GREAT GAMES

tiNlT: C0OPERATIVE

GAMES

AGES: 5-11

OBJECTIVES
Social/personal skil ls

4 cones for boundaries, music/whistle

ACTIVITY

EOUIPMENT

ORGANIZATION

TEACHING CUES

-PANTNENiCROUP DAY-

Roadway

-Pairs on an

endline.

-fne onject of our g

recerve trust.

-Each pair establishes a "front"

Front

-How quickly can you get Back-to-Back with a

and "back" partner.
partner {"car"i places her/his partner?
hands at sides and cioses
eyes. Back partner {"driver"} -0ur first Great Game is called "Boadway."
places hands on partner's
-One of you is the "car" and the other the
"driver-"

shoulders.

-0n START cue pairs walk to

designated stopping point"

-Dxve;5, stand behind your car and place your

Once they reach it, partners hands on the car's shoulders.
change roles and walk back.
-eafs, hold your hands in front of you like stop
-After children guide
signs and close your eyes.
play
other in a straight line,
-0n START cue, drivers will guide their cars
within a square and
them to move in any direction safely iwalking) to the other endline. 0n
anival, switch roles and return.
the driver

each
allow
chooses.

other -Drivers, your car trusts you to be a responsible

basic locomotor movements friend. Get them through our traffic jam
without a scratch !
{e.9., skip, slow jog,

-lf proficient, play using

gallopi.

-You did a great job working together to move

Variation:
-Play using hoops:
in a straight line and avoid collisions.
partner holds hoop around
waist, driver pulls left or right. -0n START cue. drivers may steer their cars any
direction within our square. When the music
-With older youth, call
stops, switch roles.
activity "Trust Walk."

Front

this

-Keep your headlights {eyes) closed

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UNIT:

AGES: 5-11

COOPERATIVE GAMES

EOUIPMENT

OBJECTIVES
Social/personal skills

4 cones for boundaries, music/whistle

TEAC}IING CUES
ACTIVITY ORGANIZATION
-Gtggp5lf4 in open space -How quickly can your pair find another to rnake
Truck Driver
a group of 4?
within a large square.

-Groups line up single

file.

-Play until all have a chance

be truck

drivers.

-Change locomotor skili

to

and/or

-Now it's time to play "Truck Driver!"

-The person in front is the truck driver, and the

other 3 are passengers. The driver's eyes are
open but everyone else's are closed! The
driver leads the others within the boundaries

safely.

levels of movement. Always

play at slow tempo
-Place your hands on the shoulders of the
person in front.
-Close session with a

reinforcemenVdiscussion of

the concept of trust

during

-Truck drivers lead groups until STOP cue.

cool-down.
-Show that your group can move safely within
our boundaries.

-Trust your truck driver to get you down the

highway!

-No peeking!

-0n my cue, drivers rotate t0 the end of the line,

everyone else moves up 1 place.

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UNIT:

36

AGES: 8-14

AEROBIC GAMES

OBJECTIVES
Pitching, kicking, trapping, passing, running

ACTIVITY

EOUIPMENT
youth,4 bases/12-20 youth,
6 hoops/1 2-20 youth, rnusic/whistle

1 ball/12-24

ORGANIZATION

TEACHING CUES

-GnguPpAY-

All-Hun Kickball
Diagram on back

-Set up a softball-type
diamond and distribute 6

-Today's Great Ganre is called "All-Run

Kickball!"

hoops in the outfield.

-Play on a small baseball field
if available. Grass fields may
be adapted, however, they do

not offer the safety

advantages of a backstop.

-fne fietOing grouo

bv throwing the kicked ball to a different
player in each of the 6 hoops.
-The first bafier kicks either a rolled {pitched} or
stationary ball into fair tenitory and runs
around the bases without stopping.

-Divide players into kicking and

fielding groups.
-Kicking group lines up behind
the backstop or in a safe area.

-Ail mennbers of the kicking group follow in

single file {no passing allowed}.
-Each player reaching home plate before an
"out" is declared, scores 1 run for the group.

-Change sides after 3 kickers,

-Eeldelg, don't stand in the baselines.

-Have children play different
positions each inning.

Variation: "Alaska Snowball"

-Once game rules are

understood, divide group into

4 groups {6-1 0/group} on 2
fields. Smaller groups allow

-The fielding group lines up in single file behind

the person who fields the kicked ball.

the game to be played with

everyone having a turn "at
bat" before the other group is

-Group members alternate passing the ball over

their heads and+hrough their legsuntil the last
person carries the ball to the front and yells

up.

-Play with different equipment

(e.9., frisbee, soccer ball,

vortex, rag softball).

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AGES: B-14

FUN AND FITNESS CIRCUITS

OBJEGIIVES

Strength, endurance, flexibility,

EOUIPMET{T

agility

Fitness circuit cards, 1 cone/station,

music/whistle, stopwatch

ASIMTY
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TEACHING CUES

ORGANIZATION

-Youth walk, then jog

around

-Move in clockwise direction.

stations at a quick pace.

-Stop on my cue.
-Everyone stops on cue to stretch.

-Stretch quads, hamstrings, calves,

shoulders, etc.

Exp I ai n:

Fitness

Circuit

can

-seated behind stations so all

{This

will depend on which

stations you have set up.)

see demonstrator.
-Go through each station and

describe while a vouth

demonstrates.

FitneSS

GirCuit

-Three to four at each station

stations).

(4-8 -Do the activity at your station

-Execute activity untit STOP

until ST0P cue.

cue.

-Then rotate to the next station and

begin immediately.
-Rotate to next station in order.

-Remain at last station.

Cool-Du,nm
(0r move to an aerobic -Choose several individuals to
game or sport)
come to the center of the stations
and [ead cool-down stretches.

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-stretch quads, hamstrings, calves,

shoulders' etc'

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ACIMTY

TEACHING CUES

JumpingJacls

Hands above head when feet are apart. Hands are down at
sides when feet are tagether.

Cnd+ps

Cross hands on opposite shoulders. Elbows next to body.

Chin to chest- Knees bent, feet flat on floor. Curl up and

touch elbows to upper thighs.

RunAmund Cones

Rdrup

UneJunp

GrabWalk
JumpRope

Trieep

Prchup

Place cones in a triangle 0r square formation. Run single file

in a predetermined direction.

0n hands and feet. Hands under shoulders. Back parallel to

ground. Start with arms straight, bend elbows and lower body
to ground. Push back up to starting position.

Hop from side-to-side {as in Skier}down a line. Turn around

and hop in the other direction.

ln supine position, walk on hands and feet 20 paces and back.

Specify the number of specific jumps or the time.

ln supine position with thumbs together and fingers pointed

toward the feet, bend and extend elbows to lower the body to
the ground.

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