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Description

Warm up and improve coordination with these simple ball games.

Copied across from The Scouts Activity Planner
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/toss-n-cross/

Resources

Tennis Balls
Large Balls

Instructions

Stop and go
Everyone should take a tennis ball and stand in a space.
The person leading the activity should explain the rules of the game. When the leader says ‘go’, participants should jog or move around the space while being careful to avoid each other. When the leader says ‘stop’, participants should throw the ball up using one hand, so that the ball goes above their head and in a straight controlled line. The ball should be allowed to bounce once on the floor before participants try to catch it again.

The person leading the activity may want to demonstrate how to throw the ball and encourage the participants to practice throwing their balls before beginning.
Once everyone is familiar with the rules, start playing the game.
The game can be varied in a number of different ways.
- Changing the way of moving about the space, such as skipping, side-stepping or high knees
- Asking participants to clap before catching their ball.
- Asking participants to spin in a circle before catching their ball.

Bounce and return
All participants should get into pairs and then find a space; partners should stand a metre apart and be facing each other.
In their pairs, one person should have a large ball, and the other should have a tennis ball. The player with the large ball should bounce it towards the person with the tennis ball. The person who has the tennis ball should try to return the large ball by hitting it with the tennis ball, which is kept in their hand at all times. The pairs should have three goes and then swap over, so each player has a turn at bouncing the large ball and at hitting it back using the tennis ball.

Participants can also just use their empty hands to return the ball depending on their needs and ability.

Tags

• pairs
• tennis

Badge Links

• Athletics - Warm up