Design-a-Line Parkour Team Challenge

In teams, students design a parkour line, a route with at least five movements they have learned, check its safety, and test it before swapping with another team. Students work on creativity, planning a movement project, and reducing risk.

How to play

1. Make 5 teams of 5, each with an area, one bench, two mats, four cones, and two hoops. Explain the task: a line with five movements, such as a precision jump, a vault, a balance, a roll, and an underbar (3 min).
2. Design: the team places the equipment, marks the route with cones, and decides the order of movements (6 min).
3. Safety check: the team makes sure nothing moves, there is landing space, and nothing is higher than the hips; the teacher signs off (2 min).
4. Test: each member runs the line three times, first walking and then with flow (6 min).
5. Swap: teams rotate to try another team's line and leave one comment on the smoothest and the hardest part (8 min).

Rules

• No obstacle can be higher than hip height.
• No line is used until the teacher has checked its safety.
• Every line must have an easier version.
• Wait for the previous person to finish before starting.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: the student leads the design and safety check, and the line includes an adapted version for them.
• Shyness: the student can draw the course plan before the team builds it.
• Fitness level: each movement is offered at two levels so the whole team can complete the line.

Learning goals

• Design a movement course as a team using clear criteria.
• Identify and fix risks in the equipment setup.
• Link parkour movements together with flow.

Equipment for a class of 25

• gym benches: 5
• mats: 10
• cones: 20
• hoops: 10

Teacher tip

Give teams a firm time limit for setup or it drags on. Check each line before testing: it is the best moment to teach risk prevention.

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