I'm going to add another good one on top of the already superfluous topic.
In my Flag football league the supervisor of officials told us to use odds or evens (stick 1 or 2 behind your back, ask captain what it is, away from his view). Of course I asked why we didn't just use a quarter or other coin (penny
), we did in the championship games, at least that is what they told us to do; I never recieved any answer.
So I decided to do something a little different, I brought the captains together as usual and I went over rules, then I told them we would do something a little different with the "toss." I decided that we should do paper, rock, scissors for the toss; it starts the competition early and it loosens guys up. I even used it in the championship game when we actually had a coin.
Proper Paper, Rock, Scissors Technique
Of course if you use this method you must state beforehand whether you do it on scissors or on shoot. This could be a big problem if you run into 2 players that are from different schools of thought on proper Paper, Rock, Scissors, or from the south "Rock, paper, scissors," you must allow ample time to explain this as the reprocussions are disastorous. One time it went to about 5 rounds of ties, the captains were having a good time but I had to cut them short, we had a game to get to, so I gave the ball to the team who had the coolest jerseys, no complaints!
If there are any additional questions about this method please don't hesitate to ask me some questions.