Tug-of-war is fun, I used to be the 'anchor' for my form high school team. However it's one of the few games where you're potentially pitting the total exertable force of a group (in our case 8 adolescents) against the minimum resistance of your opponent.
Our instance: we were the best team all through highschool because we were well coordinated. One of our last games we faced a decently weighted team, but their anchor was neither strong nor heavy. Flag dropped, we heaved and charged back. Their anchor had wrapped the rope around him and twisted it (basically knotting himself in. We caught them off guard and dragged him between his team mates. He was really cut up from being dragged between people's legs (and everyone wears cleats).
It's fun, but it really punishes anyone who's stupid. Our teacher used to walk around and whack anyone who wrapped their hands in the rope due to people getting broken hands.
It's the exact same as the idiot who goes on field when people are throwing javelins, discus and shot put.
Our instance: we were the best team all through highschool because we were well coordinated. One of our last games we faced a decently weighted team, but their anchor was neither strong nor heavy. Flag dropped, we heaved and charged back. Their anchor had wrapped the rope around him and twisted it (basically knotting himself in. We caught them off guard and dragged him between his team mates. He was really cut up from being dragged between people's legs (and everyone wears cleats).
It's fun, but it really punishes anyone who's stupid. Our teacher used to walk around and whack anyone who wrapped their hands in the rope due to people getting broken hands.
It's the exact same as the idiot who goes on field when people are throwing javelins, discus and shot put.