Boy Scouts of America

Yo-Yo Preview Adventure

Welcome to the fun and exciting Yo-Yo Preview Adventure sponsored by Duncan Toys.  This preview adventure gives Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts the opportunity to learn the concepts that make a yo-yo work and the basic physics of a pendulum. Duncan has provide great  instructional videos to help you present this adventure to your den. It will give Scouts the skills needed to get started with basic yo-yo tricks. The popularity of this adventure will determine if it will become a new adventure in the one or more of the Cub Scout Handbooks.

When your den has completed this adventure, record completion in Scoutbook and order Adventure Loops for Wolf and Bear or Adventure Pins for Webelos directly from Scoutshop.org.

Recording this adventure in Scoutbook will be available by June 21st. Adventure Loops now. Adventure Pins will be available in July.

Resources from Duncan

Duncan offers great tutorials and instructional videos to help you deliver this adventure and get Scouts started with basic yo-yoing at yo-yo.com/cubscouts.

How to String a Yo-Yo

Pendulum Activity

Gravity Pull, Sleeper, and Breakaway

Scout Challenge

Duncan has a special challenge for Scouts. Do you have what it takes to become a Yo-Yo Ninja?  Check out yo-yo.com/scouts.  

Duncan Yo-Yo
Starter Kits

Get equipped with the best gear from Duncan Yo-Yo. From Program Starter Kits to customized yo-yos, perfect for recruitment events specific to your council or Cub Scout Pack.

Duncan Yo-Yo Starter Pack
Facebook Live

Every Wednesday at 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET, join a Duncan Yo-Yo Pro for a Live Cub Scout Yo-Yo Preview Adventure on Facebook.

Boys’ Life #TrekAt2 with Duncan Yo-Yo

Join the editors of Boys’ Life magazine as they learn about the Yo-Yo Preview Adventure and other fun Yo-Yo Scouting programs from Duncan.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.