Field Game: Water Bottle Pick Up
This game is a bit more on the difficult side, but it is nonetheless a very useful exercise when practicing individual skills like balance/coordination, slow-speed maneuvering, and riding flexibility.
Materials Needed:
- An elevated object that you can ride next to (traffic cone, chair, folding table, etc.)
- A water bottle
Setup:
- Place the water bottle on top of the cone around a few yards away from start.
To Play:
- Riders will pedal toward the cone and attempt to reach down and grab the water bottle
- If they pick it up, they get a point! If they drop it, they do not.
Spice it up a bit
- Add an additional cone some distance after the first, so they have to accurately pick up from one cone and place the bottle on another
- Start closer to the cone to make starting & moving while reaching down more difficult at slow speeds
- Start farther away from the cone while reaching to make it more difficult at fast speeds
- Use a smaller object to grab so they have to be more precise
