Human Foosball - Outcome A (4-6)-6

Divide students into two teams and put out nets at each end of the gymnasium (similar to the set-up for soccer).

Arrange students into groups of offensive and defensive players, joined by hands or forearms, and lined up horizontally along designated lines. Offensive lines face the net they will attempt to score on. Defensive lines are between the offensive lines and the net. The number of students in each line should match that line’s opposition. The lines become smaller in number as they get closer to the net, as in soccer or foosball.

How to Play

• Each team has a goalie.
• Two to five defensive players stand on a line about one metre from the front of the net. (The numbers here depend on the number of students in the class.)
• Facing them on another line a metre or so away is an offensive line with the same number of students in it.
• The next defensive line will be larger, containing between five to nine players, with an equal offensive line facing it, and so on. (See diagram.)
• Line mates can only move as a unit, one step forward or backward and unlimited steps laterally to obtain the ball.
• If the ball is out of reach the teacher can free it and put it back in play.
• No one is allowed to break away from their line to get a ball or gain advantage for a better shot.
• The goalie is the only person who can touch the ball with their hands.

Once the students are comfortable with one ball, add another.

Use different types of balls to make the game more or less challenging depending on the skill levels of the students (e.g., gator skin balls, soccer balls, utility balls).

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

Students are able to play the activity using their bodies to manipulate the ball.

Students work with one another to play offense and defense.

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