Within the schedule of sports games are as important Guadalentín most spectacular activities such as those aimed at children and make the smallest start enjoying the sport.
The latter is the round in the afternoon of Wednesday, and for the second time in the Olympics Lorca: Playing in the Street Athletics.
40 children aged 6 to 12 years gathered in the alleys around the Plaza Mayor Fernando Chueca, to learn more about athletics through fun games that allowed them to start find five sporting events.
The circuit began with testing the jump, doing so with your feet together to get as far as possible.
After the kids were tested in the shot put, throwing as far as possible a rubber ball.
The third test was also launching, but in this case a javelin, which was to advance the maximum length.
And finally the speed twice: first by jumping five fences to go low after 30 meters at maximum speed.
How could it be otherwise, the youth had a great time enjoying the outdoor sports and learning in each of the tests the way to do it better, thanks to the advice of the monitors.
And at the end of the tour, everyone had his just reward: a backpack to take their first steps into the world of athletics, a notebook to record your marks and a bag of sweets and juice to regain strength after the athletic circuit.
It was a fun way to spend the afternoon and very well received by participants, as they had a great time and announced that next year would be in the third edition of Playing in the Street Athletics.
So, through this initiative Eliocroca Sports Association and Sports Games Guadalentín, the smallest had the best opportunity to participate and enjoy the Olympics Lorca returning to prove they are for everyone.
Source: Juegos deportivos del Guadalentín