Relay Games
Relay games where all players of a team compete in turn, each starting as the preceding player finishes. They develop strength, vigour and endurance.
70 Games
Simple Running Relay
Arrange the teams in parallel files facing the starting line. At signal, the first player of each team runs forward …
None - just an open area
Backward Running Relay
Arrange the teams in parallel files facing the starting line. At signal, the first player of each team runs backward …
None
Hopping Relay (Nondi Relay)
The first player hops on one foot to the turning line, return hopping on the other foot and touches off …
None
One Leg Relay
The first player raises one leg behind and grasps it with both hands. He hops in this position to the …
None
Jumping on Both Feet Relay
Arrange the teams in parallel files facing the starting line. At signal, the first player of each team jumps on …
None
Jump the 'Ditch' Relay
In the midway between the starting line and the turning line a 'Ditch' marked on the floor by drawing two …
Chalk or cones to mark the ditch
Sore-Toe Relay (Lame Duck Relay)
Arrange the players of each team in file. At the signal the first player of each team raises one foot …
None
Lame-Dog Relay (Scorpion Relay)
On two hands and one foot and stretching the other foot out behind, each player in turn travels to the …
None
Elephant Walk Relay
The player must keep the knees straight and grasp the ankles with the hands. At a given signal, the player …
None
Crab Relay
Each player supports himself on hands and feet back towards the floor and feet towards the starting line. In this …
None
Frog-Jumping Relay
Each runner in turn takes a position on hands and feet, hands close together, feet slightly spread with knees outside …
None
Leap Frog Relay
Each player leans forward placing his hands on his ankles in leapfrog position. Spread the files sufficiently. At the signal, …
None
Leap Frog Spoke Relay
Arrange the teams like the spokes in a wheel. At the signal the end player of each team leaps over …
None
Kangaroo-Jumping Relay
Arrange the players of each team in file. The first player places a basketball between his thigh and jumps to …
Basketball
Zig-zag Relay
Directly in front of each team between the starting line and the turning line, set up a row of five …
Indian Clubs (5 per team)
Tunnel Relay
Place a player, preferably a taller one, in front of each team, at a point half-way down to the turning …
None
Obstacle Relay
Between the starting line and the turning line, place a series of obstacles in the path of each team. At …
Various obstacles (cones, ropes, etc.)
Human-Obstacle Relay
Station four men-in line with each file between the starting and turning lines, five metres apart. The first stands erect, …
None
Human Hurdle Relay
Line up the players in relay formation behind the starting line, with at least one metre space in between each …
None
Club Shuttle Relay
Directly opposite each team at the turning line, draw two circles on the floor, one metre in diameter and place …
Indian Clubs (3 per team)
All-up and All-down Relay
Opposite each team on the turning line, mark a circle one metre in diameter and in each circle keep four …
Indian Clubs (4 per team)
Giddy Giddy Relay (Whirl Pool Relay)
Arrange the teams in files behind a starting line, 5 to 5 metres in front of each team plant a …
Stick or pole (1m height)
Jump-the-stick Relay
Teams are arranged in files behind the starting line. Give the first player of each team a wand. At signal …
Wand or stick
Pony-Express Relay
Teams are arranged in files behind the starting line. Each team has to select its lightest and smallest player to …
None
Horse-and-Rider Relay
Arrange the players in a file according to height with the tallest player in front. At the signal the second …
None
Over-the-Border Relay
Teams are arranged in file behind the starting line. Station the captain of each team behind the turning line, facing …
None
Low Bridge Relay
Teams are arranged in file behind the starting line. Two players of each team hold up a wand at the …
Wand or stick
Rainy Wash-day Relay
Teams are arranged in file behind the starting line. The first player of each team is given a towel. Two …
Towel, Rope
Back-to-Back Relay
The first two players stand back to back and link elbows. At the signal the front player leans forward lifts …
None
Siamese Twins Relay
Arrange the teams as files behind the starting line, in pairs back to back with their hands locked behind. A …
Bamboo stick (1m)
Human Wheelbarrow Relay
Arrange the teams in file behind the starting line in pairs. At signal, the first player places his hands on …
None
Double Hobble Relay
Arrange the teams in file behind the starting line in pairs. The players place the inside arm around each other's …
None
Double Stick Riding Relay
Arrange the relay teams in files behind the starting line facing the turning line. Each team is provided with a …
Wand or stick
Three-Legged Relay
Arrange the teams in file behind the starting line in pairs. Tie the two inner legs together. At a given …
Rope or cloth to tie legs
Overhead Passing Relay
Divide the players into teams and arrange them in files behind the starting line, facing front. A turning line is …
Ball
Between-the Legs Passing Relay
Same as overhead passing relay, except the ball is passed between the legs instead of over the head.
