Spin-the-Wheel Team Challenges

At each of five stations the team spins a cardboard spinner that decides how to do the challenge: with the weaker foot, holding hands with a partner, backward, in silence or double speed. Students build agility and learn to adjust to changing conditions.

How to play

1. Set up five stations: cone slalom, hoop hops, dribbling along a line, individual jump rope and a cone carry relay.
2. Each station has a cardboard spinner with six sections: normal, non-dominant foot, holding hands, backward, no talking and a wild card where the team chooses.
3. Make 5 teams of 5; the captain spins and the whole team does the challenge under that condition (2 min to explain).
4. Each challenge completed by the whole team is worth 1 point, and the hard sections (backward and non-dominant foot) are worth 2.
5. Spin twice per station in 4 minutes; on the whistle, rotate and change captains (20 min).
6. Wrap-up (3 min): teams total their points and share which condition was hardest and how they organized.

Rules

• Spin only once per turn and accept the result.
• Backward means walking, never running.
• Wait until the teammate ahead finishes before starting.
• The captain changes at every station so everyone gets to spin.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: a spinner with adapted sections, such as doing it seated or with a partner guide.
• Autism: show the spinner ahead of time and allow the wild card if a condition is upsetting.
• Lower fitness: choose the short version of each station.

Learning goals

• Adapt movement to changing conditions.
• Make team decisions with the wild card.
• Accept chance and follow the game rules.

Equipment for a class of 25

• cardboard spinners: 5
• cones: 10
• hoops: 6
• balls: 5
• jump ropes: 5

Teacher tip

Spinners take minutes to make with a paper plate and a brass fastener for the arrow. Watch that nobody turns backward walking into a race.

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