Minor Games - Introduction

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Can you list some of the basic fundamental movement skills required to play sport and do physical activity? 

             

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- What are the benefits/purpose of using minor games in PE?  
- Why is physical activity important?

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Create Your Own Minor Game

- Create your own minor/warm up game
- Establish rules, scoring system, positions etc.
- Create a poster/video of your minor game.

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Student Participation, Class Questioning and Teacher Observation
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Part 1 - Warm Up
'North, South, East, West'
Playing Space:  Basketball/Netball Court
Equipment:   none

Description of Activity:  
Each side of court is named after one of the compass points.  Students start in the middle of the court and when teacher calls out a point, students need to run to that area as quick as possible.  Can be made into an eleimination game, eg.  last person to the area is out.

Modifications:  
- "Squashed frog" :  when called, students need to lie on their back and shake their arms and legs in the air.
- "Dead fish" :  students lie on their backs completely still
- Centre:   can use the centre as another area for students to run to      

Link below is a similar concept to the warm up activity.

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Part 2 - Skill Progression/Development
Watch the video below 'Bean Bag Scramble'.  The link below summarises the activity.

Modifications:  
- increasing the distance between hoops/bases.
- different coloured bean bags are worth more points, (eg. green = 1, blue = 2, red = 3)

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Part 2 - Skill Progression/Development
Watch the video 'Gauntlet' - Click on the link to get a desciption of the activity 

Modifications:  
- Students sit where they get tagged by the ball and act as defenders for their team mates.
- Students don't have to go out once tagged.  They can return to the end of the line to attempt their run again
- Students can collect bean bags that are lying in the middle of space, opposed to getting ones in the hoop at the other end

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Part 2:  Skill Progression/Development
Watch the video 'Momentum' - click on the link to tell you about the activity 

Modifications:
- Add a 2nd Target Ball, (usually Swiss/Fit Ball), and divide team so that players must aim for a particular target.
- Change Throwing Equipment:   Handballs / Volleyballs / Tennis Balls depending on ability
- Adjust the throwing distance depending on the ability level of the group.

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Use the link below for a dewscription of the activity

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Part 3 - Skill Application

Click on the 'End Ball' link to learn about the rules and set up for the activity.

Description:
2 x teams.  Aim is to get the ball to your teams end player, placed on one end of the playing field.  Point is scored once a team has managed to catch the ball in their end zone.  Play resumes in the centre after a point is awarded.    

Rules:
- Players cannot run with the ball once in possession, (similar to netball).  
- Cannot contact, or hit ball out of opposing players possession

Modifications:
- Cannot have a player that stays in the end zone for the duration of play.   Must be involved with team
- Change equipment.   Use a basketball, handball, frisbee.
- Can allow 3 steps with the ball.
- Must pass to every player on team before can score in end zone.