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Scooter Skatepark Games

Many kids, both younger and older, enjoy playing at skate parks with their scooter instead of the skateboard. Scooters give kids a bit more control over their speed and direction while still being capable of doing some really cool tricks. Set up some scooter activities like distance games, obstacle courses or ball games at your nearest skate park to help your kids have some scooter fun.

Distance Games
- Kids on scooters like to see how far they can push themselves. Use this as inspiration for some scooter games that focus on distance. Every kid should push off from the same ramp at the skate park and measure who can set the distance record without pushing off again. Set up cones for the current record-holder to let everyone see how far they need to go to break the record distance. If they become unbalanced, they need to start over. They cannot touch the pavement with their foot until the scooter fully stops. Another distance game to play on a scooter is a 100-yard dash. Have a good stopwatch and record everyone's time to see who can scoot the fastest.
Obstacle Courses
- Kids enjoy the bob-and-weave action of scooters so set up a slalom course on the skate park with orange cones. Place the cones approximately three feet apart, and show them how to go in-and-out the cones without touching them. For an alternative, tie a rope to the front of the scooter and have one person pull another person on the scooter through the course. Set up a point where they have to switch positions so everyone has a turn to just ride. Create a challenging scooter obstacle course by setting up a course that includes going over a small seesaw, under a jump rope and around the cones.
Ball Games
- Kids can also play exciting regular games using their scooters instead of running. Set up soccer balls at the edge of the skate park and have your kids race to the balls and kick them in a net as a relay race. Each person should race back to give the next person a chance to kick the ball in. Only count points for the balls that actually make it into the net. As an alternative, place two tennis balls in a circle. At your mark, have each kid race to the ball on their scooters to scoop them up and place inside a basket. He has to choose whether to do one ball at a time, or try to handle both. Line up your kids to play bowling on their scooters. Use water bottles as your pins and give the kids a line where they need to ride up to on their scooter and throw the ball to see how many pins they can knock down.

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