closed captioning not [Music] this available cover how to play the yard game horseshoes the video will start with the general concepts and gameplay and then get into more of the details for the game the game is played with two or four players to play you will need a horseshoe game set thanks to ghost sports for providing the horseshoe game used in this tutorial the two stakes are placed 40 feet apart this distance can be shortened based on available playing area or playing ability the stakes should be driven into the ground so that they angle slightly toward each other the stake should be about 14 inches high out of the ground when playing with two players the players will stand at one stake and throw to the opposite stake then switch ends to throw the other way when playing with four players one player from each team will stand at either stake the object of the game is to score points points are scored by throwing your horseshoes close to the stake the game begins with a player throwing both horseshoes at the opposite stake red goes first here and makes their throws after red's two throws blue will throw their two horseshoes horseshoes within six inches of the stake are worth one point each horseshoes that are wrapped around the stake are known as ringers and are worth three points each cancellation scoring is used so only one team scores per round here red has a ringer for three points the other red horseshoe is outside six inches to the stake for no points blue gets one point for each horseshoe being within six inches of the stake for a total of two points blue's two points are taken away from red's three points leaving one point for red in this round the scores are recorded and the next round of throws are made the game is won by the first team to 21 points or more with at least a two point lead players must throw underhand and stay behind the stake when throwing before the game begins players can agree a horseshoe leaning on the stake is worth two points or just one point for being within six inches of the stake that wraps up how to play horseshoes if you found this video helpful give it a thumbs up and find more game tutorials by subscribing to the channel gather together games thanks for watching [Music]