Ball
Over and Under Passing Relay
Arrange teams as in the overhead passing relay and space the players at arm's length apart. At the signal the …
Ball
Tunnel Ball Relay
Divide the players into teams and arrange them in files with feet apart behind the starting line, facing front. Give …
Ball
Ball Roll Relay
Arrange the relay teams in files behind a starting line, facing front. A turning line is marked 5 metres in …
Ball
Captain Change Relay
Teams are arranged in file behind the starting line. Station the captain of each team behind the turning line facing …
Ball
Ball Pass Vs Team Running Relay (Tadpole)
Arrange one team in a circle and the other in a file with the first player of the file within …
Ball
Circle Passing Relay
Divide the group into two teams. Arrange each team in a circle and designate a captain. Give the captain a …
Ball
Circle Zig-zag Relay
The players are divided into teams of equal number and each team forms a circle by holding hands and looking …
Ball
Circle Overtake Relay
Arrange the players in a circle and count them as ones and twos alternately. Designate as captains two opposing players …
2 Balls
Rope Skipping Relay
Players are divided into teams of equal number and arrange them in files behind the starting line. At the signal, …
Rope (about 2.44 metres long)
Tip the Bottle Relay
Arrange the players in equal teams in a file behind the starting line. In front of each team mark a …
Empty bottle
Balloon Bursting Relay
Players are divided into teams of equal number and arrange them in files behind the starting line, 5 to 6 …
Inflated balloons, Stool
Chain Relay
Arrange each team in a file behind the starting line. Players in each team stand 2 metres away from one …
None
Driving the Pig to Market
The teams are arranged in parallel files. Place a dumb-bell on the floor in front of each team and give …
Dumb-bell, Wand or stick
Corner Spry
Divide the group into four teams and place one team in each corner, players in file and facing the centre. …
Ball (4 per team)
Skin the Snake
Divide the players into two teams and place them in parallel files. Have the players stand at stride with feet …
None
Spoke Relay
Divide the players into teams and arrange the teams as in the spokes of a wheel. At the signal the …
None
The Freight Train
Divide the players into equal teams, and arrange them in file behind the starting line. Place the players at three …
None
File Race
Divide the group into teams of six to ten players. Line the teams up in file formation behind a starting …
None
Chinaman's Race
Arrange the teams in parallel files. Have each player reach back between his legs with his right hand and grasp …
None
Quartet Race
Each team consists of four players. The teams line up behind the starting line with all the players of each …
None
Backward Line Race
Three players constitute a team. The two end players on each team have their backs to the starting line and …
None
Rodeo Race
The players compete in threes. Number one stands on the starting line. Number two stands behind him, bends down and …
None
Chariot Race
Divide the players into groups of three. Each group chooses one of his members to take his place in the …
Handkerchief
Centipede Race
Divide the group into teams of eight or ten players each. The members of each team line up in file, …
None
Boat Centipede Race (Land Boat Race)
Divide the group into teams. The members of each team form a centipede by straddling either a stick or rope. …
Stick or rope
Centipede Relay
Divide the group into teams and arrange each team in file behind the starting line. At the signal the second …
None
Potato Race
Teams stand in files behind the starting line. Between the starting line and the finish line, circles, equal in number, …
Potatoes, Chalk for circles
Frog and Crab Shuttle Relay
The team is divided into two halves, each half is placed in file opposite the other half with a distance …
None
Kangaroo-Hop and Goat-Butting Shuttle Relay
The team is divided into two halves, each half is placed in file opposite to the other half, with a …
Ball
The Farmer and Crow Shuttle Relay
The team is divided into two halves each half is placed in file opposite to other half, with a distance …
Small pieces of wood (4)
Bottle and Stick Shuttle Relay
The team is divided into two halves, each half is placed in file opposite the other half, with a distance …
Bottle, Stick
Load Down Shuttle Relay
The team is divided into two halves, each half is placed in file opposite to the other half, with a …
4 Balls, Circles
Forward and Backward Balance Walk Shuttle Relay
Arrange the players in shuttle teams. At a given signal, No.1 player walks forward to the opposite line balancing a …
Note book or cardboard
Ring Pass Shuttle Relay
Arrange the players in shuttle teams. Each player is given a tooth-pick and each team is given a ring (washer). …
Tooth-picks, Ring or washer