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Playing Around

As we apply our skills in a variety of contexts

Activity
Physical Activity Provider Card
Dragon Sport

Let's Play

  • Build a six-hole golf course using hoops (holes), cones (tees), etc.
  • Attempt to get a ball into the hoop in the fewest shots possible
  • Make up own rules for game, but score points based on skill, not luck
  • Individual, pair or group score

Safety & Organisation

Ensure: 

  • surface is safe and free from obstructions
  • only one group actively playing each hole
  • all participants to stay a minimum of 3m away from ball striker
  • ensure plenty of space between each hole
  • clearly identify Out of Bounds (OOB) areas
  • children aim out away from other holes (North, South, East, West, etc.)
  • wheelchair access

Opportunities to

  • take increasing responsibility for their own learning, and ask relevant questions in order to extend and improve performance
  • show greater accuracy
  • communicate their ideas clearly when contributing to rule making and setting up of the golf course
  • begin to develop an increasing variety of imaginative ideas

Questions

  • How did you make sure you and the rest of the children in your pair/group stayed safe during this activity?
    – How could you make it safer yet still fun to play?
  • What rules did you help with?
  • Which rules did you think worked well?
  • Did you play fairly?
  • How could you make sure everyone played by the rules?
  • How did you make sure you kept the score accurately?
  • Which hole was the most/least challenging?
  • How could you improve your performance next time?

Changes to the activity

Change the:

  • Space

    • target – make it bigger, smaller, move it closer, further away

  • Task

    • way the object gets to the hole – for the tee shot (first shot) allow children to use the chipper so that they can experience having to chip the ball into the air
    • rules e.g. alternate shot, nearest the hole in one shot, best six-hole score

  • Equipment

    • hole layout to place objects in front of the green – allow the children to place upturned cones such as yellow cones (sand bunkers) and blue cones (water) as hazards and obstacles etc.
    • equipment to use high contrast for visually impaired

  • People

    • number of people in each team Ryder Cup Challenge format
    • support given to visually impaired by providing a buddy to line up or tap the pin