Drink Target: What Should I Drink and When?

A target-throwing game with five hoops, each one a drink: water, milk, 100% juice, sports drink, and energy drink. For each situation, the group picks the right drink and throws into its hoop.

How to play

1. Intro: five hoops at different distances with their signs. The energy drink hoop is the closest, as an easy trap (3 min).
2. Situation rounds: the teacher reads one (regular recess, an hour-long game in the heat, snack before practice, test tomorrow and very sleepy...). The group decides in 15 seconds and a different member throws each time. Double points for the right drink and a hit (10 min).
3. Review the tricky ones: water works almost every time; sports drinks only for long, intense efforts with heavy sweating; energy drinks are not recommended for kids and teens (3 min).
4. Final challenge: throw with the non-dominant hand and from farther away (4 min).

Rules

• Throw from behind the cone line.
• Nobody collects beanbags until every group has thrown.
• The group decides together, not just the thrower.
• Respect others' opinions even if you disagree.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: throws seated from a closer line.
• Visual impairment: a partner claps from the chosen hoop to guide the throw.
• Students with reading difficulties: signs include a picture, and situations are read aloud.

Learning goals

• Choose the right drink for each activity moment.
• Understand why energy drinks are not for teens.
• Improve throwing accuracy.

Equipment for a class of 25

• hula hoops: 5
• beanbags: 15
• drink signs: 5
• cones: 6

Teacher tip

Prepare about ten situations before class. The usual mistake is thinking sports drinks suit any workout: use it to push water as the default.

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