Hit the Cones

This Challenge Activity is designed to develop children’s ball-handling skills, striking skills and improve control in movement relevant to skills, develop an understanding of the use of space in mini-games, and develop an understanding of the tactics and strategies for use in modified game situations

Organisation

• Mark out grid 40m long by 20m wide
• Place a number of cones across the middle of the grid
• Divide the class into teams of three to five players, one or two balls per team

Task

• The children in possession attempt to strike the ball from the hand aiming to hit the cones in the middle of the grid
• For each successful strike, award one point