{"id":36946,"date":"2024-06-21T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=36946"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:15:03","slug":"grear-yard-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/grear-yard-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Alum Is a Yard Games Maven (and Cornhole King)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Matthew Grear, MHA\u00a0\u201917, not only holds two Guinness records; he also wrote a book on popular pastimes, from bocce to badminton\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Matthew Grear, MHA\u00a0\u201917,\u00a0was traveling around Europe in 2013 when he met people in Amsterdam playing a yard game called\u00a0<em>kubb<\/em>, whose objective is to knock down an opponent\u2019s blocks by throwing wooden dowels at them. Grear happily joined in, quickly befriending the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, on another trip\u2014this time to Peru\u2014he discovered\u00a0<em>sapo<\/em>, in which players try to throw coins into a metal frog\u2019s mouth. Again, Grear gained both new friends and new skills.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those experiences inspired him to become an aficionado of yard games\u2014having, to date, played more than 100 of them around the country and the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery culture has games that are specific to them,\u201d observes Grear, who holds a master\u2019s in health administration from Human Ecology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey bring people together. You don\u2019t need to be able to speak someone\u2019s language to play a game and enjoy a moment with them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Grear penned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/58703208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The World\u2019s Greatest Backyard Games<\/em><\/a>, in which he compiles his 28 favorites\u2014from bocce to badminton, croquet to cornhole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a.jpg\" alt=\"The book cover of The World's Greatest Backyard Games, featuring a globe with yard games like horseshoes and spike ball floating around it.\" class=\"wp-image-36979 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a-269x395.jpg 269w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a-341x500.jpg 341w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a-171x250.jpg 171w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/yard-games-book-a-85x125.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA game\u2019s got to be fun\u2014<em>duh<\/em>,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cBut it also can\u2019t have too many rules, or people lose interest. It should be portable, durable, and easy to set up. And you should be able to play it with a drink in one hand.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Among the lesser-known pastimes he profiles: <em>tejo<\/em>, from Colombia, in which players throw a metal disk onto a clay-covered board, aiming to hit targets filled with gunpowder\u2014which explode.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You don\u2019t need to be able to speak someone\u2019s language to play a game and enjoy a moment with them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being an avid chronicler of yard games, Grear is an adept player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds two Guinness World Records in cornhole: for longest backward throw (44 feet, 10 inches), and blindfolded throw (54 feet, 7 inches). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Another record, for longest underhand throw\u201462 feet, 6 inches\u2014has since been broken.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure 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cornhole.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As Grear notes, his first time setting up yard games for a crowd was on the Hill, when his grad program hosted a tailgate at Homecoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI brought cornhole for everybody to play,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI\u2019ll always be the guy bringing the games.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Grear and his then-fianc\u00e9e were looking for a home big enough for his game collection\u2014and outdoor space to play them\u2014they landed on an episode (fittingly titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/shows\/house-hunters\/episodes\/going-yard-in-boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Going Yard in Boston<\/a>\u201d) of the HGTV series \u201cHouse Hunters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While his day job is in biotech, Grear also runs a Boston-area firm,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardgamesworld.com\/\" 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