March 23rd

DAILY CHALLENGE: SKIPS

How many skips can you do in 1 minute?

 

 

 

 

GOLD MEDAL: 150 +

SILVER MEDAL: 100-149

BRONZE MEDAL: 0-99

DAILY GAME: AHOY MATEY

Number of players:

Can be played with 1+ a leader but also good fun with more players

Aim:

Warm up and get active!!! 

Playing Space:

Garden, yard – which becomes the ‘ship’

How to Play:

The leader issues instructions and the player does the actions as quickly as possible. Play for 2 minutes and then change, taking turns to be the leader. If there are more players, the player who completes the actions first wins a point and the one with the most points at the end wins. If there are lots of players, the last one to perform each action can be out so that the winner is the last player left.

Port – run to left hand side of ship

Starboard – run to right hand side of ship

Stern – run to back of the ship

Bow – run to front of the ship

Abandon ship – move outside the ship and pretend to swim

Shark attack – swim back on board ship and sit down.

Captain’s coming aboard – stand straight and salute

Climb the rigging – mime climbing up a ladder

Scrub the decks – kneel and pretend to scrub

Dance the hornpipe – fold arms and dance

Torpedoes – balance on one leg

Submarines – lie on back with one leg in the air

Freeze – stand still

 

Variations:

Increase speed and amount of instructions – start with a few and add see how many the player(s) can remember at one time.