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Subjects

• Physical Education
• PE Games

Grades

• 3-5
• 6-8

Brief Description

Students use balls to attack a moving target.

Objectives

• follow directions.
• play as a member of a team, using team strategies to accomplish a goal.
• improve ball-throwing skills.
• get an excellent workout.

Keywords

phys ed, game, physical education, throw, ball, cageball, team, teamwork

Materials Needed

• small rubber balls (or other balls)
• large cageball or an empty plastic barrel. (If your are playing this game indoors on a smooth tile floor, you might substitute a plastic crate for the cageball or barrel.)

The Lesson

This game can be played indoors or outdoors. Set up a goal at each end of the playing area. When playing with older students, the goal might be the size of a hockey goal net; for young students, the "goal line" might serve as the goal.

Arrange students into two teams. Place teams at opposite ends of the playing area; each team faces their goal at the opposite end of the playing area.

Place the cageball or barrel in the center of the playing area. Provide each player with a ball. On the command to "attack," players throw or roll their balls at the cageball/barrel. The idea is for students to use the force of the thrown balls to move the cageball into their goal (or over their goal-line). Once a ball is thrown, all players may go anywhere to retrieve another ball that has been thrown; it need not be the ball the child first threw. A point is scored each time a team gets the cageball/barrel into their goal area.

Notes/Additional Rules

• This game is unlike dodgeball. If a student hits another player with a ball, the opposing team earns a point.
• Student strategy: Stay out of the path of thrown balls; do not get too close to the cageball/barrel. If you get in the path of thrown balls and are hit, the opposing team earns a point.
• The cageball/barrell cannot be touched or touch any player. If it does, a point is awarded to the other team.
• Stress that players should hustle after balls to throw again. That will help their team. Standing around watching teammates or the rolling of the cageball/barrel will not help their team.

Assessment

Submitted By

Charles Milliren, Owen-Withee Elementary School in Owen, Wisconsin