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Tandem Para-Cycling

Your mission: Finish the race as quickly as possible using your team spirit!

This resource was created by CNES, ESERO France 2024

When working as a team, cohesion and communication are essential. This is especially true aboard the space station, where astronauts must live and work together in a confined space for several months. Team spirit is also one of the most important values in sports. One of the best examples is the tandem event in para-cycling, which involves a race between two athletes — one who is visually impaired or blind and the other who is sighted. Perfect trust and coordination between the two cyclists are crucial to winning the race.

Your mission will be to complete a three-legged race with a partner who will be blindfolded and must rely on you.

 
Skills

Cooperation, Coordination, Balance, Endurance

Learning Objectives
  • Develop motor skills and build body awareness.

  • Learn and apply methods and tools through individual or group practice.

  • Share rules, take on roles, and accept responsibilities to foster teamwork.

  • Maintain health through regular physical activity.

  • Embrace a culture of physical, sporting, and artistic expression.

Equipment
  • 10 markers
  • Strap to tie feet (one per team)
  • Blindfold (one per team)
  • Adaptation: one or more wheelchairs
Time
20-30 min
 
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This resource is only available in French

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