Activities

Partner Hand Dribbling Assessment

Grade Level: 3-5

Use the following sheet with students to see how they are doing with the cues for dribbling a ball with their hands. One student will watch the other and use the sheet to check off how they are doing. You can do this during the class being taught on dribbling or at any time at the end of a class.

Basketball Dribbling Partner Assessment

Basketball Treasure Hunt

Grade Level: 3-5

Students will be dribbling a ball with them and moving around the gym to find treasure, which are in baskets located all around the gym. Once they find that treasure they can bring that treasure back to their area and can move on to the next treasure basket to find more. The ball must be dribbled at all times.

Kick 500

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8

Kick to fielders-Like 500, players kick the ball so that players in the field can catch it. Every ball that they kick that is caught is 100 points and every ball that is still moving when it is gathered in is worth 50 points.

Batter’s Bonanza

Grade Level: 6-8

Batter’s Bonanza Have 6 students on each field. There should be four fields set up in a clover format. Have gates made with cones positioned throughout the field. Position the gates to simulate where open space would be in a game situation. Have one student kick three kickballs and aim to get them through the gates. The other 5 students will be in the outfield fielding the balls. Make sure to tell students to let the balls go through the gates before they field them. Once the student at bat has kicked all three kickballs, have the students rotate. The team’s goal is to collectively get as many kickballs through the gates as possible.

Team punting

Grade Level: 3-5

• Divide students into teams of two
  -Two students from each team are the first designated “punters”; these students will have a large supply of balls to punt out to their teammates
  -Teammates out in the field will try to successfully trap balls out of the air or on a bounce; once ball is trapped, students will place them in a designated safe area
  -Team who traps the most balls in 60 seconds wins the round
  -Rotate the punters out every minute

Force Be With You

Grade Level: 6-8

Force Be With You Kicking team lines up at home base. Fielding team spreads out to cover the space in the field. Pitcher (teacher) pitches the ball, first kicker kicks and runs toward first. Fielders attempt to field the ball and throw to first for a force out. If the runner turns at first base, s/he must continue and the fielders can then throw to second base for the force. Once a runner gets safely to second base, they have scored a run for their team and may return to the line of kickers at home plate. If the ball remains un-fielded by the time the first runner gets to second base, a second runner may run toward first. The fielders may then try to get a force out on that runner. Depending on the size of the teams, switch sides after everyone kicks or there are three outs.

Jolly Volley

Grade Level: K-2

Have groups begin with balloons, and set a challenging goal for the number of times that they think they can volley it in succession. Teacher should teach good cues on volleying and what body parts they can use to volley. For example, students can use their hands to volley, or use their forearms, or even their feet. Let the students be creative with how they volley the ball. After they achieve their goal, they can choose another object to repeat the activity. Groups should choose objects in order of difficulty;  easiest to hardest.

Serving Up Baskets

Grade Level: 3-5

This activity is to help the students get height on an underhand serve, as well as, to develop accuracy when they are serving. Groups of 2 will be at the basketball goals with each group having a volleyball and 20 bean bags on the floor behind the foul line. I have 6 basketball goals and 2 groups at each goal. There can be more than one group at each hoop. The student with the volleyball will be at the foul line with the partner behind them. At the signal “go”, the person with the volleyball will serve the ball at the basketball goal. If they serve it and make a basket they will take 3 beanbags and place them in a small pile under the goal next to their teams cone. If the ball hits the hoop, but doesn’t go in, they get to move 2 beanbags. If the ball hits the backboard only, they get 1 beanbag. The server retrieves the ball and gives it to their partner. Play for a specific time, until the music stops and add up the points. Have partners set a goal for number of points, play again and see if they can get more points. Have students switch partners, set a new goal, play again and see how many points they can get.

Volleyball Battleships

Grade Level: 3-5

After an initial practice time using volleyball underhand serves, divide the class into two or three teams depending on the number of nets that are available. Each team will have “servers” and “ball shaggers” separated by the net. The “servers” will serve from behind a designated line. The “ball shaggers” stand on the other side of the net but off the court. Their job is to quickly roll the balls to the “servers” after they have landed. Hoops or yoga mats (the battleships) are arranged on the side of the net where the “Ball Shaggers” are located. A “battleship” is sunk when a server is able to serve the ball over the net and have it land in the hoop or on the yoga mat. If a “battleship” is sunk(hit), the “ball shaggers” remove it from the floor. The sides remain in position until all the battleships are hit(removed). Then change sides and start again.

Ducks pond

Grade Level: 3-5

The teacher tosses a ball to the students in line on the other side of the net.  The students have to pass the ball over the net into the pond.  They go to where they their ball lands.  The ball has to land inside the court (pond).  The student stands there and tries to catch any ball that comes their way.  The object is to be the last person standing on the other side.  The students have to try to hit the ball where no people are so that they do not catch their ball.  The teacher can make the activity more challenging by throwing the ball so that they have to move or hitting the ball at them.

Keep it up

Grade Level: 3-5

Have students form into groups of three/four. The groups then need to choose a ball they would like to volley between them. After they find a good safe playing space in the activity area they are to have one student start the activity either by volleying or tossing the ball to another group member. From then on their task is to try to keep the ball in the air. They must use either bumping or setting skills that they have previously practiced in class. Students can hit the ball twice in a row if they want. If the ball hits the floor they start again.

Health Care Pickleball

Grade Level: 3-5

Create small teams of four or five players, and arrange teams so that two teams face each other across a pickleball net. Name each player on one of the sides as a health care professional; doctor, nurse, pharmacist, etc, and each player on the other side as a consumer with a health care concern; flu, toothache, new baby, etc. The game begins with any one of the health care professionals hitting the ball over the net. After that point, every ball hit by a health care professional must be returned by a consumer with a concern that can be helped by the professional. The object is for each team to have as many consecutive hits as they can. Change roles and play again.