The Tournament

As I enter my kids' bedroom, I find a bag made with plastic net, stuffed with some crumpled papers and a ziplock with a few rubber bands, hung from the handle of a shelf's door. Unable to understand what's going on in this corner of the house and not knowledgeable enough to conceive what the arrangement meant, I called Kaka, gestured my eyebrows towards it and asked him to explain. It went on this way..... He planned a tournament on Sunday with his friends, for which they need to practice for 5 days. He cut today's newspaper into 60 vertical strips and rolled each of them into something resembling a cigarette. The rolls are to be launched using the rubber bands, making a paper sling. He has to try and hit the target using 10 of them everyday during the warm-up period so that he can strike 10 on 10 on the D-day!! Pleasantly surprised on how much thought of the young minds goes into strategizing, preparing and Implementing a well-organized activity!! Inspired by the planning and conviction of the kids everytime I look at the hanging game kit!!