A fun sports relay will decorate any children's holiday. It can be carried out both in open space and indoors - up to a small room. Relays have many advantages - children learn teamwork, get a boost of energy and vitality. Children's sports relay races can stir any, even very shy child.
But you should not think that this lesson is intended only for elementary school or toddlers in a preschool institution! Adult relay races are also not forbidden, moreover, they are actively welcome! The funnier the event, the more joy it will bring to you and your guests.
The basic rules of any sporting event (relay)
All participants must build on the start. The host gives a signal, then the first players of each team run or move in a different way (which we will discuss in more detail below) to the place designated by the finish. The distance from it to the start is usually not less than 3 and not more than 30 meters. To avoid crowds, each team should be assigned its own finish point.
Having run around it, the player must return to his team and pass the baton to the next (for example, by touching with his hand). Now the task of the second is to run to the finish line in the same way, to come back, etc. And when the whole team makes the way, it loudly and noisily signals this. The team whose players finish the baton before the others wins and is gifted with incentive prizes and gifts.
Music for sports relay races should always be selected invigorating, corresponding to the spirit of the holiday.
How to diversify the baton
There are many different tricks for this. For example, players can move from start to finish not only with a classic run, but also backwards, squatting, on all fours or jumping on one or two legs. You can also jump sideways, a frog, through a jump rope, and also - to move blindfolded or by somersaults back or forward.
It is funny and interesting to jump in bags in pairs, holding hands, standing with your backs to each other, dragging your partner in shorts or holding his legs. You can run and the three of us - two are on the third coupled in the hands.
How to complicate the path to the finish
Here are the actions that diversify the sports relay race with options for hitting the finish point:
- Climb through a small stepladder.
- Creeping under a chair.
- Hand holding a basketball.
- Pushing the same ball with the head.
- Throwing him on the run.
In addition, during the movement, participants can be invited to collect objects scattered in advance, sweep up the rubbish lying around with a large broom. You can run with two glasses with a transfusion of water from one to another or jump on the go over a long bench. Such techniques are often used in the development of the relay scenario "Dad, Mom, I - a sports family."
What are the funniest things to run around with?
It can be a burning candle, a large tablespoon with an egg placed in it, a small bucket of water, a saucepan placed on the head, or a book pressed to the body with a chin.
In addition, they run around, rotating a hoop around the body, trying to keep a head of cabbage on their heads or on a shovel - a large inflated balloon. No less funny is running with small pillows in the teeth or balls sandwiched between the knees.
Dress Up Relays
Such competitions always cause a sea of laughter. They are particularly successful in the relay race "Mom, Dad, I am a sports family." At the start, the first player must take off various items of clothing. The task of the next is to put them on yourself as soon as possible, run the baton, return and do the same for the third player.
What subjects can we talk about? You can put on a fur coat, hat, mittens and huge felt boots. Another option is to arm yourself with a hat, cloak and an open umbrella. Another kit can be a cleaning lady’s bathrobe along with a bucket full of water and a long mop. Participants can wig each other on their heads and put on clown noses with elastic bands.
As an option, a pirate costume (hat, bandage and gun) or cook clothes - a cap, a white apron and a large cook is possible. The girl's option is a long skirt uncomfortable for running, a ladies' hat and a huge fan. These things will look especially funny on tomboys-boys. “Fisherman's set” can be made up of huge rubber boots, the same bucket of water and a long fishing rod.
In addition, those running can dress up in flippers and a swimming mask, as well as put on their home pajamas and grab a night pot with them for running. The more fun options you come up with, the funnier and more exciting your relay race will be.
What actions can be performed at the finish
Players can be forced to sew buttons prepared in advance, drink a glass of water, build up on the floor to a house built from cubes, pour the water brought on the run into a large container, or draw a small stroke on the overall picture. If you skillfully combine all of the above actions, you can come up with an incredible amount of fun and developing sports relay races in kindergarten or school, each of which will become truly unique. In this case, you are guaranteed a fun and unforgettable holiday.
