Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Using Humour and Novel Equipment to Develop Movement Skills in Invasion/Territory Games Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Catherine Casey U of Manitoba

Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Chicken Keep-Away Teams of 3 Use ½ badminton court (outside lines) Count how many passes to teammates until the other team intercepts Secondary Rules (examples) No running with the chicken Can’t hold chicken for longer than 3 seconds Questions: How do you increase the # of passes to your teammates? What can do you do to make it easier for your teammates to pass you the chicken? Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008

Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Slam Dunk Chicken Teams of 3 Use full badminton court Place one hoop in the middle of each end line Teams play passing the chicken down the court To score the chicken must be tossed into the hoop and stay in there Secondary Rules (examples) all team members must touch the chicken before scoring throw/catch chicken with non-dominant hand teams add rules to ensure safety Questions After you pass to your teammate, what should you do? (move) How do you know where to move? Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008

Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Chicken in a bucket Teams of 3 Have one team member from each team stand and hold a hoola hoop where the hoop on the end line A point is score when the team throws the rubber chicken through the hoop Secondary Rules (examples) No running with the chicken Use lines on the floor to designate 2 and 3 point shots Teams add rules to ensure safety Questions: How can we change the position of the hoop to make it easier/harder to score? Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008

Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008 Chicken 3 on 3 Teams of 3 Place the hoola hoop over the basket ... to score the chicken must go through the hoop Secondary Rules (examples) No running with chicken teams to establish rules regarding possession after scoring (safety) Questions: How do you make it harder for your player to score? What are you doing to intercept passes from the other team? Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008

Sideline Chicken “Rules” 2 Teams: X-Team O-Team Secondary Rules: People on the sideline cannot move feet: they can only pass to teammates on court or sideline People on sideline cannot score People on the court can only pass to people on the sideline People on the court can score by throwing the chicken/through the hoop Start game with one chicken and add more chickens (up to 6) Can substitute nerf balls and basketballs for chickens Rotate players from sideline regularly X O O X X X X O O X X X O O O O X X O O O X O X Catherine Casey TGfU University of Manitoba 2008