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Zone Games
Bank It Participants learn and practise working as a group to move into an opponent’s space to score a goal. Can’t Touch This Participants learn about and practise working as a group to send and receive an object while preventing an opponent from intercepting a pass. Flip the Disc Participants learn...
Right on Target
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: use the simple tactics of proximity, force, aim and communication to successfully send objects to a target using an underhand throw; cooperate...
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Approach
The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach was developed by researchers at Loughborough University in England to tap into children’s inherent desire to play. Bunker and Thorpe (1982) developed TGfU around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games . Butler et al. (2008) identified...
Small-Group Games Indoors
Introduction to Cooperative Games Curriculum expectations: 1.4, A1.1, A2.1 Alaskan Baseball Curriculum expectations: 1.5, A1.2, A2.1, B1.3, B2.3 Target and Goaltending Cooperative Activities Curriculum expectations: 1.4, A1.1, A3.1 Parachutes Curriculum expectations: 1.4, A1.1, A3.1 More Cooperative...
Zone Games
Farmers Shepherding Sheep Participants learn about and practise moving around the playing area while tagging others and avoiding being tagged. Mother Earth Defenders Participants learn about and practise applying offensive and defensive skills in a game. Protect the Pinnie Participants learn about...
Snow Bocce
Targets Away
Winter Flip
Creating Space to Attack – Basketball
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: apply strategies to improve success in territory games (e.g., support the ball carrier, off-the-ball player shows target hands, performs cuts and
Kick to a Target
Cool Game!
Soccer Game
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: describe strategies that they have found to be effective in territory games demonstrate an understanding of procedures for anticipating and respond
Target Circuit (Kicking)
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: demonstrate behaviours and apply procedures to maximize safety use the strategies of proximity, force and aim to send a variety of objects to a
Pass and Roll in Snow
Winter Triathlon
Badminton: Modified Game
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: apply skills and tactical solutions to a modified game of badminton.
Ball Hockey Mini Games
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: apply relationship and social skills as they participate safely and actively in ball hockey mini games demonstrating sending, receiving and
Junior / Intermediate
Nest – Two Ways to Play Participants work together to maintain possession of an object and send it to the “ nest keeper ” to receive points for the group. Rally Up – Two Ways to Play Participants work together to keep the ball in motion while passing consecutively to group members . Rock, Paper...
Primary/Junior Activities
PlaySport activities are organized into four categories: Target Games, Net/Wall Games, Striking/Fielding Games, and Zone Games. Target Games : Participants learn about and practise aim and accuracy as they send an object toward targets different distances away (archery, boccia, bowling, croquet...