Take in your surroundings and use the space

Organisation

• Organise small teams of 6-8 players and make up a relay course
• The players can be in lines and you can choose different ways for them to run through hoops, cones, ladders or obstacles while balancing, carrying, walking with or dribbling a ball
• Be creative, adapt to the players’ abilities and make it a race to keep it fun and exciting. Remember: children love to be challenged!

Ways to make the exercise easier

• Keep the challenges simple, like holding the ball in one hand or above the head without dropping it while moving through the course

Ways to make the exercise harder

• Increase the speed of the activity
• Increase the physical challenge by introducing different movements (e.g. hopping, jumping, skipping)
• Add extra balls or make the challenge more difficult                      

Great questions to ask the players

• Can you support and cheer on each other as a team?
• Can you take great care not to lose the ball?
• Can you race the other teams and make lots of noise when you finish?

Safety Points

• Create a safe space to play

Organisation

• 5v5 – one team are taggers
• Players receive a point every time they successfully run to a safety hoop. If they are tagged, they lose a point. The first player to get five points is the winner
• Players then try to do the same while dribbling a ball and taggers have to run to the centre cone before they can try to tag
• Players have to try to pick the right time to move from one hoop to another

Ways to make the exercise easier

• Only have one or two taggers

Ways to make the exercise harder

• Reduce the number of safety hoops

Great questions to ask the children

• Can you keep looking all around you so you know where the taggers are?
• Can you move quickly between hoops?
• Can you keep your ball under control as you dribble and stop it in the hoop?

Safety Points

• The players should keep their heads up at all times so they see others who are moving around
• Create a safe space to play

Organisation

• Two teams of 4v4 play against each other and try to score by receiving the ball in a hoop
• You can move the hoops into different positions or have a different number of points for certain hoops
• Every time a pass is received in the hoop, a point is scored and the first team to five points are the winners; then, rotate teams if you have multiple games or teams

Ways to make the exercise easier

• Start the game by playing throw and catch
• A team can have extra players to make it easier

Ways to make the exercise harder

• Only allow the players to use their feet
• A strong team can have fewer players to make it harder for them

Great questions to ask the children

• Can you try to find players on your own team when you make the pass?
• Can you run into a hoop ready to receive a pass?
• Can you call your team-mate when you are in a position to receive the ball?

Safety Points

• Create a safe space to play