Everyone was put into groups of 5 or 6, and depending what group you were in depended what order you did your 8 events.
1: Shuttle Run. 20m x4. You sprint to the marker, touch the floor and back and repeat till you've done the 4 lengths.
-I thought I did well, I use to sprint and I hurdled last year, my pick up pace is good and my agility is sharp, so I can touch on the floor, turn fast and pick up speed again
2: Crab walk: Lie on your back then pick yourself up and walk with hands and feet, with your feet leading the way. About 20m down to the turn around point where there is a cone you have to get around without touching or you get a time penalty, then back to the start. Was timed.
-I think I got less then 20seconds and the best time of the group, not something I'd do usually! But I'm agile and was really fast, a lot of the bigger guys struggled due to probably lack of dips? I hammer out the dips religously on Tuesday.
3: Throwing: 3kg medicine ball for women, 5kg for the guys. Kneeling position and push from your chest. 2 attempts, best one counts.
-Not sure of max but definately 5points
4: mini assult course: forward flip over a hurdle and onto a mat, then 2 sets of 3 rebok steps, where you place feet, 1 foot, both feet, 1 foot x2, then under a hurdle, take this ball off it's stand, bounce 5 times and place back (or you get a time penalty), then jump 5 hurdles with both feet landing between each hurdle, before going under final hurdle and sprint for the line.
-People were doing a HUGE forward roll over the hurdle it was a joke, did they not realise it was a TIMED event? You want to minimise the time you spend in the air! I thought I did well, no penalty points incurred, not sure of time as they do not give you your times.
5: forward/reverse rolls: 2 runways. First one you do 3 sets of alternate rolls before switching runways to repeat, so it goes forward roll, backward roll, forward roll, backward roll, forward roll, backward roll, and repeat. This was timed.
-I was fast at this, probably max points? My Gymnastics background was rock solid here, people were complaining about being dizzy or losing balance but I was fine with it.
6: Overhead throw: 5kg ball (3kg for girls). Place ball between legs and throw back as far as you can. There are markers down the course to measure how far you threw. 2 attempts.
-max points, hit the wall on the other side, I do this rarely but all the power is from legs and hips, not the arms like a lot of the non athletes (they do this often) were doing!
7: Standing triple jump: Start on 1 foot where you have to hop and land on that foot, then push onto other foot, then leap for the line. 2 attempts again. My first attempt was a foul, but recovered on my final jump.
-2nd to max point or max point? No one in my group reached the first line, no explosive power
8: Crocodile crawl. Shoes off with your feet tied together. Assume press up position then drag body with arms only and toes draging along the floor. 25m girls. Guys have to turn around at end and return, so 40m total. This was brutal!
-first 20m I was tearing it down the runway! After the turn I was still hammering it down, slipped once, and the last 10m was tough but I did the best I could, not sure of time but I felt I did well
ran a sub 2:00 in high school
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