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FUNdational Games ManipulatiVE SkillS Teaching Games for Understanding

Robert Matheson, Russ Minnis, and Kirstin Schwass

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TaBle of CoNTeNTSPREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

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UNDerhaND rollRUNNING ThE GAUNTLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4BOMBARDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5OBSTRUCTED BOWLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6PROTECT ThE PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7EvERyBODy IT BALL TAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9SIGhTED GOALBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10TUNNEL RELAyS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12ThE GUARDIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14BOWL ThEM DOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15TUNNEL vISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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UNDerhaND ThroWBEANBAG TOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18TIC, TAC…Oh NO! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19POP UP DODGEBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20FLIPPIN’ hOOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21SINK ThE ShIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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oVerhaND ThroWOvER ThE hEDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26BENCh TARGETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27OK CORRAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29IN AND OUT DODGEBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30hIT ThE BLOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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CaTChDON’T DROP IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34AROUND ThE CORNER, AROUND ThE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35ANIMAL KEEPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36DROP IT – CATCh IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37STAyIN’ ALIvE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38COPS AND ROBBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39DIAMOND ThIEvES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41FIRE CAPTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42CUT AND CATCh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43SANTA’S hELPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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KICKTWISTED KICKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48KICK GOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50CRASh MAT BASEBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51FOUR-CORNER SOCCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53NO GARBAGE IN My BACKyARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55KICKING FREEzE TAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56FOLLOW My KICKS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57MINEFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59LOST TREASURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60SOCCER BOWLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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STrIKeON TARGET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65SPAGhETTI AND MEATBALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67BALLOONS AWAy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68BEACh BALL TENNIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69WELCOME TO ThE “STRIKING RANGE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71TO ThE CONE AND BACK! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73WALL BALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75SELFIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76TASMANIAN DEvIL BASEBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77STRIKE zONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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DrIBBlINGBROOMS OR BRUShES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80BASKETBALL PIRATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81KNOCK DOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82DON’T LET ThEM STOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83FROM MORNING TO NIGhT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84TRAFFIC LIGhT DRIBBLE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85BEANBAG GRAB DRIBBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87ROBIN’S NEST DRIBBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88PAC MAN ChOMP! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89CAT AND MOUSE DRIBBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91ADDITIONAL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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TUNNel relayS Game objective

Players roll the ball through their teammates’ legs in this relay race.

Skills and Concepts ✜ Roll

Strategies and Tactics ✚ Focus on the target.

✚ Bend at the knees to get low to the ground.

✚ Follow through with your arm swing towards the target.

equipment ❍ Foam balls and pylons

Set Up ❑ Divide the players into equal teams.

❑ All of the teams start at one end of the playing area.

❑ The first player in each team starts with the ball.

Instructions ☛ After the whistle, all of the other players on the team run and create a tunnel with their legs about one

metre away from the first player.

☛ The first player rolls the ball through all the legs to the last player in the tunnel.

☛ That player becomes the next person to roll.

☛ The first player runs a metre out and starts the next tunnel with all of the other players joining onto the end.

☛ This process continues until the team makes it all the way to the end of the playing area and back.

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Players propel an object along the ground using an underhand motion.

What to look for:

Preparation Stage • Does the player start by facing the

target and focusing on it?

• Is the object cradled in the palm of the rolling hand at the beginning of the motion?

Throwing Stage • Does the player’s throwing arm

swing straight back?

• Is the throwing hand swung forward like a pendulum at the same time as the step forward is taken?

• Does the player remember to step forward with the foot opposite to the throwing hand?

follow Through Stage • Is the object released with the palm facing up?

• Is the weight transferred up and over the front foot?

• Does the arm follow through towards the target?

• Do the eyes remain on the target?


oVer The heDGeGame objective

To throw various objects over the hedge (net) and into the backyard (court) of the other team. When time expires, teams want to have fewer pieces of “garbage” on their side of the hedge than on their opponents’ side.

Skills and Concepts ✜ Overhand throw

Strategies and Tactics ✚ Look for open space on opponents’

side of net. ✚ Make returning objects difficult for

opponent.

equipment ❍ Poles and nets, stopwatch, badminton

shuttles, foam balls, and tennis balls

Set Up ❑ Define the boundaries of the court (can be volleyball or badminton court lines or made to the desired

size with cones).

❑ Each player begins with an object.

Instructions ☛ On a signal from the leader, players throw objects over the net into the other team’s court boundaries. ☛ Players can only pick up one “piece of garbage” (object) at a time. ☛ Players can only hold onto garbage for three seconds before it must be thrown. ☛ The object must stay within the court boundaries. ☛ At the end of the playing time, the number of objects in each court is counted and the team with the

least garbage in their court is the winner.

Variation ❉ Play without a net but instruct players to avoid throwing objects at other players.

