Role Playing Throwing and Catching

If you have never played dodgeball with your class before, this is a great place to start! Warm your players up with a fun motivation activity, explain the rules using a detailed set of guidelines, and then test your skills in a...

Little athletes put their minds and bodies to work to invent new fitness games for class! Using information they gather from informational texts, youngsters design games that include motor skills, materials, rules, and strategies for...

New class? New group? Want to learn names of the participants? Play this name game using a multitude of different types of balls. The game follows a sequence which is described in the directions. Balls are tossed from player to player...

There's more to this game than just dodging! Here you'll find loads of activities and practice exercises for teaching your young athletes a variety of overarm/underarm throws, catches, dodges, and tactics.

Put a new, action-filled spin on a classic game with Star Wars® Dodge Ball. Scholars turn into Jedis and lightsabers are used to save peers from sitting on the sidelines, all the while a bombardment of balls fly towards moving targets. 

From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!

Throw a Frisbee. It's not as easy as one might think. Learn how to grip it properly and give it a flick of the wrist. Try to make it fly straight without wobbling, or flying in a curved direction. And then, learn how to catch a Frisbee...

There are several days worth of activities in this mini unit. Take a look and then break it up to meet the needs of your class. There are activities to work on throwing and catching, and activities for moving like animals. There are some...

Review the basic steps in throwing a small object. Gather up the class and some beanbags, Nerf balls, wiffle balls, whatever small soft things are around for throwing. Set up targets on the walls of the gym and have the class practice...

The title is misleading because this is more of a keep away game with the ability to score points. This lesson has two groups playing against each other using a deck ring, but a frisbee, or a nerf football could also be used since the...