Scout Athletics Evening

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Description

A Scout evening based on the Athletics badge but adapted to suit available equipment, and to be made different from School base Athletics.
Also linked to Disability Awareness
Can be run in any open space. A park with play equipment enables the Assault Course event

To cover the safety requirement
Tell scouts in advance that it's Athletics, and to arrive wearing appropriate clothes
Ask Scouts to make up the safety rules for each event as the event starts

Ask Scouts to think about where they can do athletics- school, local clubs

Resources

Frisbees
Broom sticks or similar
Chalk spray for grass
Chalk stick or Post It's
Blindfolds
Sacks- Rubbles sack or builders bags
Tennis Ball
Stopwatches
Stilts
Cups or other small open water container

Instructions

Ask Scouts to share ideas for warm up and warm down activities and run a couple for 5-10 minutes
Split into 4 teams. Within the team, they can decide who will take part in each event. Each team member must take part in at least 2 individual events and all team events
Run as a league with one team winning overall

Scoring
1st- 5 points
2nd- 3 points
3rd- 2 points
4th- 1 Point

Events- 3 attempts at each, aiming for improvement overall:
Discus- throw a frisbee to land in a defined area (looking for straight, not distance)
Javelin- throw a broom stick blindfolded to land in a defined area (looking for straight, not distance). Second person to direct
Sergeant Jump. Mark wall while standing and extending hand upward. Jump and mark wall with chalk or Post It's
Tennis Ball Throw- to land in a defined area (looking for straight, not distance)

To be run once only:
Sack race
Blindfold race with a second person guiding
Three legged race
Hopping race
Stilt race
Relay Race, carrying a small container of water
Assault Course- Entire team to make it round the assault course, Make it more difficult by adding an object to carry (large cuddly toy for example)

Scout Athletics Evening

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