Throw & Catch Relay

SKILL FOCUS

Teamwork, Gross Motor

GROUP SIZE

8 or more

EQUIPMENT

2 throwing balls, 2 cones, floor tape

SETUP

Divide kids into two teams and set up each team in a traditional relay race line.  Place one child from the team across the room who will be catching a ball.  Give the first child in each line a ball to throw.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. On the instructor’s signal, the first kid in line must throw a ball to their teammate across the room.

2. If the teammate catches the ball, they run back with the ball to the start line, handing off the ball to the next child in line while the kid who just threw it must replace the child catching.

3. If the ball is missed, the child who threw it must run after the ball, retrieve it and bring it back to the next child in line.  Anytime a ball gets caught, the child catching the ball will rotate and that team receives a point.

4. The first team to get 15 points (catches) wins that round.

Make it Easier: 

Allow the ball to get caught in the air or on a bounce

Make it Harder:

Increase the throwing distance, children can only catch a ball in the air

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