Coupling the train
A relay race where the aim is to couple all the carriages to the train
- 3-16 years
- Group size: 8+
- Duration: 10 min
- Relay
- Gym / Sports hall
- Open space
- Mountains, forests and fields
- Cones
Two or more teams line up in rows behind a line. A marker is placed eight to ten metres ahead of each row. The first person in each row – the ‘locomotive’ – runs on the signal round the marker and back behind the line. There, the first carriage hooks up (holding onto the runner’s waist). They then run forward and round the marker, and so on, until all the carriages are hooked up.