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Switch Trees

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-Objective:

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To end at a tree after middle person calls, "Switch."

-Fundamental Movement Skills:

  • Locomotor

  • Run

-Equipment List:

  • None

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-Equipment Link:

-Setting Up:

  • Select enough trees for all the players minus one

  • Players all go to their own tree.

  • One player stands in the middle  between all the trees.

-Instructions:

  • On the middle player's call to "Switch.'" all players must find a new tree.

  • One playerwill not be at a tree (no tree can have two people thee)--if a tie, do rock-paper-scissors with winner staying at the tree, and the player without a tree goes to the middle and is the next caller.

-Questions & Notes:

  • Variations:

  • Use different locomotor options for moving from tree to tree (jumping, hoping, galloping, skipping....).

  • The middle player does not call switch but all players must switch with other players within 30 seconds. 

  • The middle player must stay roughly in the middle of  the trees and try to  get a tree when somone vacates it.

  • Question for Understanding:

  • How can one make the best choice for which tree to go to?

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