hand positions and see which works best for you.
5. Score a complete game using a score sheet and the proper symbols.
6. Play at least 4 games and chart your progress. Figure out your average score.
7. Compete in a Scout, family, school, or community bowling tournament.
8. Attend a parent, high school, college, or professional bowling competition.
9. Visit a bowling alley and learn about the care and maintenance of the bowling lanes, pins, and racks.

FISHING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they are important, commit to following them.
2. Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.
3. Try to catch a fish.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 6 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community fishing tournament.
2. Demonstrate how to clean a fish.
3. Prepare a report on 3 different kinds of fish. Include information on preferred habitats, feeding habits, and recommended fishing techniques, baits, and equipment needed to catch it.
4. Draw a picture of 3 different types of fishing reels. Explain how each works.
5. Tie 3 fishing flies. use at least one to fish.
6. Demonstrate proficiency in casting at a target 30 feet away.
7. Select a species of fish and draw a picture of it, correctly labeling each part and its function.
8. Replace the line in a fishing reel.
9. Make a simple pole and line fishing rig. Use it to catch a fish.
10. Catch a fish using artificial bait or lures.
11. Practice fishing on 5 occasions, complying with local fishing regulations and the Outdoor Code.

GOLF

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of golf to your leader or adult partner. Explain the need for caution concerning golf clubs and golf balls.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing golfing skills.
3. Participate in a round of golf (nine holes).

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Explain the use of woods and irons. Explain their differences.
2. Explain how par is determined for a hole.
3. Demonstrate the proper grip of the club to your leader, adult partner, or instructor.
4. Spend 30 minutes practicing the swing styles: full swing, approach swing, and putting swing.
5. Draw a diagram of a typical golf hole, from tee to green.
6. Demonstrate your knowledge of the use and care of golf equipment: clubs, ball, tee, bag, shoes, and gloves.
7. Describe the composition of a regulation golf ball.
8. Take golf lessons.
9. Spend 30 minutes hitting balls on a driving range.
10. play miniature golf.

GYMNASTICS

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the 6 events of men's gymnastics: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vaulting/side horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.
2. Participate in 3 of the 6 events using the proper equipment.
3. Explain the safety rules you should follow to learn gymnastics.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Write a report on the history of gymnastics.
2. Take gymnastics lessons.
3. Attend a gymnastics meet.
4. Practice and demonstrate 5 floor exercise skills.
5. Practice and demonstrate 2 skills used on the pommel horse.
6. Demonstrate 2 skills on the still rings.
7. Demonstrate 2 skills using parallel bars.
8. Demonstrate 2 skills using the horizontal bar.
9. Demonstrate a vault using the side horse.
10. Develop a regular routine of physical and mental conditioning.
11. Learn about 3 U.S. gymnasts who have won medals in the Olympics.

MARBLES

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of Ringer or another marble game to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the game of Ringer or another marble game.
3. Participate in a game of marbles.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a den, pack, or community marbles tournament.
2. Explain to an adult what lagging is. Demonstrate how to do it.
3. Demonstrate the following shooting techniques: knuckling down, bowling, and lofting (also called plunking).
4. Explain the correct way of scoring for a game of marbles.
5. Play 5 complete matches of marbles using standard rules.
6. Start a collection of marbles and show it at a den or pack meeting.
7. Write a short report on the history of marbles and share it with your den or family.
8. Explain the rules about shooters.

PHYSICAL FITNESS

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Give a short report to your den or family on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
2. practice finding your pulse and counting your heartbeats per minute. Determine your target heart rate.
3. Practice 5 physical fitness skills regularly. Improve performance in each skill over a month. Skills could include pull-ups, curl-ups, the standing long jump, the 50-yard dash, and the softball throw.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Make a diagram of the Food Guide Pyramid. List foods that you ate in a week and show where they fit in the pyramid.
2. Choose a form of exercise, bring your heart rate up to target, and keep it there for 15 minutes. Don't forget to warm up and cool down.
3. Set up a four-step exercise program. chart your progress for 5 days a week for 2 weeks.
4. Explain the reason for warming up and cooling down before and after each exercise session.
5. Visit a local gym and talk to a trainer about exercises and programs for young people.
6. Participate in some aerobic exercises at least 3 times a week for 4 weeks.
7. Build an obstacle course that could include some exercises with jumping, crawling, and hurdles. Time yourself 3 times to see whether you can improve your time.
8. Swim for a total of an hour, charting your time as you go.
9. Participate for at least 3 months in an organized team sport or organized athletic activity.

