Lets Roll that Ball!

Learning Outcomes

Rolling a ball along the ground, at a target, in different pathways and directions, and relationships (with others).

Description Of Activity

• Roll the ball to your partner through a target or obstacle (e.g., between two cones, through a hoop, at a skittle, at another ball, along a line, under a chain, between ropes)
• Take turns at rolling the ball to a wall target
• Roll the ball to your partner, varying the distance between 3 and 10 metres
• Roll it to your partner, then change places
• Roll it as many times as you can in 30 seconds

In threes can you?

• Roll the ball for the middle child to jump over
• play piggy in the middle, in which the middle player attempts to intercept the rolled ball

In ves

• Roll the ball around/across a circle towards your partner or other players
• Roll it to hit a skittle in the centre of a circle
• have one player in the centre who rolls the ball to others in turn
• holding a small ball in the fingers, held beneath a large ball with fingers spread
• stepping with an opposite foot into a roll
• long arm action, following through

Equipment/Material Required

Small and large balls, cones, hoops, skittles, ropes and chairs.
Children work in pairs, threes and ves, with one ball per pair or group, in a smooth, hard area.