Having a Successful Physical Activity Event
SUCCESSFUL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVENTS

At a successful VERB-inspired physical activity event, there are numerous interactions with tweens who are having fun getting active. These interactions should result in every tween:

Doing the following:

• playing three or more activities (or 10 minutes of activity)
• finding a verb they like
• getting a reward for finding their verb

Hearing the following:

• Be imaginative about play
• Play by your rules, your way
• You don't need certain skills – have fun
• You can do it anywhere
• You can do it with any number of people
• You can do it EVERY DAY

Realizing, feeling, or believing the following:

• I like to ________, and I can do it anywhere I want whenever I want
• I want to do _________ every day

Keep in mind that at VERB-inspired physical activity events the focus is on play, not exercise and on letting kids do things their way, not dictating what they do. Focus on the fun of kids playing with friends and just being kids.

Page last reviewed: August 1, 2007
Page last modified: August 1, 2007
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health