Sports Charades - Outcome A (7-9)-4

Divide students into groups of four to six. Provide each group with a task card that gives the name of a sport or physical activity (e.g., basketball, curling, tai chi, aerobics, swimming).

The students create a brief presentation using nonlocomotor patterns to depict that sport. For example, a group may have swimming as their sport. Each student will assume a pose and actions that a swimmer would use in the water. These poses could include the dive start, using their arms to depict the four strokes, and turns.

Students cannot move from their base of support during the activity. They may assume positions with a partner, in a group, or individually in order to "act out" the sport. These positions will include the bending, stretching, turning and twisting motions that happen naturally in the sport.

Students must demonstrate the sport or activity for a minimum of 30 seconds. At the end of the presentation, the student audience guesses the name of the sport that was presented.

The charade could include the basic elements needed for the unit you are currently covering in class. For example, in basketball, the triple threat position is often followed by a pivoting action. Or in volleyball, the serve reception position is followed by a change in level for the body as the player follows through on the reception of a serve. This can be shown as a nonlocomotor move.

Students can create statues of a position from a sport (e.g., the dive start or a hurdler start), and hold their position for a full 20 seconds. Display pictures of R. Tait McKenzie’s statues of athletes for visual stimulation. This will help the students come up with ideas for the statues.

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Students use a variety of shapes, balances, stable body positions, and turning actions to depict the sport.

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