101 Multi Skill Sports Games

Packed with tried & tested drills to teach, test & improve sports skills for children & young adults aged 7-16. Each session contains information on equipment needed, space required, how to organise players. Ideal for teachers or coaches who are looking for a fully planned session.

The latest title in this well-known series, 101 Multi Skill Sports Games is packed with tried and tested drills to teach, test and improve sports skills for children and young adults aged 5–16. Fun, educational and challenging, each session contains information on equipment needed, space required and how to organise the players. Ideal for teachers or coaches who are looking for a fully planned session, this contains everything you need to build up the skills of young players and ensure they have fun and remain safe.

Now teachers and coaches can liven up classes and practice sessions with motivating games and activities guaranteed to put fun back into any sport.GameSkills: A Fun Approach to Learning Sport Skills is packed with more than 100 games and activities that have been tested and proven to help develop fitness as well as general movement and sport-specific skills in participants from age 8 through adults. Your students or athletes can gain skills important to performing a wide variety of sports without the monotony of drills or the pressure of a competitive sport setting.The games and activities are easy to implement, too. Each description includes- age range,- benefits of the game or activity,- how and where to play the game or activity,- number of participants,- equipment needs,- safety considerations,- extensions and variations, and- helpful hints for guiding the game or activity.These 14 idea-packed chapters will spark your interest and get your creative juices flowing. You'll find chapters featuring games and activities for developing skills in these popular sports:- Fielding and striking sports-baseball, cricket and softball- Invasion sports-soccer, basketball, hockey and others- Net sports-volleyball, tennis, badminton, and table tennis- Water sports-polo, relays, and circuit stationsThe easy-to-use Activity Finder will come in handy on busy days when you need just the right game fast. Use this quick-scan chart to quickly locate games that focus on cardiovascular endurance, strength, team building, or 10 other game benefits, broken down by age group. Do you want to build speed on your team of 8- to 12-year-olds? Scan the Activity Finder and you'll discover 15 different appropriate activities. It's that easy.Authors Hanrahan and Carlson are experienced teachers and sports scientists as well as former coaches and athletes, so they know what it's like to dread the same old routine in class or in practice. The 100+ games and activities they present in GameSkills are not only safe and effective, they're so much fun that your students or athletes won't want class or practice to end!

For elementary physical education teachers, youth recreational leaders, and anyone who works with children in grades K-6, here is a unique collection of 101 tag games designed for maximizing movement, fitness, learning--and putting fun back into PE and game participation. Inside, you'll find traditional tag favorites modified to increase learning and total participation, as well as exciting new games that focus on building sport skills, cooperation, and fitness. This user-friendly resource contains field-tested games that are easily adaptable for children in church, camp, and home settings.

This collection of 101 warm-up team games for sports coaches, teachers and community group leaders covers most fitness levels and occasions with warm-up games, getting-to-know-you games, and skill-specific games.

Terry Orlick's approach to sports is simple: when people play together and not against each other, everyone has more fun. The enduring popularity of Professor Orlick's first Cooperative Sports & Games Book proves just how many people agree. In this second volume -- twice as big, twice as much fun -- Orlick introduces an entirely new round of over 200 active games for indoors and out, and for players of all ages, sizes, and abilities. The Second Cooperative Sports & Games Book presents both completely original games as well as new ways to recycle such traditionally competitive sports as dodgeball or field hockey into fun-for-all challenges. There are: -- Special pointers on teaching cooperative skills to teen-agers and adults -- Outlines from successful cooperative intramural programs -- A whole chapter of games to play with toddlers -- Ideas for making your own playground equipment -- A giant bonus of international cooperative games from the Arctic to the South Pacific. As in his previous volume, Terry Orlick's emphasis here is on imagination, not expensive equipment or special skills, and on the idea that taking the competition out of games and sports simply means leaving more room for fun.

Provides instructions for over one hundred group games for kids that are focused on improving balance, movement, throwing and catching skills, and more.