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Unified Target Shooting
Please follow the safety requirements below before trying any of the challenges:
- Parent or guardian supervision is required
- Only complete challenges that you are comfortable with.
- Make sure you have a safe, open space around you so you don’t trip over anything
- Make sure you use the equipment outlined in each challenge safely and check that the equipment works properly before you use it
- Only use equipment that you are comfortable with.
- Remember, there are equipment modifications for each challenge!
- Follow the instructions in each video to ensure you are safely completing the challenges before attempting them on your own
- Ensure you are wearing proper footwear, stay hydrated, and most importantly have fun!
Important Safety Requirements Before You Start
Instructions
What Are We Doing? How many times can you and your unified partner hit a target?
Where Should We Do It? Driveway
What Do We Need? hockey stick, puck/ball/rolled socks, hockey net or surface you can shoot the puck/ball at, piece of paper, tape
How Should We Set Up? Tape the piece of paper to the middle of your crossbar. If you don’t have a net, tape the piece of paper to a wall you are allowed to shoot against approximately 4 feet from the ground (4 lengths of printer paper). Measure 10 feet from the target, or 4 BIG steps, and mark a shooting line.
How Do We Do It?
1) From the shooting line take 10 forehand shots- keep track of how many times you hit the target
2) From the shooting line take 10 backhand shots- keep track of how many times you hit the target
3) Now it’s your unified partner’s turn! Have them complete steps above
Scoring: Combine the total number of times you and your unified partner hit the target. Athlete forehand shots 6 + Athlete backhand shots 4 + Unified Partner forehand shots 5 + Unified Partner backhand shots 4= 19
Saucer Passing
Please follow the safety requirements below before trying any of the challenges:
- Parent or guardian supervision is required
- Only complete challenges that you are comfortable with.
- Make sure you have a safe, open space around you so you don’t trip over anything
- Make sure you use the equipment outlined in each challenge safely and check that the equipment works properly before you use it
- Only use equipment that you are comfortable with.
- Remember, there are equipment modifications for each challenge!
- Follow the instructions in each video to ensure you are safely completing the challenges before attempting them on your own
- Ensure you are wearing proper footwear, stay hydrated, and most importantly have fun!
Important Safety Requirements Before You Start
Instructions
What Are We Doing? Attempting to score by shooting over an obstacle
Where Should We Do It? Driveway, Backyard, Sidewalk, flat hard ground
What Do We Need? Measuring tape, tape/chalk, 2 laundry baskets/ storage bins/ small garbage cans, hockey stick, puck/small balls/rolled socks
How Should We Set Up? Mark your shooting line with chalk or tape, measure 10 feet from the line and place one of your baskets/bins upside down (this is your obstacle), measure 5 feet from the obstacle and place your second basket/bin here with the opening facing your shooting line.
How Do We Do It?
1) From your shooting line shoot the puck/ball/socks 10 times
2) You are trying to shoot over the obstacle and get the puck into the second basket
3) Keep track of what happens each time (lands in 2nd basket, hits 2nd basket, goes over obstacle but doesn’t score or hit the target)
4) Award the following points to each of your shots:
Lands in the Basket – 5 points
Hit the target Basket – 2 point
Makes it over the Obstacle, but does not hit or go into the target basket – 1 point
Scoring: Add up all of your points- 2 in the basket (10)+ 1 hit the target basket (2)+ 7 misses= 12 points
Crazy Goalie Photo Contest
Please follow the safety requirements below before trying any of the challenges:
- Parent or guardian supervision is required
- Only complete challenges that you are comfortable with.
- Make sure you have a safe, open space around you so you don’t trip over anything
- Make sure you use the equipment outlined in each challenge safely and check that the equipment works properly before you use it
- Only use equipment that you are comfortable with.
- Remember, there are equipment modifications for each challenge!
- Follow the instructions in each video to ensure you are safely completing the challenges before attempting them on your own
- Ensure you are wearing proper footwear, stay hydrated, and most importantly have fun!
Important Safety Requirements Before You Start
Instructions
What Are We Doing? Make yourself look like a goalie using items from around your house
Where Should We Do It? Anywhere in or outside at your home
What Do We Need? Any items that you think will be able to make you look like a goalie (get permission to use the items you would like)
How Should We Set Up? Dress yourself up in your “equipment” and get ready for your close up
How Do We Do It?
1) Use household items to make yourself look like a goalie (NO real hockey equipment allowed)
2) You will need to look like you are wearing: a helmet, blocker, leg pads, a blocker or glove and a stick
3) Once you think you have winning goalie equipment take a picture of yourself
4) Submit your picture!