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Description

How good is your aim? Put it to the test with this fast-paced team game.

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/game-of-aim/

Resources

Soft balls

Take it further
You could monitor your heartbeat before and after playing the game and see if it changes. Talk as a group about what changed, and try comparing any changes to what happen with different physical games. This could count towards requirement three of the Beavers Health and Fitness Activity Badge.

COVID-Safe suggestions:
Instruction 1 - play the game outside with smaller teams
Instruction 2 - adapt spacing to maintain social distancing
Instruction 4 & 5 - players kick rather than throw balls (assuming SOFT balls are used!). If touching the balls, remember to sanitise players hands regularly (after each round?)

Instructions

1. Everyone should split into two teams. Larger groups may want to split into more teams; you could run a few games at once or you could play a tournament where teams take it in turns to watch.

2. The teams should line up facing each other. They should stand with their legs far apart, and each player’s heels should touch the heels of the teammates next to them.

3. The person leading the game should give each team the same number of tennis or small sponge balls – the more the better.

4. Everyone should try to throw or roll their tennis balls between the legs of a player on the other team. Players should use their hands to defend and stop the balls going through their legs. No one should move their feet, for example, they shouldn’t close their legs.

5. When a ball goes through a player’s legs, they’re out. They should step out of the line, and their teammates should shuffle up to fill the gap. The player who is out should go behind their team to find balls and take them back for their team to roll again.

6. The team with the most players left at the end is the winner. It’s up to the person leading the game whether they set a time limit, or play until a team loses all of its players.


Reflection
This game was a really fun way to be physically active. Can anyone name a skill that this game helped people work on? People should take it in turns to share their ideas, they might include aiming, throwing, defending, or working together. Where else might these skills be useful? They’re all useful for plenty of other sports. When people exercise, their heart rate often increases because their body works hard to get more oxygen and blood to their muscles. Being active can make us feel calmer, too.


Change the level of challenge
- Make it trickier by making it so people can only use one hand to stop the tennis balls going through their legs. You could even play so they can’t use their hands at all.
- You could also play this game in a circle – everyone plays for themselves, and tries to throw the ball between someone’s legs while defending with their hands. The person who defends then throws next.

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Badge Links

• Teamwork - Goal
• Teamwork - Team game
• Teamwork - Team game