I owe my new recent fascination with the sport (yes, I used the word “sport”) of cornhole to none other than Theology After Google organizer Tripp Fuller. I was a bit skeptical at first…a sport with a name like cornhole? Really?
Then I watched two videos that forever changed my perception of the game (I mashed them together for my youth group here). And then I played cornhole. Sure, it may have helped my passion for the game that I made it into the championship game at Theology After Google. But it’s great fun. And then Tripp started telling me how much his youth group loved the game.
So I bought a cheap set of cornhole boards/bags from AJJ Cornhole, built up some hype & excitement for a few weeks leading up to it, played the above video the night I introduced it, and now…just like Tripp said…the middle and high school youth at Asbury UMC LOVE cornhole. I mean. LOVE it.
I’ve even thought about using my 30th birthday money to invest in a set of official American Cornhole Tournament boards. It’s been a lot of fun – and we’ve played at youth group, with some friends and I even got Sarah to play a few frames with me. Now if only I could find a local cornhole league…perhaps it’s up to me to start one. If you’re interested in a little history of the sport, you can find some good information (including a LONG list of appropriate cornhole terminology) on their Wikipedia entry.
And with anything that is as odd as cornhole – of course – there is a moving coming out about it. Check out the trailer below for “Cornhole: The Movie.”