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Lesson 5 – 25 minutes

Learning outcomes

• Enjoy playing beach flags

Preparation

• Marker cones
• Tennis balls
• Flags: (if you do not have beach flags, you can use a hose/flag/pipe/plastic tube etc)
• Water Safety Personnel (Recommended 1:1)

Discuss

• Sit the participants in a group on the beach.
• Tell the participants they are about to play beach flags and discuss what beach flags is (it is a game to practice the speed and reaction needed by a lifesaver to respond to emergencies)
• Introduce the basic beach flags instructions

Coaching Points

BASIC BEACH FLAGS INSTRUCTIONS

1. There is a start and finish line,
2. You will line up on the start line facing away from the finish line,
3. Lie down on your stomach with your chin on your hands, fingertips to wrists,
4. On the finish line there are flags placed in the sand,
5. When you hear ‘Go,’ jump up, turn around, and run for a flag.
6. When you get to the flag reach or bend over and pick it up

Demonstrate

If you have a helper or a participant who knows how to do beach flags, use them to demonstrate:

1. Set up a flag in the sand and walk 10 m away
2. Lie down on the sand facing away from the flag
3. Get up, turn around, head for the flag, and pick it up (talk the participants through this while it is being demonstrated)

Activity 1

• Set up a start and finish line using marker cones and lines in the sand (no more than 10 m apart)
• Line the participants up on the start line facing away from the flags line (if you have a large group then create smaller lines behind each other)
• Have a helper place a flag on the finish line for every participant lined up on the start line. The helper will need to stay there and help for the whole lesson
• Have the participants lie down with their feet on the start line and hands tucked under their chin
• On your command say ‘Go’
• The participants jump up and race for a flag.

Activity 2

• Set up beach flags near the water’s edge so the start line is 10m away from the water
• Line the participants up on the start line facing away from the water (if you have a large group then create smaller lines behind each other)
• Have a helper place tennis balls in the water for every participant lined up on the start line. The helper will need to stay there and help for the whole lesson
• Have the participants lie down with their feet on the start line and hands tucked under their chin, fingertips to wrists
• On your command ‘Go’ the participants jump up and race to the water for a tennis ball.
  

*AGE MANAGER TIPS

For Activity 2, depending on the depth of the shallow water you can have more of them run in the water to make it really wet and fun.