Crazy-Eights Dribble
-Objective:
To complete five laps of the figure-eight course as quickly as possible
-Fundamental Movement Skills:
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Locomotor
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Run
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Manipulative Retain
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Dribble
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-Equipment List:
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One stability ball per player
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Two cones per game
-Equipment Link:
-Setting Up:
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Place two cones approximately 10 paces apart.
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All players hold stability balls in their hands and line up at one of the cones, facing the other cone.
-Instructions:
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On your signal to begin, all the players dribble their balls, with their hands, around the left side of the first cone.
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Players must go around the right side of the first cone and then around the left side of the second cone, completing figure eights.
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Players complete five laps of the figure eight.
-Questions & Notes:
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With this many balls and players crossing through the middle of the figure eight at the same time, this is a game of considerable chaos. Encourage the players to enjoy the game and not to be too competitive.
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Make this race a relay race by having two or more teams on their own courses, with each team completing the course three or more times.
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Crazy-Eights Soccer: Played the same as Crazy-Eights Dribble except that players may use only their feet to advance the ball.
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Guarded Crazy Eights: Played the same as Crazy-Eights Dribble except that players may hit each other’s balls away while bouncing their own.