This week we are encouraging our junior athletes to have a go at Sportshall’s Home Pentathlon event. This is based on the Sportshall athletics events that we do through the winter but adapted so that families can try out five activities at home: shuttle runs, vertical jump, speedbounce, target throw and standing long jump.

Each of the five activities is explained in the “Home Pentathlon” pdf which you can download below or you can watch videos here. A measurement scale for the vertical jump is attached too.

Record your scores in the “Home Pentathlon” spreadsheet also below. You can even send your results in to the organisers to see where you feature on their virtual leaderboard - full instructions on how to do that are here. And/or send your results in to Assistant Coach Andrea at teens@fitmums.org.uk and she will collate all Fitmums & Friends results and identify our age group winners.

Why not also challenge your family to take part? Who will be your family’s champion? We’re pretty sure our junior athletes will beat their grown-ups, but do let us know!