Movement skills/concepts

Rolling to a target, space awareness, and relationships (with others).

Set-up

• Balls.
• Smooth surface.
• Each group of six or eight stands in a circle about 4 meters in diameter. Opposite players are a pair: they have the same number and have one ball between them.

Activity

The player who has the ball rolls it across the circle to their partner, and then the other pairs of players do the same in quick succession. See how quickly they can complete this task.

Can you see …?

• ball in fingers
• stepping and rolling
• following through

Variations

Change the order of the rolls: The sequence goes from the pair with the highest to the pair with the lowest numbers, or from odds to evens, or in random order.

Increase the number of balls: Every player has a ball, with partners rolling to each other at the same time.

Vary equipment and skills: For example, in soccer, kick pass, or hockey push pass/hit.