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Associated sport: Judo/Wrestling
Indoor-friendly: Yes
Pool-friendly: No

Game description

In pairs, players try to ‘break’ their partner’s basic shape and test for ’loose body’.

What you need (setting up)

• Any suitable flat surface, including mats, the floor or a soft grassed area.
• Optional: bean bags, small balls.

What to do

• Players work in pairs.
• A player lies on the ground and assumes the basic shape of either a tuck position or a banana. The other partner tests for a ’loose body’, trying to ‘break ‘ their partner’s shape. 
• In the ‘tuck position’, players tuck their legs up to their stomach and their partner tries to push their legs to the ground.
• In the ‘banana position’, players make the shape of a banana and their partner tries to push their legs and shoulders to the ground.

Scoring

• Players score by getting their partners to break their shape as many times as they can in 1 minute.

Change it

• Add equipment such as bean bags or balls between players’ knees.

Safety

• Use gentle actions only when trying to 'break' a player's shape.
• Ensure sufficient space between players.
• Do not arch the back when trying to break a shape.

Ask the players

• What muscles do you have to hold tight to make sure your partner doesn’t ‘break’ you?