TYPE: Territorial
CYCLE: III
ACTIVITY LEVEL: High
TACTICS: throwing accuracy, decision making
QEP: Competency II: offensive/defensive roles, encircling opponents, protecting the goal, honesty
CYCLE: III
ACTIVITY LEVEL: High
TACTICS: throwing accuracy, decision making
QEP: Competency II: offensive/defensive roles, encircling opponents, protecting the goal, honesty
OBJECTIVE
To knock down other prairie dogs and defending your own.
EQUIPMENT
open space, hoops, soft playground balls, soft pins (portions of pool noodles, for example)
DIRECTIONS
- Have each student scatter in the play area, each standing beside a hoop with a prairie dog (upright pin) in it
- Start the game by tossing a ball into the play area. As the students get more comfortable with the game, slowly add more to make it more challenging.
- Students must knock over other players’ prairie dogs by throwing/rolling a ball
- If a player’s prairie dog is knocked over they must pick it up, along with their hoop, and set up again next to the person who knocked theirs down. They now become a team and defend both prairie dogs together.
- Players are not allowed in their hoops, and can only pivot with the ball
- Players are allowed to leave their prairie dog unguarded to retrieve a ball, at their own discretion
MODIFICATIONS
- Instead of joining hoops with the player that knocked their prairie dog down, have the player put their hoop and prairie dog on the side and join the player only in defending their one prairie dog
- Use different sized and weighted playground balls (Omnikin, beach ball, etc.)
- If a player accidentally knocks over their own prairie dog they must pick it up and move to the opposite side of the play area
- Distribute coloured pinnies, and have the students play in teams (but still scattered). Whichever team gets the most recruits in a certain amount of time wins
- Allow players to take up to three steps with the ball
SAFETY CUES
- Keep head up
To knock down other prairie dogs and defending your own.
EQUIPMENT
open space, hoops, soft playground balls, soft pins (portions of pool noodles, for example)
DIRECTIONS
- Have each student scatter in the play area, each standing beside a hoop with a prairie dog (upright pin) in it
- Start the game by tossing a ball into the play area. As the students get more comfortable with the game, slowly add more to make it more challenging.
- Students must knock over other players’ prairie dogs by throwing/rolling a ball
- If a player’s prairie dog is knocked over they must pick it up, along with their hoop, and set up again next to the person who knocked theirs down. They now become a team and defend both prairie dogs together.
- Players are not allowed in their hoops, and can only pivot with the ball
- Players are allowed to leave their prairie dog unguarded to retrieve a ball, at their own discretion
MODIFICATIONS
- Instead of joining hoops with the player that knocked their prairie dog down, have the player put their hoop and prairie dog on the side and join the player only in defending their one prairie dog
- Use different sized and weighted playground balls (Omnikin, beach ball, etc.)
- If a player accidentally knocks over their own prairie dog they must pick it up and move to the opposite side of the play area
- Distribute coloured pinnies, and have the students play in teams (but still scattered). Whichever team gets the most recruits in a certain amount of time wins
- Allow players to take up to three steps with the ball
SAFETY CUES
- Keep head up
