PATINTERO

Patintero is one of the most popular Filipino Game. The game is sometimes
calledHarang Taga or Tubigan (because water is used to mark the grid lines on
soft earth). Patintero is played by two teams with equal members in each team.

SKILLS DEVELOPED BY THE GAME

The game will measure the speed, agility and witty attention of players, and their
ability to play, not as separate individuals but as a united team.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

The game is usually composed of 5 runners against 5 taggers, but there could be less or more than 5 runners as long as
there would also be the same number of taggers against the number of runners.

GOALS OF THE GAME

All the runners should be able to pass through the grid lines – all from the first till the end – and back again at the starting
area, that they’re not being tagged. The taggers will also do the job of guarding, one tagger in each grid line, and will stop
the runners from passing through the line by catching or tagging them using the pat or the hand, reaching the front part of
the runner’s body, NOT THE BACK PART.

THE PLAYCOURT

Extensive space is needed in this game. A square of length 6 linear meters,

and 4 horizontal meters must be marked to an even split in three
dimensions.

EQUIPMENTS USED IN THE GAME

Aside from yourself and the playground area, there are no more other
materials used during the game. But in official Patintero games, the players
use different colored chalks placed on the palm of the taggers to leave
marks on the bodies of the tagged runners and serves as a basis that the
tagging was valid.

RULES OF THE OFFICIAL GAME

In an official game of patintero, each tagger uses colored chalks on their

palms so as to be clear and prove that the tagging is valid due to the marks
that will be left ONLY ON THE FRONT PART OF THE RUNNERS’ BODIES.

TIME

There will only be two (2) minutes for each team accumulate their points
during the game.

OFFICIAL GAME ESSENTIALS

  Five (5) line referees to do the watch, one referee per line.
 One (1) person to compile and record the scores and at the same time watch the clock for the time.

HOW TO PLAY THE OFFICIAL GAME

 Sa bawat guhit na malalagpasan ng Bangon,

bibigyan ang pangkat ng dalawang (2) puntos.  Ang
puntos ay igagawad lamang sa nangungunang
Bangon na pinakamalayong narating, at hindi sa
bawat kasapi ng Bangon na nasa likod kahit
nakakalagpas. Kapag nakabalik sa simulang lugar
ng hindi natataya ang nangungunang Bangon ay
magkakaruon ng karagdagang anim (6) puntos ang
kanilang pangkat.  Kaya’t sa isang matagumpay na
ikot, ang pinakamataas na puntos na pwedeng
matamo ng pangkat ng Bangon ay (20)
dalawangpung puntos.


Kapag ang isa sa mga Bangon ay nataya, muling
babalik ang lahat ng Bangon sa Homebase upang
magsilmulang muli, at ang itatalang puntos ay yoong sa kakamping Bangon na may pinakamalayong napuntahan.  
(Pagkatapos lamang ng dalawang (2) minuto magpapalitan ang pangkat ng Bangon at ang pangkat ng Taya.) 

 Sa pagkakataong naging patas ng puntos ang dalawang grupo, bibigyang konsiderasyon kung sino sa dalawang grupo
ang may mas maraming “home run”  o matagumpay na ikot.  

 Sa pagkakataon naman na pantay na pantay ang dalawang grupo kahit pa sa mga “home run”, uulitin ang buong laro.

a)  Muling mag-ja-Jack en Poy ang dalawang pangkat kung sino ang unang maglalaro bilang Bangon;

b)  Sa pagkakataong ito, bibigyan ng limang (5) minutong tagal ang buong laro (hindi na dalawang minuto bawat
pangkat);

c)  At sa bawat pagkakataya ng isang kasapi ng pangkat ng Bangon, palit kaagad at magiging bagong Taya ang dating
Bangon; 

d)  Ang may pinakamaraming puntos sa loob ng limang (5) minuto ang idedeklarang panalo.