-Objective:

​To score points by having the ball hit the floor in the other team's court.

• 1 oversized ball

• 6 parachutes

• 1 volleyball net

-Equipment Link:

• Teams of 6-12 players position themselves on either side of the net.

• Groups of 2-4 players hold onto a parachute.

• One group of players stand behind the back-service line holding a parachute and the oversized ball.

• On the leader's signal to begin the servers toss the ball in the air (using their parachute) to one of their team's other group.

• Groups holding the parachute cannot walk with the ball.

• The serving team can pass the ball a maximum of two more times before the ball must go over the net.

• The receiving team can pass the ball a maximum of three times on their side before the ball must go over the net.

• Points are scored when:

  • The ball lands out of bounds.

  • Requires more than three passes to get the ball over the net.

  • The ball lands on the floor in the court.

• The team that scores a point gets to serve next.

• Team's rotate one player clockwise if the other team served last.

• Variations:

  • All touch: All three groups must pass the ball before it is sent over the net.

  • One Bounce: Allow a maximum of one bounce off the floor between tosses.

  • Cooperative: Count how many consecutive times both teams can cooperate and send the ball back and forth over the net 

  • Instead of using parachutes use towels between pairs of players.

• Questions:

  • Offensively what are helpful strategies to score points?

  • Defensively what are helpful strategies to reduce points being scored against you?