Questions for Understanding ? Where did you throw the object to make it difficult for the other team to throw it back? ? how does your body position change if you are trying to throw an object to the back of the court vs.

just over the net?


DroP IT – CaTCh ITGame objective

To do the opposite of what you are told.

Skills and Concepts ✜ Catch a ball

Strategies and Tactics ✚ React quickly.

✚ Prepare to catch by getting the hands ready in front of the body.

equipment ❍ Small foam balls or beanbags

Set Up ❑ have a group of six to ten players create a

circle with each person about an arm length apart from the other.

❑ One player is in the middle with an object to throw (foam ball, tennis ball, beanbag, etc.).

Instructions ☛ The player in the middle must say “drop it” or “catch it” before tossing the ball towards someone in

the circle.

☛ The receiver must do the opposite of what he is told to do.

☛ If you were told to “drop it” then you are supposed to catch the object.

☛ If the receiver does the wrong action or is unsuccessful, she switches with the player in the middle.

☛ The winner is the player with the fewest trips to the middle of the circle.

Variation ❉ As a warm-up to this activity, the player in the middle can throw the ball to each person on the circle

and they each practice catching it and tossing it back.

Questions for Understanding ? how do you prepare to catch the object?

? What do you focus on before it is thrown?


loST TreaSUreGame objective

To kick all loose balls into the treasure chest.

Skills and Concepts ✜ Kick a ball

Strategies and Tactics ✚ Eyes on the target, plant the

non-kicking foot next to the ball while making contact with the instep or shoelaces.

✚ Make a good follow through with the leg towards the target.

equipment ❍ More balls than players,

foam balls, soccer balls, and utility balls

Set Up ❑ All players begin on a line at one end of the playing area. ❑ All the balls (treasure) are scattered at the other end of the area. ❑ Place a net behind the players’ line as the treasure chest.

Instructions ☛ At the signal, players run to gather the lost treasure from the other end of the playing area. ☛ Players can only kick one ball at a time and cannot take away another’s treasure. ☛ Players work together to gather all the lost treasure into the treasure chest as quickly as possible.

Variations ❉ Use different types of balls (large, small, pucks, ringette rings, and footballs). ❉ Set players up into pairs. One runs to gather while the other waits for his turn. ❉ Players need to work in groups of two to get the treasure back to the chest.

Questions for Understanding ? What did you do to get the treasure back to the chest as quickly as possible? ? What made the game hard to play? ? Did players work together?


SPaGheTTI aND MeaTBallSGame objective

To score as many goals as possible.

Skills and Concepts ✜ One-hand strike and two-hand strike

Strategies and Tactics ✚ Eyes on the ball, ready position with

knees slightly bent. ✚ Turn the body to shift the weight

from back to front, and swing the arm forward to make contact at full extension.

✚ Follow through with hand towards the target and upward to the opposite shoulder.

equipment ❍ Small foam balls, pool noodles, pinnies, and pylons or nets

Set Up ❑ Divide the group into two teams, and use pinnies to differentiate players.

❑ Give each player a medium-sized pool noodle.

❑ Set up goals or nets at opposite ends of the playing area.

Instructions ☛ Players must use the noodles to pass the balls (use two to three gator balls) to teammates or shoot

them at the opposing team’s net. ☛ Players may only touch the balls with the noodles, no kicking. ☛ you could have each team designate a goalkeeper, who can use any part of their body to keep balls out

of their goal. ☛ This game can be used with a sidearm strike or a two-hand strike depending on what the leader is

trying to assess.

Questions for Understanding ? Was it easier to strike the ball with one hand or two hands on the noodle?

? ?What did you do to strike the ball in a specific direction?


BaSKeTBall PIraTeSGame objective

To practice dribbling and retaining a ball while other players attempt to steal the ball away.

Skills and Concepts ✜ Dribble a ball

Strategies and Tactics ✚ Eyes look forward.

✚ Body flexed at knees, hips, and waist with slight forward lean.

✚ Pads of the fingers touch the ball.

✚ Push ball to the ground.

✚ Contact ball at waist level, fingers spread.

equipment ❍ Large foam balls, basketballs, or

utility balls

Set Up ❑ Each player, except about five players, needs a ball to dribble

around the space.

Instructions ☛ Players move around the space dribbling their basketballs.

☛ Pirates, the players without basketballs, try to steal (dribble) a ball away from another player.

☛ Any time a player does not have a ball, they become a pirate and must try to steal a ball.

Variations ❉ All players have to dribble, and pirates try to make the other dribblers lose control of their balls, forcing

them to become a pirate. have the pirates wear pinnies.

❉ have all players try to force others to lose control of the ball; the last one dribbling wins.

Questions for Understanding ? What did you do to protect your ball?

? What helped you to steal a ball?

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