Movement skills/concepts
Dodging, space awareness, and changing speed.
Set-up
Children are spread out in a defined grass or hard surface area.
Activity
Who can dodge …? (or Can you dodge …?)
- from a high/low level, high to a low level, low to a high level
- indifferent directions, sideways, left/right, backwards/forwards
- as quickly/slowly as you can, with alternating fast and slow dodges
- smoothly/roughly
- keeping at a medium level
- with a great force
Variations
Add start and stop signals: On the signal ‘Go’, children run in any direction; when a whistle (or any other signal) is called, children stop as quickly as they can.
Travel around stationary objects: Include objects to dodge (e.g. cones, chairs, balls, ropes, hoops – consider safety in your choices). Children travel as quickly as they can through the general space while avoiding objects and others.
Travel in different pathways: On a signal, children move only in a curved or straight pathway. On a whistle (or any other signal), change to a different pathway
(e.g. circle, figure 8, zigzag).
