CONNECT and COMBINE

A Crash Course on Creativity

Professor Tina Seeling, Stanford University

Gail E. Waiters

Team 25216

November 13, 2012

CONNECT and COMBINE

The challenge is to use two household items of any type to

come up with a brand new sport.

I have chosen to use a pineapple and a pot as the two

household items to create a new sport called the

Pineapple Pitch

WHAT CONSTITUES A SPORT

Just because you say it’s a sport, doesn’t mean it is. A sport must

have certain characteristics to be deemed a sport and not a hobby,

game or social event.

Those characteristics include:

• Competition

• Rigorous, physical activity

• Effort and skill

• Risk

• Training

• Ranking system

THE PINEAPPLE PITCH IS A SPORT

The Pineapple Pitch requires dexterity in eye and hand coordination.

Training is needed to strengthen the hands, wrists, triceps, biceps, and

legs. Critical to being a success at the Pineapple Pitch is having

flexibility, stamina, agility and speed.

OBJECT OF THE PINEAPPLE PITCH

The object of the Pineapple Pitch is for one player to score 20 points before the

other player. The sport is played by 2 people, one called the pitch player and the

other called the catcher. The sport requires two umpires, one positioned at the goal

line and one umpire that follows the pitch player at each incremental 10 yard line.

Pineapple Pitch is played on grass, with white painted boundary lines. The catcher

position is contained within a 27 yard rectangle, with the front of the area directly

on the goal line. The pitch player begins the first pitch behind the 10 yard line,

which is 10 yards away from the goal line. The area in which the pitch player stands

totals 40 yards. Out of bounds areas are designated by white lines on the left and

right side of the rectangle spanning 36 feet wide, and at the front and back of the

entire play area spanning 67 yards long.

The catcher earns 5 points each time the pineapple is caught in the pot as it crosses

over the goal line. Each time the pitch player pitches a pineapple, he moves back

another 10 yards. The first player to reach 20 points after the first round robin, is the

winner. Three out of bounds pitches will give the catcher one point for that particular

quarter. If there is a tie, one more pitch for each player is made at the 40 yard line

until one player drops the pineapple.

PINEAPPLE PITCH SPORT’S GEAR

Pineapple used for

pitching and catching

Pot used to catch

the pineapple

Gloves used by the

pitch player

Pineapple Pitch Playing Field

HOW TO PLAY PINEAPPLE PITCH

Pitch Player:

The pitch player pitches a pineapple to the catcher anywhere within the catch

play area. The pineapple must cross over the goal line. If the pineapple hits the

ground before it crosses the goal line, the catcher earns one point.

Catcher:

The catcher must catch the pineapple in the pot before it hits the ground. The

catcher can catch the pineapple using both handles of the pot or one handle, as

long as the catcher is holding on to the pot at all times and the pineapple does

not fall out of the pot. Once a pineapple is caught by the catcher, the catcher can

drop the pineapple in the drop area. The pitch player cannot pitch another

pineapple until the catcher gets back in position. The catcher stays within the

rectangle for 4 pitches of the pineapple, and after the 4th pitch, the catcher

becomes the pitch player.

HOW TO PLAY PINEAPPLE PITCH con’t.

Umpire:

The umpire supplies the pineapples to the pitch player. The umpire

makes the ruling if there is a dispute over whether the catch was a fair

catch or whether either of the players are outside the boundaries of the

play area.

Ways catcher can score points:

• Making a fair catch = 5 points

• Pitch player’s pitch not reaching the goal line = 1 point

• Pitch player pitching pineapple out-of-bounds 3 times in one quarter = 1

point