Sportshall Handbook 6th Edition

SECTION 2

TRACK EVENTS

TAG RELAY

Description A continual four team pursuit relay. The aim is to pursue the team in front and tag them with the relay baton. Although eight team members are recommended, this event is easily adapted for different numbers of children, and offers an advantage in that teams don’t strictly have to contain same numbers of children. A radius of approximately 10m is recommended. WEB COPY ©EVEQUE

Equipment • 4 Team Mats • Cones to mark circuit • 4 Relay Batons • Stopwatch • Whistle Rules WEB COPY ©EVEQUE • The pursuit continues using the next runners in the sequence. The rotation of team members continues, each runner may run numerous laps. • The winning team is the one with the most points. Tips For athletes • Practice relay baton change-overs. For judges • One Judge per team to watch for tagging. • One Judge as timekeeper. Safety • Waiting athletes stay seated on Team Mats. • Ensure runner swiftly sits back on Team Mat after their lap. • Teams sit on the Team Mat facing their start line. The first runner from each team stands on their start line with the baton. • On the whistle the first runners race anti- clockwise around the circuit pursuing the runner in front. • Each runner completes one lap and hands the baton to the next team member and sits at the back of Team Mat. • If a team is tagged, the judge stops pursuit and awards the tagging team one point. These two teams swap places.

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