Movement skills/concepts
Trapping a ball with the body, body awareness (control), and relationships (with objects and others).
Set-up
- Large balls.
- Children spread out with a large ball each in the grass or hard area.
Activity: Let’s see …
- who can throw the ball up before catching it
- how many parts of your body you can use (other than your hand) to control the ball
- who can touch the ball with two body parts (not hands) before catching it
With a partner, let’s see …
- how many ways you can use to stop a ball bounced or lobbed on the full
- if you can stop the ball with your shins, thighs, abdomen, chest (hands crossed over), forehead
- if you can make the ball drop straight to the ground
- if you can stop a ball that has been lobbed over a net or other obstacle
Can you see …?
- eyes on the ball
- moving to the path of the ball
- presenting the body part for the trap
- relaxing
- ‘giving’ with the ball on contact
You could ask …
What can you do to get the ball to drop and stop immediately after it contacts your body?
Is it better to trap the ball with a small body part or a large body part? Why is this?
