PaceSetter Book

Sustained Activities 7

7.5 Sustained Activity Games

WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Start 1 9 10

7.5.1 Continuous Relay (400 metres track)

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WEB COPY ©EVEQUE This relay is suitable for teams with six to thirteen members. If each team has eleven members then the track is divided into ten segments each measuring 40 metres. The distances between the cones is short so each team member can run several times. However, the number of laps should be variable depending upon the number of members in a team. The diagram above illustrates three teams of eleven athletes. The first runner from each team starts the relay in his or her allocated lane and passes the baton to the runner at take-over number one who runs in his or her allocated lane and passes to the runner at take-over number two. At this point the young athletes can 'break' and run in lane one. The baton continues to be passed to the next runner in each team until the baton reaches the runner at take-over number ten who starts the next lap and passes to the first runner. The relay continues until the declared number of laps has been completed. As an alternative, realistic time targets can be set based on known and achievable records. These might be a world record, a National record or an age group record over 1500 or 3000 metres.

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