Jason Heiliger
Theories and Principles of Recreation
March 3, 2002
Game Presentation
Objective: To have your team stay alive the longer in the middle than the other team.
Area Needed: A basketball court is ideal for this game.
Equipment: Two or more dodge ball suitable balls.
Ages: Five and up.
Rules: The
participants are divided up into two teams.
One team is placed on the basketball court and is instructed to stay
within the boundaries of that basketball court. The other team is instructed to stand outside of the boundaries
of the basketball court and are not allowed to go inside of the basketball
court, but may go anywhere outside of the court. The team on the outside is to throw the balls at the team on the
inside to try to get them out. If the
team on the inside catches a ball thrown then they are not out, but have to
roll the ball to the outside of the basketball court. If within ten minutes or earlier if the instructor sees that no
one is getting out, the boundaries decreased for the people in the middle. The side boundaries are now the free-throw
line. This activity is timed and the
team with the longest time in the middle is the winners.