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Description

Highland games event

This event tests both coordination and leg strength. In 1904, an Olympic record was set at 3.47 m – it stood for over 80 years. The new record is over 3.6 m.

With thanks to https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/host-your-own-homemade-highland-games/

Resources

Something to mark a take-off line and landing places

Instructions

The person leading the activity should mark a take-off line.
Players should take it in turns to stand on the line and jump from a standing position with both feet at once. They should bend their knees before they take off and swing their arms forward as they take off to help.
The person leading the game should mark where the player ends up. They should measure the distance and jot it down as a score.
Each player should have two turns at jumping. The further they can jump, the higher their score.

Tags

• athletics
• burns night
• game
• St Andrew's Day

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