Session equipment

• Gala day draw 

• Marker cones

• Range of targets

• Variety of throwing objects that stop when they drop

• Boccia balls or alternative

Download the Target games - Gala day task card to support teaching before and during the sport session.  

• In the week prior to the gala-day, students may be given time to create signs to support their team at the gala-day.

• Set-up relay playing area prior to the session.. 

• Players participate in the relay events as a team.

• Select a student from each team to be the team captain for the gala-day. 

Throlf

Equipment: 

• A range of 5–6 targets, set up at different heights over a course (indoor or outdoor) 

• Small bean bags or hacky sacks, one per player, or any other suitable object that ‘stops where it drops’ (scrunched-up paper and tape makes a useful ‘ball’) 

• Objects to create obstacles and barriers, such as towels, gym mats or benches 

• A numbered flag or card for each ‘hole’ 

How to play: As in golf, a course with ‘holes’ is established. Players move around the course attempting to reach the target in the least number of throws. 

• Establish the course and spread the players out on it. 

• Players throw from a start line (‘tee’) next to each target. 

• The next shot is taken from where their bean bag (or similar) lands. 

• Encourgae students to move from target to target on the 'throlf' course using the hop.

Boccia

Equipment: 

• Any suitable indoor or outdoor playing area. 

• Choose suitable balls if an indoor surface is used. 

• Choose dimension to suit your situation

• Playing area marked as shown

• 13 balls: 1 jack, 6 red and 6 blue (Boccia balls or alternative – bean bags, paper and tape balls, Koosh balls)  

How to play: Pronounced ‘botch‑ya’. A target game requiring players to lob as many of their balls as close to a target ball as possible. Boccia is a modified version of the game Bocce, which was founded in the Roman Empire during ancient times. Many cultures have since taken the game and evolved it into their own versions. Boccia was developed for wheelchair users and is a competitive Paralympic sport.

• The red team throws thetarget ball (called a ‘jack’) anywhere onto the ‘valid area’.

• The side throwing the jack also plays the first coloured ball.

• The opposite side then plays their first coloured ball into court, then the teams take turns for a nominated number of bowls or until everyone has had a bowl.

• If the jack is thrown or knocked out of court, it is placed on the cross and play continues.

• A tie-breaker is used if scores are level at the end. The jack ball is placed on the cross and sides toss a coin to determine the order of play.