FIRST MINI ATHLETICS MEETING “GEDEON 2011”

The Gideon 2011 mini athletics competition is a sporting event intended for students
from first to third grade of Adventist institutions and some surrounding schools that
through games aims to promote athletic activities at an early age, which is why it has
been organized with the following aspirations:
 Reduce competitiveness and eliminate selectivity.
 Vary skills.
 Reduce individual performance, team participation.
 Lower the specific technical level.
 Create your own regulations, non-conventional implements,
 Have animators who are not judges but who are clear about the spirit of the
proposal.
 Motivate for the game.
 Being able to carry out the activity in adapted settings (athletic tracks, soccer
fields, basketball fields, etc.)

Goals:
 Promote athletic activities within the primary level (1st to 3rd grade).
 Spread a new approach to the development of children's athletics in the school
environment.
 Achieve systematicity in the organization of athletic events.
Recipients, beneficiaries:
 1st year students. Primary cycle 1st to 3rd basic).
General guidelines:
The program:
SCHOOL MINIATHLETICS: an inclusive athletics proposal for children, has the
following general guidelines:
 MINIATHLETICS, NOT ATHLETICS FOR SENIORS FOR CHILDREN: the
activities do not present the “form” of traditional athletics, they have their own
characteristics.
 NO SELECTION: Massive participation of children, not only the “best”
participate.
 SIMPLICITY OF EXECUTION: Presence of activities where motor skills of
complexity adapted to the moment of biological and functional maturation of the
participating children are manifested.
 TEAM WORK: Carrying out activities in mixed teams (boys and girls) where
group work is privileged over individual work.
 NO ELIMINATION: No student should be eliminated in qualifying series.
Everyone contributes to the team.
 MULTI-VARIED DEVELOPMENT: everyone will carry out motor schemes
related to athletics: running, jumping and throwing.
 ENTERTAINERS NOT JUDGES: specialist athletics personnel or judges will
not be required to collaborate with events of this type.
 INFRASTRUCTURE AND UNOFFICIAL ELEMENTS: for having its own
characteristic and not being a copy of adult athletics.
 FLEXIBLE TESTING PROGRAM: it will adapt to the requirements and
characteristics of the groups.

“GEDEON MINIATHLETICS 2011”

Regulation

1-.Categories:
MINI A: students from 1st to 3rd Basic. MIXED

2-.Participating teams:
Each School may present 1 participating team.
Each team will be made up of 12 students (establishing a minimum of 6 girls or boys).
The teams will choose an animal name to individualize themselves: example: The
Parrots of Gideon, The Lions of the City of Quito, etc. Participating schools can build
banners or drawings for their team.
Note: no substitutes will be registered, if for any circumstance on the day of the event
there is not enough 12, a minimum of 8 can participate. (In the development of the
game the same members will replace the missing ones)

3-.Structure of the day:

MINI A (1st to 2nd primary)
 Reception-Warm-up group 1: 08:00h. (First five schools). According to draw.
CIRCUIT: 08:30 to 09:30h.
Interval: 5 minutes per station.
 Reception-Warm-up group 2: 10:00 (Second five schools). According to draw.
CIRCUIT: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Interval: 5 minutes per station.

4-.Participations:
The schools will participate in each day
Gideon and four Adventist schools invited or nearby in the school area.

5.- Participation calendar:

January 27th; 1st Mini Athletics Day
January 28; 2nd Mini Athletics Day

6-.Characteristics of the games:

The test circuit will be made up of 5 team tests and 1 final test. Each participating team
will rotate through the stations. Participants must complete all tests. The games are
simultaneous and are composed of the actions and families of movements typical of
athletics, running, throwing and jumping. The final test will be done by all teams
simultaneously.

7-. Awards and honours:

A- Reminder diplomas will be delivered to ALL participating students regardless of the
total points achieved by their team.

8-.Control personnel:
On each day there must be the following personnel.
1 Director
2 Dot board managers
5 Animators-accountants.
2 Reception-warming area.
Total people: 10 people plus the coaches responsible for the participating
schools.
EVIDENCE.
1.- THE JUMPING FROG .
All team members in a row, we are going to perform a linked foot jump together.
First one jumps and where it falls the next one jumps, so on with all the members of the
team. The total accumulated distance of all the members is what we write down and
gives some points (ANNEX TABLES). When the team finishes, they go to their rest
area.

2.- JUMP THE RIVER, IT IS COLD.

Each participant will have one attempt to jump the greatest distance possible. The
starting area will be two meters from the ring where the pole will be stuck. Depending
on which hoop it lands in, it will be worth a few points. All the points earned by the team
members are added up. (ANNEX TABLES). When the team finishes, they go to their
rest area.

3.- AIM AND SHOOT. Each participant will have two throws to throw as far as possible.
We will keep the distance of your best throw, which will give you some points. These
points will be added to the points earned by their teammates. (TABLES ANNEX) When
the team finishes, they go to their rest area.

4.- BASKET TO THE BASKET.

Each participant will have four throws to make in the marked area (4 meters away) and
score the ball in the basket. It is launched from a sitting position. If you make all four
attempts correctly you will score four points and if you make one attempt one point.
The total points will be the sum of the team participants.
When the team finishes, they go to their rest area.

5.- WAITING FOR THE BUS. It is a team race. A witness (ring) must be delivered
within the delimited area. Five team members will be placed on each flag (cone) in line
mode. Each athlete who hands over the baton goes to the last place in the line on the
other side, and the athlete who was waiting cannot leave until his partner hands him
the baton. The race for 2 minutes over a distance of 40 meters. The team that hands
over the token the most times gets the most points. (ANNEX TABLES)

FINAL TEST
6.- OPERATION M-30. It is a relay and obstacle race between all the teams in the
group that is participating. All team members will remain seated behind the mat waiting
for their turn. The teams will score points according to their classification. (ANNEX
TABLES).