Benchball
Benchball
Children will learn how to play the game of benchball and some of the basic passing and movement skills required to play it effectively
Activity 1:
Timebomb
10 mins
Method:
- Mark out an area approximately 15m x 15m depending on group size
- You'll want approximately 25% of the group to start with a ball or 'timebomb'
- Everyone starts the game with 5 lives
- When the game starts, players with a timebomb have to try and get rid of their timebomb by asking someone else to take it from them
- If you don't have a timebomb you should move to try and get away from children with a timebomb
- After a random amount of time - approx 60 seconds - blow the whistle. This indicated that the bombs have exploded. Everyone should freeze at this point
- Players with a timebomb when the time is up lose a life, anyone without a timebomb gains an extra life
- The winner is the player with the most lives at the end
Teaching Points:
- Social - you have to communicate with others in the group in order to give the timebomb to someone else
- Spacial awareness - find spaces to try and avoid being found by the timebombs
Equipment:
Markers, Balls
Piggy in the Middle
Activity 2:
10 mins
Method:
Teaching Points:
Equipment:
Activity 3:
5 Passes Game
10mins
Method:
Set up a playing area using some markers, the area needs to be big enough for 2 teams of approximately 5 players to have space to move and pass
Pick teams of between 4-6 players. Have multiple pitches if needed.
2 teams play against one another
The aim is to keep posession and complete 5 consecutive, successful passes to score a point.
Posession is given to the opponents if:
An opposing player touches or intercepts the ball
The ball goes out of the playing area
(Netball/Basketball/Cricket - if the ball is dropped by the receiver)
A team completes the 5 passes and scores a point
When a team has scored 3 points, they should then have to make 10 successful passes to score a point.
You may notice during this game - particularly in a PE lesson - that some players find it difficult to get involved. This is often down to a lack of good movement into spaces, poor communication or children only passing to their friends or players they trust. This is a good game to highlight some of these issues to help players and teams play better.
Teaching Points:
- Move into space when your team has posession
- Make passes where a pass is available
- out of Posession, look to close down opponents and apply pressure. Work as a team to both press and mark players
Equipment:
Bibs
Ball
Markers