For clarity, let's get acquainted with examples of specific relay races that are suitable for almost any occasion.
Sports games and relay races for children - examples
On the Internet and in manuals for educators and counselors, you will find a great many of them. Interesting relay races based on the use of various equipment shells and other paraphernalia are not required to be exclusively an exercise for athletes. They can be diluted, as already mentioned, by such activities as drawing pictures, sewing buttons, etc.
So, here you have good examples of competitions that are universal as a sports relay for children in elementary school or kindergarten.
Throwing the ball into the ring
Conduct should be in the gym or where there are basketball backboards. As a rule, this option includes sports relay races on the street in the presence of a playground equipped for training. At a distance of 2-3 m from each of the shields, a team is built in one column, after the signal has sounded, the first numbers throw balls into the rings, catch and pass them on to the next. The second players repeat their actions, etc. The referees carefully calculate the number of hits. The winner is the team with the most accurate shots.
Run with three balls
Three balls are added to the start line - volleyball, basketball, football. The first player takes them as he sees fit, and on a signal runs to the turning flag. There he should fold the balls and go back empty-handed.
The second participant will have to run to the lying balls, pick them up, return to the team and put on the floor, not reaching a meter to the 3rd player. Then the action is repeated. You can diversify the baton by taking six tennis balls instead of three large balls or replacing running with jumps.
Rolling hoops
This is a classic example of a contest, which you can meet, perhaps, in any scenario of a sports relay. At a distance of 20 to 25 m from each other, a pair of lines are drawn across the track. The task of each of the players is to roll the hoop without dropping it, from the 1st to 2nd mark, then go back and pass the hoop to the next. As in other cases, the win belongs to the team that will be able to complete the baton before the others.
Jump rope and hoop - counter relay races
This is a wonderful example of a true sports relay for elementary grades, contributing to the development of children's physical abilities and maintaining the team spirit of the game.
Teams should be built, divided in half, as for a counter relay. Each of the two subgroups of the team has its own guide. One of them holds a gymnastic hoop in his hand, the second holds a jump rope. After the signal sounded, the first should rush forward, jumping through the hoop. At the moment the player crosses the start line with the hoop, participants with jump ropes start from the opposite side. Their task is to move forward by jumping through it.
Having completed the task, each of the participants transfers his own inventory to the next of the players in the column. The program is considered to be completed at the moment when all participants in the columns completely switch places. Running is prohibited.
Relay race
Each representative of the opposing teams receives three large balls. The task is to convey them, without dropping, to the final destination and safely return back, which is very difficult if the balls are large. In the event the ball falls, it should be raised without assistance, which is also not easy. That is why porters move carefully and slowly, and the distance should not be set too long. The win, as always, is with the team that will cope with the task faster than others.
Balls under your feet
Each team is built in a column, the players spread their legs wide, then the first takes the ball and sends back between the apart legs of the participants. The task of the last in a row is to catch the ball, run along with it along the entire column, stand at its beginning and repeat the action. As soon as a complete change of players occurs, the team is considered to have completed the task. The one that will make it faster than others is the winner.
Three Jump Relay
Two or three teams can be present in exactly the same way. At a distance of 8-10 m from the start line, a hoop and a rope are placed. On command, the first players of each team run to the ropes, take them, do three jumps, put them and run back. The second players, having entered the game, take hoops and make three jumps through it. Thus, the jump rope and hoop alternate. It is important not to mix up the sequence and complete the game as quickly as possible.
With balls, you can generally come up with a huge number of different competitions (for example, for a military sports relay race), and there can be more than two teams in them. As a rule, all players in them should be lined up in columns one at a time. Most often, those standing in front are awarded volleyballs, which are transmitted back by an audio signal. The task of the last player who received the ball is to run with him to the beginning of the column (everyone must step back), get up first and transfer the ball in the same way.
