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 ...

Challenge 1: The Streets of Mumbai with Turning

1. One child or the coach is designated the leader, with all the students lining up to the right and left of the leader at about equal numbers.
2. The leader then starts running forward or backward, including turning 180 degrees at any time, and this is done randomly.
3. All the remaining children try to follow the leader as closely as possible, either running forward or backward, including the turns.

Tips

1. Demonstrate a couple of rounds with you as the teacher leading and randomly changing direction, then switch to having each child lead for a short period of time, which is not only fun for children to lead but also makes for lots of running.
    
2. Split up large groups into 2 or more groups for all children to be able to see the leader in the middle of the pack.
   Even better to start with only moving forward and backward initially, and only in a second build add the spinning part, which adds 2 more directions.
    

Goals

Main focus: Th...

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