Gator Tag
Directions: Select one third
of the class to be it, and give each of them a gator ball. Everyone else
is trying to avoid the people who have gator balls. If you get tagged with
a gator ball then you are it, and you get the gator ball. The ball is touched
to a person not thrown at them. You continue to be it tell the activity
is stopped or you tag someone else.
Equipment: Gator Balls or
another type of softball.
Bean Bag Freeze Tag
Directions: Select three
colors of bean bags and give each student a bean bag. The students will
move through the designated playing area attempting to slide/throw the
bean bags at each others feet. If you get hit by a bean bag then you hold
your bean bag in the air until someone sets you free by throwing a bean
bag between your legs from behind to set you free. The teacher selects
a color of bean bag to be it and switches it through out the activity.
Equipment: three colors
or more of bean bags or other objects that are soft and can be thrown or
slide.
The Cage
Directions: The cage is a
large square marked of by four cones. The class is divided up into four
groups and each group goes to a cone. The object of the game is to catch
the team in front of you. The groups must stay close together and when
a group is caught they become a large group and the game is stopped
so every group goes to a cone and the game resumes. The game continues
until there are two groups left and when one of those groups gets caught
then the game is over. It can be restarted if desired with the students
going in the opposite direction.
Equipment: Cones
Team Work
Directions: Create teams
of four and have them split so that two members are in a line facing each
other. The two people in front each have a bean bag or a ball and they
toss it up behind them and run to the end of the other line where the person
in front of them is tossing the bean bag up. This continues until they
drop or teacher stops them. If it is dropped they start over again.
Equipment: Bean bags or
balls.
One Step Throw & Catch
Directions: As the students
enter the class they are to find a partner. Then they are to choose
a ball
they want to throw back and forth between them.
Have them start about 10 ft. apart and
there task is to throw back and forth. After each
successful catch the student takes a giant
step back. However, if the ball is dropped they
bring it back into 10 ft.
Equipment: Yarn balls,
tennis balls, or baseballs
Throw and Catch Tag
Directions: This is a tag
game with 2 or 3 taggers and 2 players with a tennis ball (may vary the
size of the ball, depending on the age group.) When a player is tagged
they are frozen and may only be unfrozen by a player with the ball completing
a pass to them. The player receiving the pass must now pass to someone
else who is frozen to unfreeze them. You can play so that the players with
the ball cannot be frozen (younger grades) or they can be frozen (older
grades). If you play where you can freeze the ball people, they can pass
the ball to someone to avoid being frozen with the ball or simply drop
it on the ground and anyone can pick it up. If both balls are frozen at
the same time you pick new taggers and play again. Change taggers often.
Equipment: Tennis Balls
or any other balls for those not tagging, a foam object for taggers to
tag with.