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Instant Activities

The purpose of an instant activity is to keep the students moving. You want to involve students in an activity as quickly as possible. The criteria for an instant activity is that it involves every student,
there is little teacher involvement, it is safe, there is no elimination and it maintains a high level of
activity for all students. After a few minutes of vigorous activity, students are ready to listen for
instructions about the day's lesson. Here are some instant activities you might like to try in your class.

Title and Equipment Objective Directions

Keep it Clean

Many different
types of balls.
Try to pass the ball between partners without letting the touch the ground. If the task is too difficult, then choose another ball that is easier to pass. If the task is too simple, then choose another ball that is harder to pass. Form students into groups of three or four. The group chooses a ball the would like to pass to one another.
One of the group members will start
the activity by tossing the ball to a
partner, who will then pass the ball
to another player using any style of
pass within their repertoire.

Frisbee Throw and Catch
Regular Frisbees
The objective of this activity is to keep the frisbee under control on
the throws. The point of this activity is to get students use to throwing and catching objects to and from each other. Upon entering the playing area, have
students pair up. Have one of the students get a frisbee for then to
throw. The students may choose the
distance apart from each other, as
long as it is reasonable and safe from other groups. Then, simply throw and catch the frisbee.

Mirror Mirror
Cones for boundaries
The objective of this activity is to keep the leader within reach when
the teacher gives the stop signal. Also, students should be trying to
mirror the actions of the leader by doing whatever the leader is
doing. The purpose of this activity
is to get students use to changing
directions quickly and under
control. Have students find a partner and
spread out. Have one student be the
leader and the other the follower.
The follower should be one arm length away from the leader at all times. On the teachers signal the
leader is allowed to walk anywhere
within the boundaries. The follower is to follow the leader as best they can
to try and stay one arm length away.
Also, the follower should mirror the
leaders actions. The teacher should
periodically stop the activity and check if the follower is still one arm
length away from the leader. When
the teacher gives a signal the leader
becomes the follower and vice versa.

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Title and Equipment	Objective	Directions
Keep it Clean Many different types of balls.	Try to pass the ball between partners without letting the touch the ground. If the task is too difficult, then choose another ball that is easier to pass. If the task is too simple, then choose another ball that is harder to pass.	Form students into groups of three or four. The group chooses a ball the would like to pass to one another. One of the group members will start the activity by tossing the ball to a partner, who will then pass the ball to another player using any style of pass within their repertoire.
Frisbee Throw and Catch Regular Frisbees	The objective of this activity is to keep the frisbee under control on the throws. The point of this activity is to get students use to throwing and catching objects to and from each other.	Upon entering the playing area, have students pair up. Have one of the students get a frisbee for then to throw. The students may choose the distance apart from each other, as long as it is reasonable and safe from other groups. Then, simply throw and catch the frisbee.
Mirror Mirror Cones for boundaries	The objective of this activity is to keep the leader within reach when the teacher gives the stop signal. Also, students should be trying to mirror the actions of the leader by doing whatever the leader is doing. The purpose of this activity is to get students use to changing directions quickly and under control.	Have students find a partner and spread out. Have one student be the leader and the other the follower. The follower should be one arm length away from the leader at all times. On the teachers signal the leader is allowed to walk anywhere within the boundaries. The follower is to follow the leader as best they can to try and stay one arm length away. Also, the follower should mirror the leaders actions. The teacher should periodically stop the activity and check if the follower is still one arm length away from the leader. When the teacher gives a signal the leader becomes the follower and vice versa.