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Throwing Activities 4

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4.6.2 Throws Relay

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Aim : The throws relay is a team event of throwing for distance a specified implement (soccer ball, primary shot or soft javelin) to reach a target using as few throws as possible. WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Layout : A throwing area is marked out with a throwing line at one end and divided into lanes equal to the number of teams. Activity : In teams of four or five, the first young athlete from each team approaches the throwing line. The remainder of the team should stand within their lane at least two metres behind their thrower. The coach should instruct the young athletes that they are only allowed to ‘throw’ and ‘collect’ on his or her command. The first young athlete from the first team is then instructed to ‘throw’ and the coach places a cone at the place where the implement landed. The first young athlete from the next team is then instructed to ‘throw’ and this continues until all the first team members have thrown. All first team members are then instructed to ‘collect’ their implements and at this time the remaining members of the teams move forward in their lanes to the cone of the team nearest the initial throwing line. The second team member from each team then throws on the coach’s command and the type of throw takes the same format as with the previous team member. This sequence continues until the first team reaches the target.

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