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Description

Players must keep their bottoms on the floor as they get the ball and pass between players to score. The game is a little like basketball or netball, and a bit like football, but without kicking.

Resources

A football (a sponge ball is good)
Two goals (five-a-side football goals would be good, but we turn a table on its side to be the goal, or you could use cones)
A cleanish floor, because players slide around on their bottoms.
Can be useful to have bibs to indicate teams - we use our hi viz vests for one team

Instructions

Divide the young people into teams and explain the rules.

Everybody sits on the floor. Players must keep their bottoms on the floor at all times (or if they roll over to reach for the ball that's OK -- imagine they are wearing football shorts: some part of their shorts would be on the floor at all times)
Players move around by sliding on their bottoms.

Start the game by holding the ball up in the centre of the pitch, with each team in its own half and a little back from where the ball will drop. Thrown the ball up so that it drops fairly randomly, and the teams contest for it.

Once a player has the ball *they may not move from the spot*. They must pass to a team-mate or shoot at the goal.

Players may not touch each other, grab clothing etc.

Players may not kick the ball, or use their feet to get it (to stop players kicking each other).

Players can try to snatch the ball from an opponent. Give snatchers only a moment to capture the ball -- if it becomes a tug of war stalemate, award it to the player who had the ball before. Others must let go, & the game goes on.

(Introduce a 'you must pass within 5 seconds' rule if players hold on to the ball too long. Usually it's best to pass as quickly as possible as a player who holds onto the ball gets surrounded by opponents.)

Once a goal is scored restart the game from the centre.

In event of a penalty (usually someone got off their bottom, or sometimes contact between players) restart the game from the place it happened, giving the ball to the team that was disadvantaged. Or just restart the game from the centre.

Play for a set amount of time e.g. 5 minutes a match. If you have too many young people for them all to play at once, organize a tournament.

We haven't needed rules about offside or goal-hanging with our Beavers, but we may have to add something like that if the Beavers ever master the idea of positional play :)

Teams that play well are the ones that pass quickly and where attacking players move forward into spaces on the pitch, but return quickly to help with defence. So this develops teamwork and positional awareness.

Tags

• sporting activity
• team game
• teamwork activity

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• Sports - Team Sport
• Teamwork - Team game