Team Planks Caterpillar Relay
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-Objective:
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Be the first team to complete a certain number of repetitions of the challenge.
-Fundamental Movement Skills:
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Locomotor
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Run
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Non-Locomotor
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Balance
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-Equipment List:
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One foam ball per team of 5-7 players.
-Equipment Link:
-Setting Up:
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Teams of five to seven players line up behind a starting line.
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One player holds a ball and stands on the starting line.
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Three players go into a push up position creating a tunnel underneath them.
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One player stands at the end of the line.
-Instructions:
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On the signal to begin the first player rolls the ball underneath the players in a pushup position, and then goes into a push up position beside the player in front of them.
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The person at the end retrieves the ball and runs to the start of the line, rolls the ball underneath the players doing a push up, and then goes into a push up position beside the player in front of them...
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Continue until the first player holding the ball holds it for the fifth time. First team to do so wins.
-Questions & Notes:
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Variations:
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Once a ball rolls past a player that player does a push-up (creates a wave like pattern).
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Rather than the player with the ball running around the team, the player with the ball leaps over each player one at a time.
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Questions for Understanding:
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What are some ways the team can increase the speed of succeeding at this challenge?
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