Colorado Mine Safety and Training Program
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2006 Part 56 Regulation Football A Training Game MSHA Part 46/48 Compliance Training
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The game was designed to be played in a classroom setting and projected on a screen. Two teams each elect a captain to give the final answer to the questions and select the questions to the instructor. There is also a need for a referee (volunteer) to settle disputes. All of the questions are editable. All of the questions are pre-set for proper display timing. The movie clips do contain sound that enhances the game play. Practice, practice, and practice. I have used the game for several years in Part 46 and Part 48 annual refresher trainings and have had very positive comments.
- Game Flow:
The game was built using Power Point 2003. It works fine using earlier versions of Power Point. It has been revised and currently with the many additional video clips the size is about 64 megabytes total. Due to the size and number of files needed for this game there are 9 individual zip files you must download and extract into the same folder on your computer..
Due to a limitation in Power Point and the design of the game, two presentations are used to play the game. 2006 Part 56 Regulation Football.ppt and field.ppt.
The field is used solely to represent field position of the ball. Warning, for every click on the "field" button (see How to Play) Power Point opens a separate instance of the field presentation. This will create lots of confusion and possibly crash low memory computers.
The limitation in Power Point I refer to is once the game is under way and both presentations are running the only way to properly get back and forth between them is to use the Alt-Tab keys. This is due to the limitation of PowerPoint's ability to "call" or open another presentation without detailing exactly which slide within that presentation to use. This glitch only limits the instructors' ability to "roam" the classroom setting if he/she is using a remote mouse for his/her computer or projector. The instructor must sit at the computer to Alt-Tab back and forth between the two presentations.
- How to Play:
Start by opening 2006 Part 56 Regulation Football.ppt. Arrow to the 2nd slide and read the rules to the class and have the coin toss.
Name the teams Blue and Red for ease. (The field action buttons are these colors).
Click once only on the field button to start the field presentation. Set the Team that won the coin toss up on their 30-yard line. From this point on, use Alt-Tab to get back and forth between the field and main presentations.
The first team to select a yardage question does so. Select 10, 20 or 40 buttons. Click on the appropriate # the captain selects and the link will open that question.
The question is displayed on screen. The answer is displayed by arrowing over to right (right arrow) after the team answers.
IF the team answers the question correctly, click on the "Action" button and then ask the captain to select an action #. New in this 2006 version is the questions, actions and field goal selection slides are made up from true links. The links will change colors once selected. NO MORE SCORE SHEET NEEDED! The action choice will display a video clip of a team gaining yardage, fumbling, getting intercepted or a defensive penalty which gains the team an additional 10 yards. There is also an additional play with a “review” button on the bottom right of the slide. Just for fun, it works.
Use Alt-Tab to get to the field and click on the necessary team button to move the ball to the new field position.
IF the team answers incorrectly, there is no need to click on "Action". Its 4th down now and the team either has to punt or attempt a field goal. A punt results in the other team getting the ball on their 30-yard line.
For a field goal attempt click on the FG button and ask the captain to select a #. If successful, record the score on the score sheet. If unsuccessful the other team gets possession AT THAT FIELD POSITION!
NEW in this version: a small “D” just to the right of the field button along the bottom of all slides in the main presentation is linked to a video showing an offensive delay penalty. This is for teams who just can’t seem to answer a question and don’t venture a guess. It is intended for fun and signals 4th down. On every subsequent visit to the same link however to get the video to play over again it is necessary to left click on the video itself. Once a video plays from anywhere within this game it will no longer “automatically” play a second or third time.
Please read the instructors notes included in slide 1 of the main 2006 Part 56 Regulation Football.ppt.
- Legal:
Many of the questions and the idea for the game came from Michigan Technical University. A State Grants Participant.
All movie clips are Copyright NFL Films.
These presentations are State Grants Presentations and are considered public domain.
- Comments/Questions: