Drink, eat, exercise

Lesson 3 – 30 minutes

Recognise the importance of hydration, nutrition and exercise as part of participation in the junior program

Collect posters regarding hydration, nutrition and exercise from your local or state sports association.
Ensure all participants bring drink bottles to the session.

Sit the participants in a circle so everyone can see each other.
Go around the circle and ask each participant to tell the group what they have had to drink before the lesson.
Discuss the following facts:
- Your body is made of 60% water.
- You lose water from your body daily (i.e. through sweating).
Ask each participant to talk about what they had to eat before coming to Nippers.
Explain why we need to eat before exercising (i.e. It gives you the sustained energy to last the whole lesson).
Discuss the need to rest between eating and exercising (i.e. you need to let your food settle and your body process the food before exercising).

Invite the participants to talk about other activities they do during the week to stay active.
Explain what the benefits of exercising are (i.e. keeping fit so you don’t get tired as fast, less chance of getting injuries etc).
Discuss the need to stretch before exercise/activities (i.e. warms up your muscles, gets the blood pumping around your muscles to prepare your body for the activities).
Ask all participants to fill up their water bottles and make their way down to the beach.

Take the participants for a beach run as a warm-up.
To finish the lesson, get the group to do some stretches and all drink some water together