FUN ACTIVITY IDEAS FOR A SPORTS DAY AT HOME

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INTRODUCTION: 3

SCORECARD: 4

ACTIVITY PLANS: 5• Movement Races

• Dribbling Races

• Bunny Hop Game

• Football Bowls

• Obstacle Course

• Target Practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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The last few months have been an unusual experience for people all across the globe, including our coaches at One Goal. While we have been continuing to support a number of our schools in providing care and activities for key worker/vulnerable children, we have also had more time than usual to plan and reflect. This comes at a time when we would usually be involved in helping many of our schools to plan and deliver annual sports day activities. We felt that it was a great shame that this may not be possible this year and decided to try to solve the problem. Our team decided to pool together our collective experience in order to plan a set of high quality activities that would help children to access a fantastic sports day experience both in school and at home!

Our One Goal Sports Day has been designed in order to provide children who are not yet returning to school with the opportunity to participate in the school events remotely. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools to remain closed for over two months, creating difficult circumstances for children, families and staff alike. This situation has been particularly challenging for young people who have been unable to access the great sporting and social experiences that they usually have available. At One Goal, we are committed to supporting schools, children and families to deal with this situation in any way that we possibly can.

Unfortunately, many children that are not yet returning to school will have to go a little bit longer without access to friends and external activities. As a result of this, we feel that children need positive and exciting experiences now more than ever. Therefore, to compliment our in-school sports day, we have come up with a second plan so that children that are at home can take part too! The rest of this document is made up of plans for six sports day activities that your child (and the rest of the family!) can enjoy at home.

We hope that this helps and that your family enjoys your One Goal Sports Day experience!

INTRODUCTION

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EASY TO FOLLOW PLANS AND ACTIVITIES

FUN ACTIVITIES FOR ALL THE FAMILY!

RECORD AND SHARE WITH THE SCHOOL!

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SCORECARDYou can use the below scorecard to keep track of your scores or to compete against family members!

How to use with family:

• Write down the name of up to four participants at the top of the scorecard.

• Give 1 point for the winner for each go on every activity.

• Enter participants scores for each activity in tally marks i.e |||| ||

How to use by yourself:

• Use the first column to note down your scores for each game.

• You can then repeat the activities and try to beat your scores!

• Fill in your new scores in the second column and so on.

SCORECARD

ACTIVITYNAME 1 NAME 2 NAME 3 NAME 4

Movement Races

Dribbling Races

Bunny Hop Game

Football Bowls

Obstacle Course

Target Practice

TOTAL

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1 MOVEMENT RACESJust like normal races, but with five different types of

fun movements to test yourself with!

• Place two cones (or household items!) on the floor around 10 yards apart.

• Travel from the start cone to the end cone in the quickest time possible. You can either race against family members or race against your own time!

• Try it with 5 different movements: 1. Running 2. Hopping 3. Skipping 4. Jumping 5. Backwards

• Record attempts and send in to the school!

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2 DRIBBLING RACESHow quick are your feet? Put your dribbling skills to the test

over different distances with our dribbling races!

• Set up a start cone as before and place 3 more cones on the floor: 1. 10 yards away 2. 15 yards away. 3. 20 yards away (or as close to these distances as possible).

• Try to dribble the over three different distances as quickly as possible: 1. 1st cone and back 2. 2nd cone and back 3. 3rd cone and back.

• Either race against your own time or a member of your family!

• Record attempts and send in to the school!

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3 BUNNY HOP GAMEBounce your way to victory like a bunny

in our speed-bounce challenge!

• Stand next to a hurdle (or similar sized household item!) ready to begin.

• Jump over the hurdle sideways as many times as you can in 30 seconds (ask a family member to keep the time).

• Either compete against a family member or your own scores.

• Record attempts and send in to the school!

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4 FOOTBALL BOWLSThis one is all about control! Not too much, not too little…

• Place two cones (or household items!) on the floor around 10 yards apart.

• Stand at the first cone with a football and kick it towards the other cone.

• Aim for the football to stop as close as possible to the target cone!

• Compete against yourself or a family member!

• Record attempts and send in to the school!

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5 GARDEN OBSTACLE COURSECreate your own obstacle course in your back garden!

How crazy can you make it?

• Be creative by using household/garden items to come up with your own obstacle course in your back garden!

• Complete the obstacle course and ask a family member to time you.

• Compete against your quickest time or against a member of your family!

• Record attempts and send in to the school!

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6 TARGET PRACTICEHow good is your aim? Put it to the test with

our fun target practice challenge!

• Set up a start cone and then set up a triangular shape of balls on top of cones ten yards away (use household items where required!).

• Kick a football (or another type of ball) at the targets to try and knock as many down as possible. 1 ball = 1 point, 2 = 2 points, 3 = 3 points.

• Compete against your own score or against a family member!

• Record your attempts and send in to the school!

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