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Table Ball

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-Objective:

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Score points by landing a ball on top of a table and bouncing to the floor without your opponent being able to hit it back on top of the table.

-Fundamental Movement Skills:

  • Manipulative Send

  • Strike

-Equipment List:

  • Any soft balls with some bounce to them.

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-Equipment Link:

-Setting Up:

  • One (or two players if playing with partners) stand at either end of the table. One side holds a ball.

-Instructions:

  • The player with the ball rolls the ball across the table.

  • When the ball rolls off the table and bounces only once on the floor, the other team hits the ball on top of the table...

  • If the ball hits the edge on the side the ball is being hit from, that is a loss of serve.

  • Score a point when an opponent is unsuccessful in returning the ball onto the top of the player. Player(s) who win the point serve next.


-Questions & Notes:

  • What tactics make it harder for your opponent to return the ball successfully?

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