Success for Kids in Active Games

Example

SEQUENCE

Description

Goals	Practice throwing and catching Exercise total body intermittently
Alignment	Scattered in large square or rectangle
Movements	Catching, guarding, passing
Equipment	One disc, four cones, pinnies for one team
Social structure	Cooperative within competitive 4-7 players per group, ages 9 and up

Directions

Determine two teams and disperse pinnies to one team. Instruct players to match up with opponents so each person guards another one-on-one. Give Team 'X' posession of the disc. Have that team pass the disc among teammates as many times as possible without missing. Passes may be numbered out loud so everyone knows the score. The first pass is uncontested. Subsequent passes may not be thrown to the same person the disc is received from. A miss occurs when the disc is dropped, thrown out of bounds, or intercepted by the opponent. When that opccurs, Team 'Y' begins a sequence. Players may not strip the disc from an opponent. Players are limited to two steps while holding the disc, so that most movement occurs without possession.

Each team tries to better its own longest running sequence. When multiple teams are present, rotate teams between courts and instruct the team with the shortest sequence on each court to begin the next game.

Note: A "sequence" refers to the number of uninterrupted passes, rather than to a particular order or location of passes.

Alternative: Substitute a football of appropriate size for the disc.