The IPS Podium Challenge is an interactive reaction game built round wireless light-up cones, also known as interactive sports cones. A cone lights up, players race to touch it, the hit registers on the portable digital scoreboard and the next cone activates. Because the cones are wireless you can lay them out how you like: spread wide for a sprint-and-react challenge, packed close for an agility drill, or in a horseshoe for head-to-head play.
Three ways to play
The control unit runs three game modes: a solo run against the clock, head-to-head where the higher score wins, and a team mode that keeps a whole group cycling through. Scores log to a leaderboard across the day, and we can supply a member of staff to operate the game, run the competitions and keep the leaderboard updated for up to 3 hours.
Where it gets used
It works as a training drill too - football and basketball coaches set it up so players dribble to whichever cone lights up, which adds ball skills to the sprint. It gets booked for team building days, school sports days, scout events and freshers fairs, and we've taken it to weddings and christenings where guests of any age want a go. We've run it at Rotherham United's fan zone outside the New York Stadium, on school fields in Sheffield, Doncaster and Chesterfield, and nationwide for larger bookings.
Jonathan Jones, who booked the Podium alongside Laser Quest and other games, said: "We have booked various events with DB Entertainment over the past 4 years and the service has on each occasion been excellent."
We've been hiring out interactive games from our Rotherham warehouse since 1999 with a 5/5 Google rating from 200+ reviews, and 95% of the kit on this website is owned and maintained in-house. The Podium sits in our exhibition game hire range alongside the Batak Lite Reaction Game, the Reaction Table Game Hire and The Vault.
Hit the green button to add the IPS Podium Challenge to your quote and we'll get back to you the same day, or contact us if you'd rather talk it through first.
The kit
- Ten wireless light-up cones and a portable digital scoreboard
- Unit footprint 12ft x 12ft, 8ft tall
- Space needed: 13ft x 13ft with 9ft headroom
- Three game modes, switched on the control unit
Suitability
- Suitable for children and adults
- Indoors on artificial grass or hard flooring
- Outdoors on grass or hard standing
- Not rated for outdoors on concrete, wood chip, or a grass and hard surface mix
What's included
- Delivery, setup and collection by our own team
- Full briefing on the day, with risk assessments emailed to you or your venue beforehand
- Optional member of staff to run the game and the leaderboard for up to 3 hours
- £5M public liability insurance as standard
- Branded cone stickers available so the cones carry your company name or artwork
Price and booking
Hire starts from £345, subject to VAT, and there may be a minimum spend depending on your location. If your venue has no power supply, ask us about temporary power and generators. Hit the green button to add the Podium to your quote, or fill in our enquiry form and we'll come back to you.
| | Floor Space | Height |
| Unit Size: | 12ft x 12ft | 8ft |
| Required Space: | 13ft x 13ft | 9ft |
 | Suitable For Children |  |
 | Suitable For Adults | |
Suitable For
| Indoors on Artificial Grass | |
| Indoors on Hard Surface | |
| Outdoors on Grass | |
| Outdoors on Hard Surface | |
Not Suitable For
| Outdoors on Concrete |  |
| Outdoors on Grass / Hard Surface Mix | |
| Outdoors on Wood Chip | |
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