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Tails

Ages 3–76–10 minutes

Kit

Coach tag belt, loose tag tails, 5–6 cones

Set up

  • Coach in the middle wearing a belt full of tag tails.
  • 5–6 home base cones in a wide ring, about 5 children at each.

Play

  1. 1PAWS/READY, then packs go.
  2. 2Take ONE tag tail from the coach's belt.
  3. 3Run it straight back to your own home base.
  4. 4Come back for the next one.
  5. 5Short round, then count each Pack's pile.

Say

  • “One tag at a time!”
  • “Back to your home base!”
  • “Let everyone have a go!”

Level up

Carry a rugby ball to the home base before returning for the next tail.

30 pups

Second adult as a tag-tail coach, or split into 2–3 zones.

Safety

Pull the tail only — never clothing or belt.

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