Top Games: Jump over Rolling Log

Game 1: Jump over Rolling Log

1. Push a card box tube, foam roller, or other round stick back and forth between two people and have children in between jumping over the roller without touching the roller.
2. Stand sideways and jump over the incoming log without touching it.
3. Stand backward and jump over the incoming log without touching it.


Tips

1. The smaller the log, the safer it is. 
2. Use thin cardboard tubes for the young children.
3. For older children us thicker tubes or even foam rollers. 
4. The heavier the cardboard tube the easier it is to make it roll straight, light tubes can be very challenging.
5. The key is that children spread out enough to see the log coming and are able to jump over it.
6. Use disc cones or other markers for each child.
7. Ideally, there is a gap of about a foot or half a meter between each child.

Goals

Main focus: Reaction
In addition: Orientation and physicality, strength in particular with all the jumping.

Story

1. The foam roller can be a log that got loose rolling down a hill.
   

Progressions

1. Push the foam roller faster, stand closer to each other to push the log, or fake the push to increase the challenge.
2. Push the log continuously back and forth as quickly as you can or push 2 logs shortly one after the other to further increase the challenge.
3. Decrease the intervals in between the logs to increase the challenge when pushing 2 logs.