Lesson 6 – 25 minutes
Learning outcomes
- Enjoy beach sprinting and participating in beach relays
Preparation
- Marker Cones.
- Batons: hose/flag/pipe/plastic tube etc.
Activity 1
- Set up a start and finish line using marker cones and lines in the sand (no more than 25m apart),
- Explain the beach sprint instructions,
- Take the participants to the start line,
- Line the participants up along the start line in groups of about 8,
- Explain to the participants that on ‘Go’ they must run to the finish line,
- Run through 4 or 5 beach sprints and then start to mix up the way they run:
- Hopping race
- Crawling like a crab
- Running backwards
- Skipping etc.
- Participants might also like to come up with their own ideas!
COACHING POINTS
BEACH RELAY INSTRUCTIONS
- The first runner starts with the baton and runs towards their teammate at the other end of the track,
- When the first runner gets to their teammate at the other end, they hold their baton at shoulder height for their teammate to take from them,
- The next runner runs with the baton back to their next teammate and so on,
- The last runner finishes the relay.
Demonstrate
- Explain the beach relay instructions,
- Select a participant to help you demonstrate the baton changeover technique.
Activity 2
- Explain the beach relay instructions,
- Split participants into groups of 4 or more,
- On ‘Go’ the first runner starts and the team completes the relay,
- Repeat the relays, mixing them up with different techniques as per the beach sprint
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