Thrower's Inventory: Pack Up with a Mission

A cool-down where throwing equipment is collected at a walk using a checklist. Heart rates come down while the gear is checked for next session.

How to play

1. The teacher hands each team a card listing what to collect and count (1 min).
2. Walk, don't run, to collect, carrying gear the way it was taught: javelins tip down (3 min).
3. Each team checks its gear: broken javelins, flat balls or bent hoops go by a red cone (2 min).
4. Share-out: each team reports its count and what needs fixing (2 min).

Rules

• Collect only after the teacher closes the throwing area with the agreed signal.
• No tossing gear into the bin.
• Carry medicine balls against your chest, one at a time.
• If something is missing, the group searches together.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: is in charge of the bin and records the count.
• Deaf or hard of hearing: written card with all instructions and a visual closing signal.
• Back injury: no medicine balls, only hoops or javelins.

Learning goals

• Bring the body back down after throwing.
• Check equipment condition with safety in mind.
• Work together on a shared task.

Equipment for a class of 25

• foam javelins: 12
• medicine balls: 10
• hula hoops: 10
• equipment bins: 4

Teacher tip

Perfect moment to repeat the rule of carrying a javelin upright with the tip down. Have a box or mesh bag ready for damaged equipment.

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