Tribal Gathering Research Paper

Deep within the Ouachita Mountains of southwest Arkansas lies a summer camp like no other. Every summer thousands of kids return to the best experience of their lives, Camp Ozark. One of the many adventures at camp is tribal competition. In tribal competition, the campers are assigned a tribe which they keep throughout their lives. These tribes are the Caddo and the Osage. The Caddo and the Osage meet every year at camp to settle who is the better tribe by playing games throughout the week, and then determining the winner with one ultimate relay race at the end of each session. The campers learn valuable life lessons while they are participating in tribal competition. These lessons are based on the three flames of tribal competition. The first flame of tribal competition is MAXIMUM EFFORT. The second flame of tribal competition is MAXIMUM ENTHUSIASM. The third flame of tribal competition is TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP. For example, one of the relays is the handball relay. You start by dribbling a handball through some cones then throw it through a into a square about the size of a strike zone in baseball. If you get it first try then the next guy goes. When you are finished with that event you go to the next ,then so on. The race starts with the youngest girls and ends with the oldest boys alternating back and forth between a girls team and a boys team. I was on the oldest team and had the duty to finish the race.
We lined up in our order that the coaches told us. I was going to be the last leg of the race. By the time that the girls finished, the Caddo were ahead by one second. As we started our part of the race ,it was neck and neck. As sweat dripped down my face, I could feel the pressure getting to me. It was coming down to me. I could feel the roar of the crowd in my chest. Everything was in slow motion. It was now my turn, and everyone was telling me to go. The Caddo were ahead ,but not by