More options
Another option is a team sports relay with balls. It happens with the choice of captains. They come forward and face the rest of the participants at a distance of about 5 m. The host gives the captains volleyballs. After the signal sounds, the captain is obliged to throw the ball to the first player of his team. And he catches him, returns to the captain and sits on the floor.
The captain's task is to throw the ball to the second, after which the third, etc. Having returned it to him, each of the players crouches. When the ball flies from the last player in the column, the captain raises his hands with him up, and the entire team sitting on the floor jumps together. The task of the team, as always, is to get around others in the speed of the task.
But besides the balls?
Balls, as already mentioned, are far from the only attribute for organizing this event - sports relay races. Children can demonstrate team spirit, their own agility and accuracy using a variety of objects. For example, the relay "snipers" makes it possible to practice accuracy.
Teams are built in the same way in columns. 3 m in front of each of them is put on a hoop. The task of the players is to throw small sandbags with both their right and left hands. The goal is getting into the hoop. Each of the hits brings the team one point. The winner is determined by calculating the amount of points scored.
We use a rope
This is almost the same indispensable accessory for holding a sports relay as a ball. The classic relay race with a skipping rope consists of jumping through it from a common start line to a rotary stance located 10-12 m away. As a rule, players move to a stance by jumping over a skipping rope. Having reached the turn, they fold it in half, intercept it in one hand and move back in jumps on two legs with the horizontal rotation of the rope under them. At the finish, she is transferred to the next participant.
Relay race with gymnastic sticks
The first players of each of the columns built in a line hold gymnastic sticks. After the signal, their task is to run to the turntable, go around it, return to the columns. The stick is held by the player at one end and sweeps along the entire column under the feet of the participants. Each player must jump over it without leaving the spot. Then the gymnastic stick is transferred to the last in the column and the task is repeated.
Another interesting option is the relay race with stops. The distance is overcome by the players in any chosen way, but the presenter at any time can use the whistle to give a stop signal. Upon hearing it, each player is obliged to take up a lying position and, for example, push out one or a couple of times. Continuation of the relay - after a second signal.
"We pass the swamp"
Each team receives its order a pair of hoops. This inventory will help overcome the “swamp”. In the group are three people. When the signal sounds, the hoop is thrown to the ground and all three players must jump into it. One of them is holding a second hoop, which rushes a short distance from the first. The whole team jumps into the second, reaches for the first with his hands, picks it up and throws it on.
Thus, jumping from one hoop to another, the group must get to the turning point. Return to the start line is possible along the "bridge" - hoops just roll on the ground. Having reached the start line, the mini-team passes them to the next three players. Under the ban - to step on the ground outside the hoop, otherwise the player "drowns in the swamp."
Relay relay
Participants - two teams of six children each, conditionally representing grandfather, grandmother, bug, granddaughter, cat and mouse. A pair of chairs is placed on the opposite wall of the hall, on each of which they put a "Turnip" - a player in a hat depicting this vegetable. In each team begins the game "grandfather". After the signal sounded, he runs towards the "turnip", runs around it and returns.
The next step is the "grandmother" clinging to him (clasping the "grandfather" at the waist). Running continues together. After the second round near the turnip, the players rush back and the granddaughter joins them in the same way. At the very end of the game, the turnip itself should cling to the last player (the “mouse”). The team that “pulls” it faster than the other is declared the winner.
Not only the sports relay can be attractive to children. As already mentioned, examples of fun and creative competitions in the world are a dime a dozen.
Artist Contests
The theme of the picture must be invented in advance. In the center of the stage or a regular venue, a pair of easels with prepared paper is set up. The team consists of two groups, each of five to six people. When the signal sounds, the first players grab a piece of coal and begin to draw on a given topic. After the newly sounded signal, the coal is transferred to the following players.
The goal of the relay - each team must depict a given topic faster than opponents. Any simple object should be drawn - a bicycle, a truck, an airplane, etc.