Activity
Dodgems
Class:
Class 1
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: Class 2
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: LKG
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: UKG
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: Class 2
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: LKG
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Class: UKG
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills
Sports: Manipulative Skills
Technique: Dodging
Dodgems
Learning Outcomes
Dodging, swerving, evading, changing direction, and moving in general space.
Description Of Activity
Each player holds their ball/quoit/frisbee in front like a steering wheel and walks around without touching the other players (dodgems) in the square. Keep moving for 1 minute. Repeat activity increasing the speed of skipping, jogging, and running.
Can you see?
- head up
- quick moves
- safe traffic
- plant and go
Add obstacles: Include other obstacles (e.g. cones) to evade. Create pathways:
Set up a pathway of cones for the dodgems to move in and out of and around.
Equipment/Material Required
Large balls, quoits, frisbees. Each group of four is in a marked square (5 x 5 meters); each player has a ball/quoit/frisbee.