Low Organized Games pdf

Low Organized Games

Lyndeidra Williams
KINE 1151-P0

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
7-7:50AM

TABLE OF CONTEXT ★ Cats in the Corner pg 10
★ Spin and Run pg 11
★ Pac Man pg 4 ★ Drag the Body pg 12
★ Octopus pg 5 ★ Bed Sheet Ping Pong pg
★ Sharks and Barracudas
13
pg 6 ★ Amoeba Tag pg 14
★ Battle Ball pg 7 ★ Zombie Tag pg 15
★ Caterpillar Races pg 8
★ Prisoner of War pg 9

WARM UPS

● 2 warm up laps around gym
● Stretch

○ Arms
■ Arm circle front/back 12x
■ Arms across chest 12 sec each
■ Arms behind head 12x

○ Legs
■ Front leg stretch 12x
■ Side leg stretch 12x each

PAC MAN

Instruction: Select one or two player(s) depending on the group and area size to be the tagger or “pac
person/people”. The object is to avoid being tagged by a pac person by walking/running ONLY along the lines on
the ground. A pac person can also only move along the lines on the ground. A runner may not jump from line to
line (i.e. on a basketball court, players may not jump from the top of the key to the free throw line, etc.) If
someone is tagged, they sit down on the line where they were tagged and become a barrier. No runners may pass
a sitting person, but a pac person can pass. The game continues until there is only one or two players left or until
all others have been tagged.
Objective: To develop evasion skills and strategy.
Equipment:none
Key skills: running
Space requirement:full court
Time requirement :15 mins

OCTOPUS

Instruction: All of the children line up on one side of the playing area. The student with the closest birthday to the
date at which the game is played is given the opportunity to be the octopus. The octopus stands in the middle of
the playing area. The octopus then yells “octopus” and everyone must run to the other side of the ocean where
they are safe from being caught. If a student gets caught they then sit where they get caught and become seaweed.
Seaweed are allowed to help the octopus by remaining seated but their seaweed limbs can reach out and touch the
“fish” as they run by. If they catch a fish they too must sit and become seaweed. Once all the fish are caught the
game is over and they may stand on one side of the ocean and the last fish that was left will get a chance to be the
octopus for the next game.
Objective:The purpose of this game is to incorporate physical fitness through a fun activity. This is considered the
hidden curriculum to the students as they are having fun and not realizing they are engaging in physical activity at
the same time. It promotes key life skills such as honesty and cooperative relations with others.
Equipment: none
Key skills: running
Space requirement:full court
Time requirement : 10 mins

SHARKS AND BARRACUDAS

Instruction:Divide the class into two teams (sharks, barracudas)
Have the barracudas face the wall along the end basketball court boundary. The sharks face them
in at the center line. Each team is appointed a leader. The sharks will try to sneak up behind the
barracudas,. When the barracudas feel the sharks are close enough the leader yells out “Here
come the barracudas!”. The barracudas try to tag as many sharks as they can before the sharks
get back to the center line. When a shark is tagged, they become the barracuda. Once everyone is
a barracuda, students go back to their original teams but switch sides. Sharks become barracudas
and barracudas become sharks
Objective: Body awareness: running and tagging skills
Equipment: none
Key skills: running and tagging skills
Space requirement: half court
Time requirement : 10 mins

BATTLE BALL

Instruction:Divide your class into two teams, and give each student gets a soft throwing ball. Put a large exercise
ball at center court. The object is to move the exercise ball over a predetermined scoring line of the opposing
team, moving it ONLY by throwing the soft balls at it. Players cannot cross the center court and cannot try to hit
other players (like dodgeball) or they must sit down.
Objectives: the objective of this game is to throw small balls at a bigger ball
Equipment: small foam balls(enough to divide between the 2 teams, 16-20 balls)
Key skills: throwing
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 10-12 mins

