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Week 21: Feb. 3-7, 1997
IA Name: Statues and Dribblers
Grade Level: 4th and Up
Equipment: Cones for general space, balls to dribble with the feet
Directions:
Have half of the class stand in general space with their feet apart (i.e., Statues). Have some students stand with their feet far apart, some at medium distance apart, and some with their feet just far enough apart for the ball to go through. The other students will get a ball and stand wherever they want in general space with their ball at their feet. They are the Dribblers.
On the teachers signal the Dribblers are to dribble the ball with their feet throughout the space trying not to lose control of the ball (important cue "soft taps on ball"). When they come to a Statue they are to "foot pass" the ball through the statues feet and quickly run around the statue and trap the ball on the other side of the statue. (NOTE: They can't make the pass from behind the statue-it must be from the front of the statue). They continue dribbling from there trying to keep control and finding other statues to pass the ball through. Switch dribblers and statues.
Variations
Challenge them to go through as many statues as possible a minute or two
Use cones in place of the student statues
After passing the ball through a statue have students go around a cone that is lining the playing area
Safety Tips
Encourage students to use "very soft taps" on the ball for control
Statues can't take the ball from the dribbler
Make sure the statues are standing far away from other statues so there is room to get ball on other side
Idea submitted by Mark Manross who is a doctoral student in the Health and PE Program at Virginia Tech. Thanks for contributing to PE Central!
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