Each student will have a ball. Their aim is to throw the ball up in the air and complete the most amount of claps possible before catching the ball.

Teaching Points: Eyes focused on the ball, position your body in line with the ball, move forward to meet the ball.

Modifications

To make it easier: throw and catch taking away the clap part, use a different type of ball. To make it harder: kick the ball up instead of throwing.

Special Needs Modifications

Throw and catch taking away the clap part. Use a different type of ball.

In pairs one student will hold the ball with two hands, facing his/her partner. The child takes one step and kicks/passes the ball to their partner who catches the ball and kicks/passes it back. The aim is to see how many catches each pair can make without the ball bouncing in 2 minutes.

One round will be on the drop punt kick and the other round will be on passing.

Teaching points for the drop punt kick: laces away from faces, line ball up with target, spread fingers when holding the ball pointing down, hold ball same side as kicking leg, toes is where it goes (point your toes at your target), see the ball hit the foot, ball should spin backwards in the air.

Teaching points for Handball (passing): one hand under the ball, end of the ball pointing slightly up, punch the ball with a downward motion of the back top of the ball, contact arm should be bent, almost to a 90-degree angle, step forward with opposite foot when contacting the ball, swing arms forward to promote momentum. The ball must spin backward!

Teaching points for catching: eyes focused on the ball, position your body in line with the ball, have arms out ready, move forward to meet the ball.

Modifications

Make distance smaller or bigger. Allow one bounce.

Special Needs Modifications

Change type of ball, go closer to partner.

This game can be played 1v1, 2v2, 4v4, 5v5 or higher depending on numbers and equipment. 

1.Split class into teams of what ever size games you want to play.

2.Two teams stand in squares opposite each other, with a space (the river) of approximately 5-10 metres between each square.

3.Students kick or handball the ball over the river and into the opposite square.

4.A point is awarded if the ball hits the ground in the opposing team’s square.

5.The kick or handball cannot land in the river area or outside the square – if it does, a point is awarded to the opposing team.

6.Students who have had a kick or handball over the river, must handball to other students in their own team before having another go. 

7.The team with the most points at the end of game is the winner.

Modifications

Make playing area bigger or smaller. Allow bouncing.

Special Needs Modifications

Change type of ball. Allow other ways of sending the ball.