Dribble Tag - Outcome A (10-30)-5

	Ball Bouncing
	Dodging

Half the students need to be holding a ball. (Basketballs or very bouncy balls work well.) Set the boundaries for the game. Students with a ball in their hands to begin with are "it". Stress that tagging must be done with the hand not used to dribble the ball. Students cannot throw the ball at other students to tag them!

How to Play

• While dribbling the ball, students who are "it" must run around trying to tag any student without a ball.
  
• Once the dribbler tags another student, the dribbler hands over their ball to that person, and becomes free (no ball). The dribbler can now be tagged by someone with a ball.
  
• The person tagged becomes "it" until they can tag someone without a ball.
  
• If a player without a ball runs out of bounds they are automatically "it". The person with the ball simply hands their ball over once they notice the boundary fault.
  
• This game continues for a set time. The idea is not to be left with the ball at the end of the game.

Vary the court size. It becomes more difficult to maneuver into open spaces when lots of players are in a small area.

Dribble with the weak hand only.

Use different types and sizes of balls.

Play this game with a paddle/racket and a ball or shuttle. Have students project the object by bouncing it up from the racket or paddle while moving.

These are clues that you have reached the outcomes ...

Students show awareness of the boundaries.

Students keep moving into open spaces to avoid being "it".

Students demonstrate a controlled dribble.

Students’ heart rates are elevated.

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