Signal Relay Race
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Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”Several rows are formed. On the instructor’s signal given by a whistle, the first in each row, holding flags (which can be a stick with a handkerchief tied to it), run to the instructor positioned at least 100 meters in front of the rows. The instructor quietly gives them a letter. Upon hearing it, the runners take their positions opposite their groups, level with the instructor, and signal the letter to their group. After signaling, they leave the flags in place and move away in the opposite direction from their row. As soon as the row understands the given letter, the next participant runs to the instructor, who provides another letter to signal to their row. The row that decodes the message accurately and delivers it the fastest wins (the row leader records and assembles the given letters). We may give each runner entire words or even sentences.
After mastering letters, we can provide runners with words and then short sentences. The words and sentences should be nonsensical and unrelated. This arrangement of messages prevents guessing and forces maximum attention on the signaled signs.
When conducting signaling exercises and games, the instructor must remember two fundamental principles: a) Signaling should take place at distances that prevent vocal communication.
b) The distance for signaling in initial games should not be less than 100 meters.
We must always remember that signaling exercises and games should take place in natural conditions, meaning in larger spaces and over greater distances.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 184.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Jan Jasiński, Gry i ćwiczenia terenowe (Harce terenowe) (1938)
- Printed pages: 176–177
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 176
- Read the source text: gct-106