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Locomotor

Great Book

Locomotor resource
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Objective
FMS
Alaskan One Hand Reach

Balancing their weight on the palm or knuckles of one hand, players reach with their free hand to touch a suspended ball, then place their free hand on the floor—without otherwise touching the floor.

  • Locomotor

  • Balance

Kneel Jump
  • Players attempt to jump as far as they can beginning by kneeling with the tops of their feet flat on the floor,

  • Locomotor 

  • Jump

Egg and Spoon Relay
  • For teams to successfully run around an obstacle course while trying not to drop an egg.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

Four is a Crowd

For players to avoid getting tagged by an IT--switching roles when they do get tagged.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

  • Dodge

Seal Hop

Contestants hop—seal-like—across the floor on their hands and toes while maintaining the push-up position, seeing how far each player can go.

  • Locomotor

  • Pushup

RPS Football

To score more touchdowns than the other team

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Kangaroo Lobster Tag

To not get caught by the lobster

  • Locomotor

    • Dodge

    • Jump

RPS I Win I Run

To get some extra running in by winning at RPS

  • Locomotor

    • Run

RPS Run Handshake Tag

Pairs of players attempt to tag the odd player out.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

RPS Tag

To not get tagged by your partner when you win at RPS.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

RPS Pool Noodle Tag

To not get tagged by your partner when you win at RPS.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

Run the Gauntlet Without Getting Tagged

For players to succeed at running past the taggers from one end of the playing area to the other.

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Box and Diagonal Tag

For an It to try and tag the other player by running outside or diagnoally through the box.

  • Locomotor

    • Dodge

    • Run

Markers and Taggers

For one player to mark another player and attempt to walk and tag the other player.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

RPS Football with Hand Clap

For each team to try to score touchdowns.

  • Locomotor

  • Jumping

Risky Play Bridge
  • For players to cross a stream over a log without falling into the creek.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

Two Player Tag in Box

For two players to try and tag one of two other players inside a boxed area.

  • Locomotor

    • Dodge

    • Run

RPS Noodlette Football

For each team to try to score touchdowns.

  • Locomotor

  • Jumping

Pool Noodle Dodge

For players not to get tagged by an Octopus or seaweed--the pool noodles

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Flip Frenzy 3 Up

For two players try to outdo each other by getting three of the four Flip Frenzy pucks to be facing with the colour up or down.

  • Locomotor
    • Dodge
    • Run
Flip Frenzy 2 Higher Jumps 5X

Players compare Flip Frenzy (or cards or numbered plates...) and the one that is two higher jumps five times.



  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Kangaroo Fish Taco Tag

Players jump like kangaroos in an effort not to get tagged by kangaroo holding a fish taco that is IT.

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Sliding Lobster Tag

To not get caught by the lobster

  • Locomotor

    • Dodge​

    • Run

Snag Race

For one player to snag a partner's ball and run back over an endline without getting tagged.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

Markers and Taggers in Fours

For a groups of four players to mark another group of four players and attempt to walk and tag the other group.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

Markers and Taggers in Pairs

For a pair of players to mark another pair of players and attempt to walk and tag the other pair.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

Lift Hula Hoop Over and Jump Back In
  • For pairs of players move a hula hoop down the course.

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Mobility Aids

Using a wheelchair in all terrains

  • Locomotor

    • Wheeling

Bear Race

Teams attempt to Bear Walk over their teammates as quickly as possible.

  • Locomotor

  • Bear crawl

Kangaroo Chicken Taco Tag

Players jump like kangaroos in an effort not to get tagged by kangaroo holding a chicken taco that is IT.

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

All Terrain Manual Wheelchair—Engineered for Adventure

Using a wheelchair in all terrains

  • Locomotor

    • Wheeling

Step Through Race

For three players to step through hands held in a circle a set number of times.

  • Locomotor

  • Step

Hop Step and Jump Into a Hoop

For one player to complete hop, step, and jumps into a hoop while partner moves hoop.

  • Locomotor

  • Hop

  • Step

  • Jump

Everyone It Rolling

To be the last player standing

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

  • Manipulative Send

  • Rolling

Risky Play Crossing Creeks
  • For players to cross a stream over a log without falling into the creek.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

Hallway Locomotor Course

Players complete the locomotor challenges laid out on the floor

  • Locomotor

  • Various

Sealskin Rope Jumping
  • Indigenous challenge to be able to always jump over the rope facing the direction it came from.

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Loppy Ladder

For teams of three to four attempt to move a player quickly down the floor by creating a ladder of floppy pool noodles.

  • Locomotor

  • Walk

Three Into Your Corner

Four players each attempt to get three spots in their corner.

  • Locomotor 

  • Run

Two-Sided Tag

For players to not get tagged, but if they do they must perform a skill on the opposite side of the tagging area.

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Fennell, Broccoli, and Turnip

Players follow the instructions with words beginning with F means move forward, B move backwards, and T turn around.

  • Locomotor


Butterfly Tag

For players to not get tagged, and be freed through a hula hoop if tagged.

  • Locomotor

  • Flutter

Longer Chain Tag
  • For players to escape becoming part of the longer chains

  • Locomotor

  • Run

  • Dodge

Roped Tag

An indigenous game in which the tagger tries to tag an end player without getting tagged by the player between the ropes.

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

Steps Through Hoop

To count how many times a player can step through a hoop before the hoop falls flat on the ground.

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Kangaroo Tag
  • Players jump like kangaroos in an effort not to get tagged by kangaroo that is IT.

  • Locomotor

  • Jump

Dinosaur Tag

Players wear clothes pegs on their backs representing their dorsal vertebrae, and then players try to add vertebrae while protecting their own.

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Partner Tag

For paired up players to tag other paired up players...

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Creek Play

To safely cross a creek with an improvised bridge and dam

  • Locomotor

  • Balance

Reverse Blob

For ITs to tag, with a ball, all players so there are not chains of players left.

  • Locomotor

  • Run

Omnikin Yoga Level 1

For players to accomplish the yoga-balance moves.

  • Locomotor

  • Balance

Omnikin Yoga Level 2

For players to accomplish the yoga-balance moves.

  • Locomotor

  • Balance

Omnikin Yoga Level 3

For players to accomplish the yoga-balance moves.

  • Locomotor

  • Balance

Octopus and Seaweed

For players not to get tagged by an Octopus or seaweed

  • Locomotor

  • Dodge

  • Run

Hop Scotch

For two to four players to complete tossing a marker accurately and hopping and jumping through a course.

  • Locomotor

  • Hop

  • Jump

  • Manipulative Send

  • Throw

Questions or comments? 
Please contact Dr. John Byl at:

JOHNBYL50@gmail.com
 (905) 923-0938

212 Stonehenge Drive, Unit 50
Ancaster, Ontario
L9K 1N4
Canada

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