CATERPILLAR RACE

Instructions: Divide the class into four teams (two teams will sit out and cheer on the other teams as they
take turns) and the two “racing” teams must sit down in a line with their knees bent and keep a hold of the
ankles of the person behind them. Mark a finish line and once the whistle is blown, teams must scoot
along, without letting go of the ankles of the person behind them, scooting forward and inching along like a
caterpillar until they reach the finish line
Objective: the purpose of this game is to get students to work together as a team. This game
teaches students teamwork, communication, and people skills.
Equipment: none
Key skills: teamwork
Space requirement: half court
Time requirement : 8-10 mims

PRISONER OF WAR

Instruction:Children are divided into teams. Each team selects one child from their team to be a prisoner of the
other team; the two prisoners are placed in jail.This can be a designated area or a chalk box if playing outside.The
teams each line up and the object of the game is to free the prisoner from the other team.The teams must get to the
prison by going to the other team’s side to free the prisoner.If tagged, that child then becomes a prisoner too and
must go to jail.If a child makes it to jail, he or she is safe as long as he is inside the prison.The rescuer can only
rescue one person at a time and can choose the right time to “break for it.”
Objective: the purpose of this game is for students to communicate with their teammates, while also developing
teamwork skills
Equipment: none
Key skills:teamwork, running
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 10-13 mins

CATS IN THE CORNER

Instruction: Mark off square play area. The ball thrower will be in the center of the square. There
are safe zones at each of the corners where all the players called ‘Cats’ will be. When the thrower
calls “Cats In The Corner”, the Cats have to run from one corner to another without getting hit by
the ball. They can go any direction including diagonal as long as they do not get hit. Any player hit
by the ball is out. If you have a large group you can have several balls and a couple throwers.
Objective: the objective of this game is to get students actively playing and enjoying themselves
Equipment: soft balls
Key skills: running, throwing
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 10-15 mins

SPIN AND RUN

Instruction:It’s a simple race. First, hold a broom or a baseball in the air, looking at the top of it.
Keeping your eye on the top, spin in a circle 10 times. Now (try to) run to the finish line.
Objective: the objective of this game is to take a simple race and make it fun
Equipment: broom or baseball bat
Key skills: running
Space requirement: half court
Time requirement : 5 mins

DRAG THE BODY

Instruction: Divide the group into two teams. Give each team a blanket. Have one player from each
team lie down on the blanket. The teams must drag the body on the blanket from one end of the
gym or yard to the other. Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins.
Objective: Promotes cooperation and develops strength
Equipment: old blankets
Key skills: strength and cooperation
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 10-15 mins

BED SHEET PING PONG

Instruction:Players stand and hold a bed sheet on opposite ends. A ping pong ball is placed onto
the sheet. The sheet is then raised or lowered. The object of the game is to get the ping pong ball
to fall off the other team’s side of the sheet.
Objective: the objective of this game is to teach teamwork
Equipment: ping pong ball, and old blanket
Key skills: teamwork, communication
Space requirement: half court
Time requirement : 5 mins

AMOEBA TAG

Instruction: The game starts with two people being nominated “it” instead of a single person. They
will hold hands and run together in order to tag someone with their free hands. When they do
eventually tag someone, that third person will join hands with them, like an amoeba multiplying!
Because everyone is holding hands, the only people capable of tagging someone are the people
on the end, as they are the only ones with a free hand. As more people are tagged, the group
becomes larger and is capable of surrounding its victims. The round is over when there is no one
left to tag.
Objective: the objective of this game is to get all students involved
Equipment: none
Key skills: teamwork
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 10 mins

ZOMBIE TAG

Instruction:Zombie tag starts with a single player being nominated as a zombie, with the other
players being uninfected humans. The zombie can convert humans to zombies by tagging them.
As the game progresses, more and more humans are turned into zombies. The humans can
defend themselves using soft throwable objects like soft foam balls. When struck by one of these
soft objects, the zombie must freeze for 15 seconds. This gives the human time to get away. The
game is over when all of the humans have been converted into zombies.
Objective: this games incorporates running and throwing into a fun game
Equipment: small soft items, soft foam balls
Key skills: throwing, running
Space requirement: full court
Time requirement : 15 mins