This activity requires students to practice throwing, catching, and jumping as they "Leap," intro spring. At different stations throughout the gym, students participate in various activities related to frogs: playing leap frog, jumping...

Learners practice and improve their jumping and landing skills through using different types of jumping patterns. This fun gym-class activity, which is a variation of "tag," reqires music, hula hoops for each student, and vests and foam...

Students learn, develop, and practice different jumping patterns as they flee from imaginary "sharks" throughough the gym. This website includes ideas for setting up the gym for this activity as well as suggestions for activity variations.

Practice your underhand throw has you toss various object into a "Wishing well." As your throws improve, move further away from the wishing well or make the wishing well smaller to increase the difficulty of the activity.

Through this activity, students practice jumping and landing in specific patterns (2-step sequence and 3-step sequence). Included at this website are ideas for varying the activity, assessing students' effort and participation, and...

Learners able to do an overhand throw can work on improving their skill through this simple activity that requires balls to throw, a wall to throw against, and cones to mark a throwing position.

Students work in teams as they practice and improve their overhand throwing skills in gym class. This website includes a description of "Hail Storm," as well as ideas for varying the activity and adapting it for students with disabilities.

Through this activity, young scholars "explore a variety of traveling skills" and "understand the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects." Set up an obstacle course of props, tunnels, chairs, and other objects in the...

Young scholars practice their throwing skills as they toss "Trash," (foam balls, yarn balls) into "Oscar's Garbage Can." This lesson includes suggestions for varying the activity and making sure it is safe.

A variation of "Simon Says," this game requires students to mimic other students' jumping and landing patterns.

Students attempt to escape imaginary alligators throughout the gym as they jump and land in hoops on the gym floor. Includes ideas for varying the activity, making the activity relevant in history class, and modifying the activity for...

Students practice and improve their jumping and landing skills as they play this fun game and imitate the jumping styles of frongs, kangaroos, rabbits, and gazelles.

Introduce young children to juggling with this activity, which requires students to juggle three plastic grocery bags or scarves.

Students, organized into two teams - one playing defense and one playing offense - practice passing, catching, and defending while participating in this variation of flag football.

Students familiar with kicking and dribbling are ready to play "All-Ball Kickball." This is a variation of kickball where students are required to run the bases while dribbling. A good activity for both gym class and soccer practice.

Teachers, demontrate the "Inside of the foot," pass in gym class and allow students to practice passing and trapping the ball with partners. Includes ideas for varying the activity.

At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows students to score points just by being near the basketball basket. Includes ideas for varying the lesson and assessing students' participation.

Students able to move while dribbling a basketball are ready to practice offensive and defensive strategies and skills. At this website, read about an activity through which students work on their individual skills in one-on-one matches...

Young scholars familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.

This is an interesting activity where middle schoolers use their soccer skills in a game that plays much like baseball. Players, while on offense and defense, are required to practice controlling, passing, and dribbling a soccer ball.

Students able to throw and catch, and who are able to shoot and pass a basketball are ready to play "Zoo Parade Day." This activity requires students to work in different "centers" or stations throughout the gym and to demonstrate...

Play a game of "Tennis," with a soccer ball! This website provides detailed guidelines for "soccer tennis" which can be varied depending on the skill-level of the students. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation.

This is a fun activity through which students not only practice football skills like passing, hiking, catching, dodging, and carrying, but also get an aerobic workout. "Football Bingo" combines football, bingo, and capture-the-flag in a...

At this website, find an idea for a gym-class lesson through which students work with partners as they strive to improve their sprinting speed and technique.