How Domino Can Improve Your Health and Fitness
Domino is a tile game whose rules may vary between games. Each domino is marked with a number of spots (often called pips) on its two ends. Each player draws a domino for his hand, taking one or more tiles depending on the rules of the game. The tiles remain face down, except for the ones drawn for hands; the remainder form a stack or boneyard called the stock. When a player draws more tiles for his hand than he is entitled to, he must return the excess to the stock without looking at them. Then, the player to his right draws his hand from the reshuffled stack and a new game begins.
The player whose domino has the highest value makes the first play in the game. In some games, the first play must be made by a player who has a double in his hand; in other games, the first play is made by the heaviest domino drawn for a hand. If a player has no doubles in his hand, he must draw dominoes from the stock.
Domino is a popular game for children and adults. It can also be used to teach arithmetic, counting and probability. A child who has mastered the basic addition and subtraction facts may find it easier to understand the concept of multiplication through the use of dominoes. It can also help develop spatial awareness and motor skills.
Many of us are familiar with the phrase “domino effect,” which means that a small action or event can result in much larger consequences. While this concept is often applied to business, it can also be applied to our personal lives. For example, if you start exercising regularly, it can have a positive impact on your health and fitness.
In 2009, Stephen Morris, a Ph.D, set up a series of 13 dominoes, each one 1.5 times bigger than the previous one. He found that each one only needed to be slightly tipped forward for gravity to take over. The tiny input led to the huge output.
Another way to score a domino game is by counting the number of pips in each losing player’s remaining tiles. This method can be inaccurate, however, because it doesn’t count both ends of a double. This is why some large sets include more readable Arabic numerals instead of pips.
Before a domino game is played, each player shuffles the tiles and thoroughly mixes them by moving them with his hands. Some players choose to take turns shuffling for a game; others prefer to have the winner of the previous game do the shuffling for that game. When all the tiles are reshuffled, they form the stock or boneyard from which each player draws for his hand. This stack of tiles should be kept face down. In some games, some of the tiles in the stock can be bought (See Passing and Byeing below). When a player draws a domino that he is permitted to buy by the rules of the game being played, he adds it to his hand.
