Target Clean-Up: Ring the Cone with a Ringo Ring

A precision cool-down where students toss ringo rings onto a cone while putting equipment away. It lowers the intensity while keeping focus.

How to play

1. Each pair has a ring and a cone 3 meters away: toss gently to ring the cone; the thrower walks to get it and comes back (3 min).
2. Move the cone back one step and toss with the non-dominant hand (2 min).
3. Last toss into the equipment bin; if it misses, the pair walks it over (1 min).
4. While the cones are put away, each pair shares one thing they learned about ringo today (1 min).

Rules

• Walk the whole time; no running in this part.
• Only one partner throws at a time; the other waits behind.
• Nobody picks up a ring while someone is tossing toward that cone.
• All cones face the same wall so no one throws toward another pair.

Variations

Adaptations

• Students with visual impairments: the partner taps the cone so it makes a sound and calls out the distance.
• Students who use wheelchairs: put the cone on a bench for a comfortable throwing angle.
• Students with an arm injury: toss with the other arm, with no scoring pressure.

Learning goals

• Bring the heart rate down with a calm task.
• Adjust throwing force for accuracy.
• Help put away the equipment.

Equipment for a class of 25

• ringo rings: 15
• cones: 15

Teacher tip

Works great at the end of a ringo lesson since the equipment is already out. Ask for soft, arcing tosses; the flat game throw doesn't work here.

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