Present Delivery Relay

🖼️ Visual Guide

🎯 Objectives

• •Mix dribbling, passing, and teamwork in a simple relay format.
• •Keep large birthday groups active with short, repeatable turns.
• •Teach players to slow the ball down before entering a target zone.

🎒 Equipment Needed

1 ball per team, cones for lanes, 1 hoop or square target per team, beanbags or pinnies as presents.

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📐 Setup

Create relay lanes with a present zone at the far end of each lane. Place a beanbag or pinnie in the target and have each team line up behind its start cone with one ball.

📋 How to Run It

1. 1The first player dribbles to the present zone, stops the ball, and picks up one present.
2. 2That player dribbles or passes back to the next teammate, who repeats the run.
3. 3Continue until all presents have been delivered back to the start area.
4. 4If the ball leaves the lane, the player must bring it back under control before continuing.
5. 5The first team to bring back every present with proper control wins the round.

💡 Coaching Tips

• •Make the lane wide enough that beginners can keep the ball in play.
• •Players should stop the ball fully before grabbing a present.
• •For party groups, keep teams small so turns come quickly.
• •Cheer for clean control as much as finishing first.

🔄 Variations

• •Easier: let players carry only one present at a time with no passing requirement.
• •Harder: require a return pass through a cone gate before the next runner can leave.
• •Partner version: two players share one ball and must travel together to deliver the present.