I am planning a meet and I would like to include a couple of "fun" relays. I need some ideas. Minnesota Masters Swimming does a "Reindeer Relays" meet each December and I found descriptions of a few of their races (see below). Does anyone else have some suggestions for fun relays? (Note that this meet will be held in a public high school, so the relays cannot include alcohol...)
--Tarzan relay - each swimmer must swim with his head out of the water
--Ballet leg relay - each swimmer must do backstroke with 1 leg out of the water, pointed in the air
--Reindeer relay - each swimmer dog paddles while wearing antlers (which are passed like a baton from one swimmer to the next)
--All-Fly relay
--Kicking relay
We used to do a racecar relay with matchbox cars. It was an underwater relay. The swimmers each had one car, and drove it along the bottom of the pool on the black line. If a swimmer had to come up for air, they pulled the car off the road first. There wasn't any extra time penalty because pulling off the road for gas was its own time penalty.
I believe Mike Collins may have been one of the first ones to do this relay in practice. He has a lot of creative ideas!
Bill
We used to do a racecar relay with matchbox cars. It was an underwater relay. The swimmers each had one car, and drove it along the bottom of the pool on the black line. If a swimmer had to come up for air, they pulled the car off the road first. There wasn't any extra time penalty because pulling off the road for gas was its own time penalty.
I believe Mike Collins may have been one of the first ones to do this relay in practice. He has a lot of creative ideas!
Bill
