Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

The OSI Community Podcast

Connecting Community, Sport, and the Outdoors

Join us each month us as we explore topics that help you make outdoor sport a bigger part of your life and your community through special guest interviews and roundtable discussions with members of the OSI Community. Whether you’re just getting started exploring the outdoors, actively sharing outdoor sport with others, or implementing community-wide efforts, you’ll find valuable takeaways from the conversations and resources shared. Let us know what issues you are facing in developing a thriving outdoor community where you live.

Mar 5, 2021

Why do we need to re-think the games we play?

Whether you’re on foot, on skis, on wheels, or on the water, games can be a powerful tool to help make the experience more positive and rewarding for your participants. Join us for this episode as we are joined by a master game player, and explore how we can more effectively use games in the outdoor sport experiences we lead. 

Mark Kaser is a professional group facilitator and director of the Indiana Teen Institute. He has spent decades working with people of all ages playing, learning, and challenging the way they think. As Mark says, great games aren’t just playful, they are “full of play.” In this free discussion-based webinar he’ll be sharing tips and tricks to help ensure the games you play are fun, effective, and engaging.

Join us for this free webinar as we explore…

  • How we can use games to maximize engagement
  • How games are received across different age groups
  • What we can learn from a rubber chicken
  • Common mistakes and errors in games and their unintended consequences
  • Principles we can use to enhance, create and play new games in any outdoor sport
 
Sign up to receive OSI’s latest free guide: Create Your Playlist

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Bernie De Koven-

Ben Mirkin-The Backcountry Play Book: Games and Activities

Mark Collard-

Cross Country Ski Games from the Nordic Ski Lab

Classic Books and Games from Karl Rohnke

 

The Outdoor Sport Institute & The OSI Community

Our mission is to help people in rural places make human-powered outdoor sports an integral part of their lives and communities. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization.

The OSI Community is a peer-driven network of people who are -

  • Pursuing outdoor sports personally
  • Teaching and mentoring others outdoors
  • Building capacity for outdoor sports in their community

Through the OSI Community members can access online and in-person instruction, a growing online resource library, and a network of peers to connect with and share ideas.

Join The OSI Community For Free!