BEAN BAG DODGEBALL
Activity
Level: high
QEP: Competency I
Equipment: pinnies, bean bags, bowling pins
Formation: teams
Tactics: accuracy, throwing, avoiding objects
Description: The goal of the game is to use bean bags to knock over bowling pins that are set up on the opposing team's side of the playing area. The bean bags are not allowed to be thrown in the air, but can only slide on the floor in order to hit their target. If someone from the opposing team gets their feet hit by a bean bag, they must go outside of the playing area and do 5 jumping jacks before coming back into the game. The game ends when all the bowling pins have been knocked over on one side.
Layer 1:
Layer 2:
Layer 3:
Progressions:
Safety:
QEP: Competency I
Equipment: pinnies, bean bags, bowling pins
Formation: teams
Tactics: accuracy, throwing, avoiding objects
Description: The goal of the game is to use bean bags to knock over bowling pins that are set up on the opposing team's side of the playing area. The bean bags are not allowed to be thrown in the air, but can only slide on the floor in order to hit their target. If someone from the opposing team gets their feet hit by a bean bag, they must go outside of the playing area and do 5 jumping jacks before coming back into the game. The game ends when all the bowling pins have been knocked over on one side.
Layer 1:
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practice sending
and receiving the bean bag on the floor in pairs using both hands
Layer 2:
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start by playing
without any bowling pins
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aim to get people
off the playing area by hitting their feet with the bean bags
Layer 3:
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add the bowling
pins and allow the players to place them wherever they want
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players are not
allowed to defend the bowling pins
Progressions:
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use more/less
bowling pins
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use smaller/larger
playing area
Safety:
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make sure that
students do not throw the bean bags in the air and always keep them
on the ground
