Duke of Edinburgh Award - Physical

Physical section

When completing each section of your DofE, you should develop a programme which is specific and relevant to you. Many of the DofE programme activities can be adapted to meet the needs of young people with disabilities and some, referred to as adapted sports, are unique to disabled people. This sheet gives you a list of programme ideas that you could do or you could use it as a starting point to create a physical programme of your own. You can find more information at DofE.org/do and there is a range of exciting opportunities to help you complete this section at DofE.org/finder.

It’s your choice…

Doing physical activity is fun and improves your health and physical fitness. There’s an activity to suit everyone so choose something you are really interested in. Help with planning You can use the programme planner on the website to work with your Leader to plan and agree your

Individual sports

  • Airsoft
  • Archery
  • Athletics (any field or track event)
  • Biathlon/Triathlon/ Pentathlon/ Aquathon
  • Bowls
  • Boxing
  • Croquet
  • Cross country running
  • Cycling
  • Fencing
  • Geocaching
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Horse riding
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Motocross
  • Orienteering
  • Paintballing
  • Pétanque
  • Roller blading
  • Roller skating
  • Running
  • Static trapeze
  • Supercross
  • Ten pin bowling
  • Trampolining
  • Wheelchair fencing
  • Wrestling

Water sports

  • Canoeing
  • Diving
  • Dragon Boat Racing
  • Free-diving
  • Kite surfing
  • Kneeboarding
  • Rowing & sculling
  • Sailing
  • Skurfing
  • Sub aqua (SCUBA diving & snorkelling)
  • Surfing/body boarding
  • Swimming
  • Synchronised swimming
  • Underwater rugby
  • Wakeboarding
  • Windsurfing

Dance

  • Ballet
  • Ballroom dancing
  • Belly dancing
  • Bhangra dancing
  • Ceroc
  • Contra dance
  • Country & Western
  • Flamenco
  • Folk dancing
  • Jazz
  • Line dancing
  • Morris dancing
  • Salsa (or other Latin styles) dancing
  • Scottish/Welsh/ Irish dancing
  • Street dancing/ breakdancing/ hip hop
  • Swing
  • Tap dancing

Racquet Sports

  • Badminton
  • Matkot
  • Racketball
  • Racketlon
  • Rackets
  • Rapid ball
  • Real tennis
  • Squash
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Wheelchair tennis

Fitness

  • Aerobics
  • Cheerleading
  • Fitness classes
  • Gym work
  • Medau movement
  • Physical achievement
  • Pilates
  • Running/jogging
  • Walking
  • Weightlifting
  • Wii-fit
  • Yoga

Extreme Sports

  • BMX
  • Caving & potholing
  • Climbing
  • Free running (parkour)
  • Ice skating
  • Mountain biking
  • Mountain unicycling
  • Parachuting
  • Skateboarding
  • Skydiving
  • Snow sports (skiing, snowboarding, snowkiting)
  • Speed skating
  • Street luge

Martial Arts

  • Aikido
  • Capoeira
  • Ju Jitsu
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Kendo
  • Mixed martial arts
  • Self-defence
  • Sumo
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Tai Chi

Team Sports

  • American football
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Boccia
  • Camogie
  • Cricket
  • Curling
  • Dodge disc 2
  • Dodgeball
  • Fives
  • Football
  • Frame football
  • Futsal
  • Gaelic football
  • Goalball
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Hurling
  • Ice hockey
  • Kabaddi
  • Korfball
  • Lacrosse
  • Netball
  • Octopushing
  • Polo
  • Quidditch
  • Roller derby
  • Rogaining
  • Rounders
  • Rugby (union/League)
  • Sitting Volleyball
  • Sledge hockey / ice hockey
  • Softball
  • Stoolball
  • Tchoukball
  • Tug of war
  • Ultimate flying disc
  • Volleyball
  • Wallyball
  • Water polo
  • Wheelchair basketball
  • Wheelchair rugby