Tug of War Tournament

Understand and follow tournament rules and official signals in a team competition

Practice teamwork and coordinated effort toward a shared physical goal

Demonstrate good sportsmanship, including safe entry/exit and accepting wins or losses gracefully

Choose double-elimination for a large number of teams with limited time, and round-robin for a smaller number of teams or more available time, per the file's own guidance

Assign the Grand Marshall, Scorer and Rope-Reset Workers ahead of time. The guide specifically suggests students or parents for rope resetting; choose the other officials to fit their responsibilities

Run a separate 'fun pull' with teachers or a mixed group after the official tournament, since coaches are not allowed to pull during team matches

Team cooperation and coordinated effort -- the tournament explicitly requires 'every member of the team' to work together, and pulling rules require teammates to move and pull in coordination.

Rule-following under a structured format -- pullers must wait for the 'pick up' and 'pull' signals from the Grand Marshall and follow specific safety rules (staying on their feet, no hand-over-hand pulling).

Sportsmanship -- students are expected to accept wins/losses appropriately, with a stated warning-then-disqualification consequence for poor sportsmanship.