Hand Strike: Target Game

This Challenge Activity is designed to develop children’s ball-handling skills, develop problem solving and decision making strategies, and movement skills relevant to games

Organisation

• The children line up ingroups
• One ball per group
• Set up cones as targets approximately 5m from each group

Task

• The children strike the ball to hit or knock a cone
• Use an open hand and fist on alternate goes

Teaching Points

• Place the feet side on to thetarget
• Face the non-striking shoulderto the target