SKATING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

Choose either roller skating (traditional or in-line) or ice skating as your interest area.

1. Explain ways to protect yourself while skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skating skills.
3. Go skating with a family member or your den for a total of at least 3 hours. Chart your time.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Participate in a pack or community skating event.
2. Demonstrate how to care for your skates.
3. Explain the proper clothing (including any safety equipment) needed for skating.
4. Find out about some stretching exercises to do as a skating warm-up, and spend at least 10 minutes, on 2 occasions, practicing them.
5. Play a game of ice or roller hockey.
6. Learn how to do 2 new skating skills in the area of skating you have chosen (traditional or in-line roller skating, or ice skating) (e.g., for roller skating, forward scissors and crossover; for ice skating, forward and backward swizzles and glides).
7. Participate in a skating skills development clinic.
8. Draw a layout for an ice hockey arena.
9. Explain skating safety/courtesy rules to your adult partner and always practice them!

SKIING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for a ski activity.
2. Be able to explain safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country ski trip.
3. Go skiing. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Explain the different kinds of ski lifts and how they work. Use one.
2. Describe the 4 universal symbols used to indicate ski trail difficulty.
3. Demonstrate how to snowplow (wedge position), hold your position, and get up from a fall.
4. Demonstrate how to do a basic christie.
5. Demonstrate 5 cross-country skills, such as a kick turn, the diagonal stride, double poling, sidestepping, the step turn, the herringbone, straight downhill running, the snowplow, side slipping, dragging the pole, the diagonal stride uphill, and a traverse.
6. Participate in at least 3 games using skis, such as relays, races, treasure hunts, and skiing around poles or flags.
7. Explain what to do if you see a skiing accident.
8. Take skiing lessons.
9. Watch a film on skiing.
10. Talk with a member of a ski patrol and learn about the job he or she does at the ski slope.

SOCCER

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of soccer to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing soccer skills.
3. Play a game of soccer.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 6 of the following:

1. Participate in a pack, school, or community soccer tournament.
2. Demonstrate the skills of passing, collecting, shooting, heading, dribbling, and tackling.
3. Demonstrate skill in goal keeping.
4. Accurately lay out a soccer field for a game.
5. Demonstrate 5 types of fouls and explain why players should avoid them.
6. Demonstrate how to juggle the soccer ball and keep it from touching the ground for 30 seconds.
7. Play at least 2 games of Soccer Tennis.
8. Spend at least a total of 6 hours playing soccer. Keep track of your time on a chart.
9. Join a soccer team in your community or school.
10. Attend a high school, college, or professional soccer game.
11. Learn about a U.S. Olympic soccer team and report your information to your den.
12. Explain the history of soccer.

SOFTBALL

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of softball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing softball skills.
3. Participate in a softball game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community softball tournament.
2. Demonstrate skill in the following throwing techniques: overhand, sidearm, underhand, and the relay throw.
3. Demonstrate skill in the following catching techniques: fielding a ground ball, fielding a pop-up, catching a line drive.
4. Demonstrate correct pitching techniques and practice for 3 half-hour sessions.
5. Demonstrate correct hitting techniques, including bunting. Practice for 3 half-hour sessions.
6. Explain the rules of base running and demonstrate skill in the following sliding techniques: the straight-in slide, the hook slide, and the headfirst slide.
7. Learn and demonstrate base coaching signals.
8. Learn about one defensive position (shortstop, catcher, etc.) and practice at that position for 3 half-hour sessions.
9. Attend a high school, college, or community softball game.

