Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge
(from 2013 MS/HS National TOYs)
The goal of the game is to win the most fitness challenges. Can you get a three in a row? If finished, can you
get it twice?
Components of Health Related Fitness
Components of Skill Related Fitness
Jump Rope
Fast Feet Challenge
Plank Hockey
cardiovascular/ muscular endurance
coordination
cardiovascular endurance
coordination/ speed
muscular strength / endurance
coordination / balance / reaction time
Begin jumping simultaneously – which person
can execute the most 2 footed consecutive
jumps without messing up?
Stand across from your partner at a hula hoop. Step
in & out of the hula hoop with “fast feet” using a
right/left/right/left pattern. Who can cross in & out
of the hoop 50 times first?
Get in plank position – which person can score 3
goals first by sending the bean bag through your
opponents arms? Must be in plank position!
Knee Tag
V-sit Balance Challenge
Partner Balance Challenge
cardiovascular endurance
agility
muscular strength
balance/coordination
muscular strength
balance/coordination
Play knee tag with your partner – who gets 5
touches first? Stay within the boundary!
Sit inside the hula hoop. Place your feet inside the
hula hoop in front of you and your hands inside the
hoop at your sides. Straighten your legs and hold
the hula hoop up as you perform a v-sit – who can
hold the position the longest?
Stand with your feet side by side facing your
partner about 3 feet apart. Place palms out facing
your partner. When the activity begins push your
partner’s palms to force them to take a step. Who
can be the first to win 3 rounds?
Plank Challenge
Crab Kick High 5’s
Hula Hoop Tree Pose
muscular strength / endurance
balance
muscular endurance
speed/ balance/ agility
muscular strength / endurance / flexibility
balance
In good plank position – elbows and toes with
body straight – who can hold the plank the
longest? Want more of a challenge? Try the
disc variation!
Get into crab position (bottom off the floor).
Complete 20 alternating crab kick high 5’s before
your partner. Need a challenge, try 30 or 40
Stand in tree pose with one foot on the floor and
the other resting on the inner thigh. Hold the hoop
over your head. Who can hold their position the
longest?
Count out loud!
What components of fitness are your strengths? Weaknesses?
Jump Rope
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance
Speed
Both players collect a short jump rope. Both players begin jumping
simultaneously. Using a two foot jump, see which player can complete
50 jumps first?
Remember that both players should count out loud!
BONUS CHALLENGE
Is 50 too Easy? You and your Partner can decide on a higher
goal number if you want to challenge yourselves!
Crab Kick High 5’s
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Endurance
Speed/ Balance/ Agility
Both players get into the crab position to start. Which Partner Can
Complete 20 Alternating Crab High 5’s First?
Make sure you both count out loud!
BONUS CHALLENGE
Is 20 too EASY? You and your partner can decide to try 30 or 40 to
challenge yourselves!
Fast Feet
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance
Speed/ Coordination
Stand across from your partner at 2 hula hoops. Step in & out of the
hula hoop with “fast feet” using a right/left/right/left pattern. Who
can cross in & out of the hoop 50 times first?
Make sure you both count out loud!
BONUS CHALLENGE
Is 50 too Easy? You and your Partner can decide on a higher goal
number if you want to challenge yourselves!
Plank Challenge
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Strength & Endurance
Balance
In a good plank position (body straight) on elbows and toes,
who can hold the plank the longest without compromising
form?
BONUS CHALLENGE
Want a challenge? Try the plank on the balance disc!
Partner Balance Challenge
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Strength
Balance/ Coordination
Stand with your feet side by side facing your partner about one arm’s
length apart. Place palms out facing your partner. When the activity
begins push your partner’s palms to force them to take a step. Who
can be the first to win 3 rounds?
BONUS CHALLENGE
Try this activity with each partner balancing on only one foot.
Plank Hockey
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Strength & Endurance
Balance/ Coordination/ Reaction Time
In a good plank position (body straight) on hands and toes, who can
slide the bean bag through your opponent’s arms and score 3 goals
first?
BONUS CHALLENGE
Want a challenge? Try holding the plank while keeping one foot in the
air!
Knee Tag
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance
Agility/ Coordination/ Reaction Time
In Knee Tag you must try and touch your partner’s knee with your
hand while avoiding having your knee touched!
Play knee tag with your partner. Who can get 5 touches first? Stay
within the boundary!
BONUS CHALLENGE
Want a challenge? Try playing with your dominant hand behind your
back!
Hula Hoop Tree Pose
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Strength & Endurance/ Flexibility
Balance
Stand in tree pose with one foot on the floor and the other resting on
the inner thigh. Hold the hoop over your head. Who can hold their
position the longest?
BONUS CHALLENGE
Want a challenge? Try spinning the hula hoop on your arm while in
tree pose! Still too easy? Perform the task on a balance disk! Try again
on your other foot!
V-Sit Challenge
Health-Related Component of Fitness
Skill-Related Component of Fitness
Muscular Strength & Endurance/ Flexibility
Balance
Sit on a polyspot. Balance on your bottom in a v-sit position with legs
straight and feet shoulder height. Who can hold the position the
longest?
BONUS CHALLENGE
Need a challenge? Try performing this move while seated on a balance
disc!