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Sports charades

Kick-off with a game of sports charades to get everyone thinking and sharing.
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You will need

  • Scrap paper
  • Pens or pencils
  • Items of sporting equipment or clothing
  • Sports charades cards
Sports charades cards
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Before you begin

  • Cut up the sports charades sheet. Fold the pieces and put them in a bowl.
  • Encourage everyone to bring in some of the clothing or equipment needed for a sport that they play or participate in regularly (a football, swimming goggles, and so on).

Get ready for charades

  1. Everyone should take a pen or pencil and write down a sport that they like to watch or play. Fold these suggestions up and add them to the bowl of sports charades.
  2. Create a stage where the charades will be performed. There could be more than one stage if you have a large space or lots of people in the group.

Act it out

  1. Players must act out the sport written on the piece of paper they pick from the bowl. If they don’t know what the sport is, they can pick again. Players cannot say words but they can make noises during their charade.
  2. Everyone else should try to guess what the sport is. The player should shake their head at incorrect guesses and continue acting until the sport is guessed correctly.
  3. If anyone in the group does this sport, they should explain the basic rules and can show some of the clothing and equipment needed if they have brought it in.
  4. Everyone should have a turn at acting out a charade if they want to.
  5. Everyone should get back together and chat about how it went. What did they do to be a good team player and help their team? Can they think of other types of teams and the roles in them?

Reflection

This game helped you learn more about different sports. Playing sport forms an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Which new sports did you learn about? Were there any that you were interested to try out, now that you know about them? What things help you to get better at your chosen sport?

This game was also about being physically active. What do you enjoy about playing sports and being physically active? Why do you think it is an important thing to do? If you haven’t found a sport that you really enjoy, how else can you be physically active?

Safety

All activities must be safely managed. Do a risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Always get approval for the activity and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.