Exploring Dodging

Learning Outcomes

Description Of Activity

Movement skills/concepts

Dodging, space awareness, and changing speed.

Set-up

Children are spread out in a deï¬ned 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, ï¬gure 8, zigzag).  

Equipment/Material Required