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GAMES & ACTIVITIES
AN INTRODUCTIONTO
ENDURANCERUNNING
SECTION 4
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Tag Relay
The Tag Relay is suitable for both indoors and out and is an enjoyable game of chase that requires
repetition runs from all the team members.
The track can be circular or oval. The radius of the bends can vary from seven to ten metres
depending on the size of the facility available. It is very important to ensure the track allows
the young athletes to run safely without colliding with walls or pieces of equipment and the track
should be laid out with these safety considerations in mind.
Rules
Each runner runs one lap before passing the baton onto the next team member. The chase
continues until someone catches the team in front and ‘Tags’ them with the baton. At this point,
the whistle blows, all running stops and a point is awarded to the team making the ‘Tag’. The two
teams involved in the ‘Tag’ change places and the chase starts again.
For example, if team ‘
A
’ catches team ‘
B
’ the whistle blows, everyone stops and team ‘
A
’ are
awarded one point. Then ‘
A
’ and ‘
B
’ change places so that ‘
A
’ is chasing ‘
C
’, ‘
C
’ is chasing ‘
D
’
and ‘
D
’ is chasing ‘
B
’.
When appropriate the referee can change the running direction from anti-clockwise to clockwise or
have the scoring team change places with the team it caught. The teams do not necessarily require
the same number so no youngster is left out.
15–20m
Team A
Team B
Team C
Team D
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