Cornhole-coming To A City Near You

If you haven’t heard of cornhole, you possibly haven’t been to the mid-west in awhile. The game is better known as bean bag toss and has been growing like wildfire in the mid-west and beyond. Not only does it have two national organizations, but in addition a movie in the works and front page stories on Wall Street Journal. The game maintains growing as more and more tournaments are hosted once a year. Most lately, a large tournament was held at Soldiers ground in Chicago. But what is this game all about?

Quite easily, cornhole involucres 8 bags (4 per team) and 2 cornhole boards. Teams pair up in teams of two and then take turns tossing their bags at the opposing cornhole board. The game is easy to play, but that does not mean it has to be monotonous. You know that by the hundreds of people you see lining the sidewalks of Chicago every weekend as they squeeze a couple of games in. youthful and old line the streets as they play “Bags” (as it’s known in Chicago) and enjoy the cool summer weather. With a drink in hand of course!

So what is the real circumstance for the growth? Well, it probably is all about the fact that there hasn’t been a true recreation summer task to come along in awhile. Most games are either tiring (volleyball) or they tear up your lawn (horseshoes). Cornhole levels the playing ground and provides everyone together in doing so.

With the growth in cornhole lately, there have been lots community sites that have sprung up where players meet and discuss game topics. And with more players, there are more organizations that are organizing tournaments for charity or just for fun. heaps of bars in the mid-west are finding that placing out a cornhole set in their beer garden is a wonderful alternative to get clients into the door.

So take care, and if one summer evening you listen 8 consecutive thumping noises followed by a 15 second delay, cornhole might have arrived in your city.