Beach sprint / Beach relay

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Lesson 12 – 40 minutes

Learning outcomes

Demonstrate beach sprinting skills in a beach sprint event.
Demonstrate beach sprinting skills in a beach relay event.

Preparation

Start/finish line marker poles.
Lane ropes (optional).
Starting whistle.

IMPORTANT

This lesson is designed to give participants – some of whom may have never participated in an event before – an opportunity to experience a beach sprint and beach relay race in a supporting environment.
The focus should be on participants putting all their skills together to complete the event – not on winning the race.

Discuss

BEACH SPRINT RACE

Using the Junior Surf Sports – Events resource in the back of this Age Guide, discuss with the participants the starting procedure, method, rules and judging of the beach sprint race.

Activity 1

Have a beach sprint race course set up as per the layout specifications, see Junior Surf Sports – Events resource in the back of this Age Guide.
Organise the participants into manageable heats.
Conduct beach sprint race heats as per the event specifications.
Repeat 3 or 4 times.

BEACH RELAY RACE: Have a beach relay race course set up as per the layout specifications in the Junior Surf Sports – Events resource guide.

Discuss

Using the Junior Surf Sports – Events resource in the back of this Age Guide, discuss with the participants the starting procedure, method, rules and judging of the beach relay race.

Activity 2

Organise the participants into teams of four.
Conduct beach relay race heats as per the event specifications.
Repeat 3 or 4 times.

Activity 3

Finish beach relay racing with fun ‘acceleration’ relay races similar to beach relay, except change the starting position for each relay. Alternative options for starting are: