Cardboard Disc on the Move: Passing While Jogging

In pairs, students pass a class-made cardboard disc while jogging across the schoolyard. It warms up shoulders and legs and sharpens the backhand throw.

How to play

1. Jog side by side in pairs, 3 m apart, with shoulder circles (2 min).
2. Short backhand passes while walking; the disc flies flat at chest height (2 min).
3. Passes while jogging: lead your partner so they don't have to slow down (2 min).
4. After each pass, the receiver switches sides by running behind their partner (2 min).
5. Challenge: count passes in a row with no drops on an out-and-back course (2 min).

Rules

• Pass only to your partner, at a distance you can control.
• If the disc drops, pick it up and continue without running into other pairs.
• All pairs travel in the same direction.
• Catch with two hands in a pancake catch.

Variations

Adaptations

• Low vision: disc with a bright tape rim and a partner who calls 'now' on the throw.
• Limited mobility: passes from a fixed spot while the partner moves around them.
• Hesitant students: chosen partner and rolled passes along the ground at first.

Learning goals

• Warm up shoulders and wrists for throwing.
• Throw accurately to a moving partner.
• Coordinate running with catching.

Equipment for a class of 25

• cardboard discs: 15

Teacher tip

Make the discs by taping two paper plates together at the rim with packing tape and wrapping the edge; a thick cardboard ring also works. Common mistake: throwing with a tilted disc; ask for a firm wrist and a flat release.

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