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Freezamania
Pupils improve their throwing and catching skills with a variety of balls. They throw and catch while music plays, as soon as the music stops they play a game of chase until the music begins again.
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Ten Points Football
Students practice football skills. In this sports lesson, students are divided into two teams, form a line, and given one football to practice throwing and catching techniques.
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Football Downs
Learners attempt to grasp the concept of four downs in football. They practice using predetermined cues on skills such as: Grip, passing and catching a football, routes, making and running simple plays.
Special Olympics
Special Olympics Young Athletes Activity Guide
From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!
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Mummy Ball
Students practice their hand and eye coordination in a ball throwing activity. In this physical education lesson, students participate in a game where they sit in a circle and throw to each other only once until everyone has had a...
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Rebound Ball
Young scholars practice throwing and catching in teams while learning about rebound angles.
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Throw (Don't Mow!) the Yard
Students practice and are assessed on the cue's of overhand throwing. They use a variety of objects to throw and aim at.
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Hot Potato Tag
Students throw and catch the ball provided to them. When the music stops, the student with the ball runs while the other one chases them.
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Football-2 Minute Drill
Students participate in two minute drills throwing and catching a football. In this football lesson plan, the students are divided into teams and pass the football at various distances. The students may rotate their team roles after each...
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Dodgeball: The 4-Week Lesson Plan
There's more to this game than just dodging! Here you'll find loads of activities and practice exercises for teaching your young athletes a variety of overarm/underarm throws, catches, dodges, and tactics.
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Catch the Letter Game
Students have a rubber kickball that is passed around in a circle. A letter name is called and anyone with that letter sound that begins their name raises their hand. The ball is passed to them and they say, " K is for Kara." and then...
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Throw to the Cone
Students practice throwing to a moving target and increase their facility with accurate throwing by playing this game.
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Compass Rose Tossing
Students use different pieces of equipment to practice throwing and catching. They use the cardinal directions of North, South, East and West in making a compass rose with the equipment. They must use higher order and decision making...
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Halloween Carnival
Young scholars review previously taught movements of kicking, striking, throwing and catching while involving a Halloween theme. They go to workstations with names such as "Floating Ghosts," "Shadow Shapes," "Spider Web," &quo
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Throw Everything
Students throw objects overhand into containers in the center of the playing area.
National Association for Sport & Physical Fitness
Indoor Physical Activity Ideas for Kids!
Rainy day schedule doesn't mean you can't stay fit! Use a collection of indoor physical activities during periods of inclement weather, substitute teaching days, or for those afternoons when your class just wants to move around!
Perkins School for the Blind
Beanbag Toss
Why is learning how to catch and toss so important? If one has visual impairments, learning this basic skill will help him increase orientation and mobility, coordination, and cognitive development,. Mastery of this skill will also mean...
Do2Learn
Reciprocal Conversation
Keep the conversation going with a social skills activity. Designed for learners with autism, the lesson guides peers through the back-and-forth of a conversation, encouraging them to wait their turn before responding.
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Four Wall Handball
Students explore the sport of handball. After reviewing the rules of handball, they explore how to hit the ball without hurting their hands. Students discuss arm strokes and proper foot alignment and sidearm positions. Using proper...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 5 - Rebounding
Tchoukball instructional activity 5 is focused on rebounding. This is a good skill to learn in that getting control of the ball is so important. After all, one must have the ball in order to score. There are several drills that have been...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 3 - Footwork and Passing
This third lesson in the Tchoukball unit is all about footwork and passing. For this lesson there are several drills to practice footwork as only three steps are allowed in regulation play. As the class works on footwork, they will also...
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Speedball
Review concepts at the end of the day with a quick game of speedball! The activity starts with learners seated on top of their desks who must then, after responding correctly to a review question, pass the ball around the classroom as...
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Bean Bag Battle
Students practice catching and throwing skills in a dynamic setting. They become familiar with the utilization of the entire open space, along with concept of "getting open."