Throwing, Rolling, Kicking, or Striking with an Implement to a Target.
Students will be placed into groups of 3-6 students. Each group will receive a variety of different equipment. Set 4-6 hula-hoops in a row on the ground in a straight line away from the group. Have students stand behind a throwing line.
Variety of balls (gator skin, yarn, tennis, soccer, playground, etc.), frisbees, bean bags, racquets, noodles, hula-hoops, baskets, buckets.
Round 1: Have students use any available equipment and try to land it in the hula-hoop. If you make it, the student can run out, collect the hoop and equipment, and return to their team. The objective is to collect all the hula-hoops. Students must throw from behind a designated line or area. If they step over the line, their throw doesn't count.
Round 2: Have students reset their hula-hoops in any design they desire. They can make them closer or farther away. They can be in a straight line, zig-zag, in a circle, or diamond shape. Again, they will use any equipment they have to try to collect the hula-hoops.
Round 3: Create a Rule - groups will create a rule that all players use during the game.
Examples: Only use non-dominant hand, must bounce, must be thrown in the air and hit inside the hoop, can only shoot like a basketball, throw backwards, one eye closed,
Round 4: Create your own target game. Discuss how your game will be set up and rules/penalties (what will the target be?, what are we allowed to throw with?, how are we allowed to throw?) May want to place a limit on the number of rules so it doesn't get too complicated.
Round 5: Students explain their target game to the other groups, and each group plays a round using the other group's target game.
K.1 (h) - Demonstrate at least two critical elements used in eye-hand coordination skills while stationary
(e.g., bouncing and catching a ball, tossing, catching a ball/beanbag, volleying a balloon,
tossing and rolling underhand to targets, and striking stationary objects with a long or short
implement or noodle.)
1.1 (f) - Demonstrate developmentally appropriate form with at least two critical elements used in eye-
hand coordination skills while stationary and moving (e.g., dribbling a ball with the hand,
underhand tossing and catching a ball/beanbag to self and with a partner, throwing and rolling
underhand to targets, volleying a balloon upward with various body parts, volleying a balloon
in the air with a short implement or noodle, striking a stationary object with the hand or with a
short-handled implement or noodle.)
2.1 (c) - Demonstrate at least two critical elements of eye-hand coordination skills for dribbling with the
dominant/preferred hand while walking, overhand throwing, underhand throwing, and catching
individually and with a partner, underhand throwing and rolling to a target, and consecutive
upward volleying with hand(s), with a short-/long-handled implement or noodle and
striking/batting a ball off a tee using hard and soft force with control.
3.1 (a) - Demonstrate the critical elements of eye-hand coordination skills for dribbling with
dominant/preferred hand while finding open spaces, overhand/underhand throwing and
catching with a partner, underhand throwing and rolling at a target, and volleying consecutive
upward with hand(s) or with a short/long implement/noodle and striking/batting a ball off a tee
using hard and soft force with control.
4.1 (a) - Demonstrate progression toward the use of all critical elements for specialized locomotor, non-
locomotor, and manipulative skill combinations in small-sided games, modified sports
activities, and lifetime activities, including overhand and underhand throwing and catching with
a partner while moving to open spaces, overhand and underhand throwing to a target for
distance, dribbling with non-dominant/non-preferred hand while walking at various speeds to
open spaces, underhand volleying, catching thrown objects, striking a ball with short and long
implement with force and control, and underhand volleying/striking, dribbling and passing a
soccer ball with varying speed while moving to open spaces with control.
5.1 (a) - Demonstrate progress toward the use of all critical elements in locomotor, non-locomotor, and
manipulative skill combinations in dynamic environments, modified sports activities, small-
sided games, and lifetime activities, including overhand and underhand throwing and catching,
execution to a target with accuracy, hand dribbling with non-dominant/dominant hand at
various speeds and control to open spaces, consecutive volleying with a partner over a net or
against a wall with proper force, striking a ball with short- and long-handled implements while
stationary or moving with the proper force, direction, and accuracy, dribbling and passing a
soccer ball with the dominant foot with varying speed while moving to open spaces with proper
control and accuracy.