SWIMMING

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain basic rules of safety for swimming. Emphasize the buddy system.
2. Pass the "beginner" swim level test.
3. Demonstrate the ability to float on your back.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Learn 2 of the following strokes: crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, or breaststroke.
2. Learn 2 of the following floating skills: jellyfish float, turtle float, canoe (prone) float.
3. Using a kickboard, demonstrate 3 kinds of kicks.
4. Play a water game with your den or family.
5. Visit with a lifeguard and talk about swimming safety in various situations (pool, lake, river, ocean). Learn about the training a lifeguard needs for his or her job.
6. Explain the 3 rescue techniques of Reach, Throw, and Go.
7. Take swimming lessons.
8. Attend a swim meet at a school or community pool.
9. Tread water for 30 seconds.
10. Learn about a U.S. swimmer who has earned a medal in the Olympics.

TABLE TENNIS

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of table tennis to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing table tennis skills.
3. Participate in a table tennis game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community table tennis tournament.
2. Demonstrate your knowledge, use, and care of the equipment needed to play table tennis (racket or paddle, table and net, ball, tennis or basketball shoes, and comfortable clothing).
3. Practice 30 minutes developing serving skills.
4. Practice 30 minutes developing your forehand and backhand strokes.
5. Explain to your leader or adult partner how spin affects the bounce of the ball.
6. Accurately set up a table tennis table and net according to USA Table Tennis rules.
7. Play 5 games of table tennis.
8. Participate in a table tennis skills development clinic.
9. Explain to your leader or adult partner how to score a table tennis game.
10. Participate in a game of doubles table tennis.

TENNIS

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of tennis to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing tennis skills.
3. Participate in a tennis game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community tennis tournament.
2. Demonstrate your knowledge of the use and care of the equipment needed to play tennis (rackets, balls, shoes, clothing, and court).
3. Practice for 30 minutes developing forehand techniques through forehand bump-ups with a bounce, partner bump-ups with a target, forehand alley rally, forehand alley rally over a "net," drop-hit forehand bumps, drop-hit catch in pairs, and toss-hit catch in pairs.
4. Practice developing serving skills for 30 minutes.
5. Explain to your leader or adult partner how to score in tennis.
6. Accurately draw, label, and explain a tennis court layout.
7. Play 5 games of tennis using U.S. Tennis Association rules.
8. Participate in a tennis skills development clinic.
9. Attend a high school, college, or professional tennis meet.
10. present to your den or family a report on the history of tennis.

ULTIMATE

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of ultimate to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing ultimate skills.
3. participate in an ultimate game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack or community ultimate tournament.
2. Demonstrate effective pivoting while throwing. Use the following throwing styles: backhand pass, sidearm pass, and upside-down pass.
3. Demonstrate skill in the following catching techniques: one-handed, clapping, and sandwich.
4. Spend a total of 90 minutes in practice developing individual defensive skills for the positions of marker and defender. Keep track of your time on a chart.
5. Explain the flight dynamics of the ultimate disk. Draw a diagram if needed.
6. Accurately lay out an ultimate playing field, including end zones.
7. Play 5 games of ultimate.
8. Participate in an ultimate skills development clinic.
9. Explain the history of ultimate and how it became a sport.

VOLLEYBALL

Belt Loop: Complete these 3 requirements:

1. Explain the rules of volleyball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the sport of volleyball.
3. Participate in a volleyball game.

Pin: In addition to the belt loop requirements, complete 5 of the following:

1. Compete in a pack, school, or community volleyball tournament.
2. Demonstrate skill in 2 volleyball passing techniques: forearm pass and overhead pass (setting).
3. Demonstrate skill in 2 volleyball serving techniques: underhand and overhand.
4. Spend at least 90 minutes in practice to develop individual skills for volleyball. Make a chart to record your practice efforts.
5. Explain how volleyball matches are scored, including the terms side-out and rally scoring.
6. Accurately lay out a volleyball court.
7. Play 5 games of volleyball.
8. Officiate at least 3 games of volleyball.
9. Explain the importance of good sportsmanship.
10. Attend a high school, college, or professional volleyball game.

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