PaceSetter Book

Warm-Up & Cool-Down Activities 3

3.2 Use of Games

Playing games is an ideal way for young athletes to Warm-Up as they are fun and exciting. Appropriate types of games allow the aims of a Warm-Up to be achieved and also allow the coach the opportunity to identify the ability level of the young athletes and therefore group them to provide teams of similar ability in later stages of the session. In games activities there is also an opportunity to give young athletes the responsibility to act as leaders, organisers or officials. The following games are ideal Warm-Up activities for the young athletes under 13 years old: • Domes & Dishes • Farmer Tag • Tails • Rats & Rabbits • Push/Pull • Under/Over Ball Relay • Side-Side Ball Relay • Object Relay WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Playing the Game Place half the cones around a defined space on the floor in the normal way and the other half of the cones upside down, which creates the ‘Domes’ and ‘Dishes’ respectively. Split the group into two teams of approximately equal numbers and call one team the ‘Domes’ and the other team the ‘Dishes’. Game One – Cone Zone The ‘Domes’ must collect all the cones that are placed the normal way and return them to their CONE ZONE and the ‘Dishes’ must collect all the cones upside down and return to their CONE ZONE . This is performed by the first member of each team running to collect an appropriate cone returning it to their CONE ZONE and then the second team member running to collect a cone and so on. The winning team is the one with all of their cones returned to their CONE ZONE first. WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Cone Zone Illustration of young athletes playing Game Two Cone Zone 3.2.1 Domes & Dishes

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