Subjects
Physical Education
PE Games
Grades
3-5
6-8
Brief Description
Students throw balls at a designated target (a cageball, barrel, or box, for example) to make it move toward a goal line.
Objectives
Students
improve ball throwing skills.
build cooperative teamwork skills and game-strategy skills.
get an excellent workout.
Keywords
throwing, teamwork, exercise, PE, physical education, game
Materials Needed
small rubber balls (kickball size or smaller)
large cageball or empty barrel or box
The Lesson
Getting Ready to Play
Arrange students into two teams. Provide each player with a ball. Place a barrel, cageball, or box (or another easy-to-move object) in the center of the gym or outside play area. Designate a “goal” for each team at opposite ends of the play area.
The Game
The goal of the game is for players to use the balls to move the object in the center (the cageball, barrel, or box) to their team’s goal line.
- On the command to “Attack,” players throw their balls at the barrel or cageball in an effort to roll the object toward their designated goal line.
- All players may go anywhere to retrieve balls to throw.
- A point is scored each time a team gets the barrel/ball to cross the other team’s goal line.
- The cageball/barrel cannot be touched or touch any player. If that happens, an automatic point is scored for the other team.
Tips
Stress active participation: students need to hustle after balls to keep throwing them again and again instead of standing and watching teammates throw or watching the barrel/cageball move. Stress to students that they do not want to get too close to the barrel or cageball, because they want to avoid being hit by it or by balls thrown at it.
Assessment
Did all students participate by throwing and retrieving balls?
Were all students fully engaged in the activity?
Ask: What could your team have done to be more successful?
Submitted By
Charles Milliren, Owen-Withee Elementary School in Owen, Wisconsin
Education World®
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05/10/2007
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