Students have a ball each. Their goal is to throw the ball up and clap as many times as they can before the ball comes down for them to catch. If they drop the ball the claps do not count.

Progressions:

- Count up whilst playing to make it more interesting for them. Start at one clap and then catch, then two claps, three claps etc. If ball is dropped, go back to start and start with one clap again. 

- Make a rule can catch/throw with left or right hand only.

Create two parallel rows/lines of spots (blue/red/yellow/green) and have students pair up facing each other standing on their spot.  Each pair will recieve a tennis ball and will throw back and fourth to each other. Every time the ball is caught, the person that caught it will take one big step away from their spot (starting point). Every time the tennis ball is dropped, the player that dropped it must take one big step closer to their spot (stat point). 

Modifications

Use a larger or smaller ball to change the difficulty of the activity. Place students into groups of 3 or 4 if there isn't enough equipment available.

The class is divided into 2 even teams, a batting and fielding team. The batting team will recieve 5 bats (treated like lives). A coach will bowl the ball to a player from the batting team standing in front of the wicket, if they hit it they must run around a designated area and pass the bat to a team member in line that does not have a bat. The next batter in line will then run out and stand in front of the wickets ready to hit the ball. While the batter is running, the fielding team must retrieve the ball and get it back to the coach as fast as possible so the coach may bowl the tennis ball immediately - even if there is no batter protecting the wickets ("non-stop"). 
If the coach were to bowl the tennis ball and hit the wickets, the batting team lose that bat and place it in a designated zone ("dead pile" - hoola hoop) and now have 4 bats ("lives") remaining. If a batter hit the tennis ball to a fielder and it was caught without bouncing/touching the ground first, then the batting team would lose another bat and now have 3 remaining. Once all bats are lost, the batting team now become the fielders and vice versa. 

NOTE: If younger year level - stand closer as the bowler so its easier to hit.
Place arrows on the ground and have students stand on them facing the direction the arrows are pointing (if right handed) - opposite direction if left handed.

Modifications

If younger year level - stand closer so its easier to hit. Place arrows on the ground and have students stand on them facing the direction the arrows are pointing (if right handed) - opposite direction if left handed.

Special Needs Modifications

Tennis racquet + alternative ball (spike, dodgeball, Ki-O-Rahi Ball)