True or False Sprint in Pairs

Two lines face each other 1 m apart: one is “true” and the other “false.” The teacher reads a statement about health or fitness; if it is true, the “true” line chases and the other flees to its safe zone, and vice versa. It combines reaction, speed and content review.

How to play

1. Jogging, skipping and easy 10-meter accelerations (2 min).
2. Form two facing lines in the center, 1 m apart, with safe zones marked by cones 10 m behind each line (1 min).
3. First, easy statements (“warming up reduces injury risk”); whoever must flee runs to their zone and their partner tries to tag them first. Each tag is a point for the chaser (3 min).
4. Change the starting position (seated, facing away) and use harder statements about heart rate, nutrition or first aid (2 min).

Rules

• Tag with a hand on the back or shoulder, no pushing.
• Everyone chases only the partner across from them, to avoid crossing paths and collisions.
• Slow down gradually past the safe zone; cones are at least 15 feet from any wall.
• If someone runs the wrong way, no problem: they come back and play continues.

Variations

Adaptations

• Hearing impairment: the statement is shown in writing on a whiteboard or tablet.
• Limited mobility: reads the statements or rules on whether they are true.
• Lower-body injury: takes part at a brisk walk with safe zones at 5 m.

Learning goals

• Improve reaction speed to a cue that must be interpreted.
• Review health and fitness concepts actively.
• Practice safe accelerations and decelerations.

Equipment for a class of 25

• cones: 8

Teacher tip

At the end, ask each pair to suggest a new statement for the next lesson: it gets them engaged with the content.

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