Cycling

Cycling takes many different forms and can be a team or individual sport. Riders can be seen sprinting on the indoor velodrome, racing on the road, showcasing their skills in freestyle BMX or descending at speed in downhill mountain biking. This sport is all about building confidence and skills on bikes and having fun taking part in a discipline that best suits each individual rider.

Primary Formats

Outdoor team relay

This fun event consists of participants being placed into teams, where each team member will take it in turns to ride around the set course as fast as they can, before handing the bike over to the next member of the team, who will then do the same.

The first team to have all members successfully around the course will be the winners and will be awarded the most amount of points.

This event will help build teamwork as well as determination within the individuals.

This event can be modified and made accessible for all by using adapted cycles such as trikes.

Secondary Formats

Outdoor cycling skills course

This event involves participants riding around a course which has been set up to involve various obstacles such as cones and small ramps, to help riders develop and test their bike handling skills.

The winner of this event can either be decided by who can navigate the course in the fastest time (accounting for any missed obstacles etc with time penalties), or can be decided by points being awarded for each obstacle / skill being successfully completed with the most amount of points deciding the winner.

This event helps young people to develop self-belief and confidence in their ability.

It can be modified to be accessible for all by using adapted cycles such as trikes.

Equipment needed

• Cones (or water bottles / jumpers)
• Chalk
• Bikes
• Helmets.
• Stopwatch
• Bibs

Additional (optional)

• Ramps
• Limbo bar
• Hills

School Games formats

Learn more about the School Games formats for your chosen age group (Primary or Secondary) by selecting the appropriate document below.

The layout is similar with each document providing information in the following order for:

• SGOs (highlighted pink) to support delivery of inter-competition and advocacy of the sport to schools
• Schools (highlighted green) to support delivery of intra-competition and curricular sport
• Young people (highlighted blue) to set up and deliver the proposed format activities

Free School Games activity resources are available here.