Game 1: Hide your Hat

1. Each child holds a disc cone of a different color and tries to hide it behind his or her back.
2. The coach and later one of the children call out a color he wants and try to peek behind the children's backs to see who has that color.
3. All remaining children constantly move and try to hide their disc cones behind their backs to keep the coach from seeing their color.

Tips

1. A smaller playing field is preferred for this game as children will have to pivot and change directions more frequently to hide their hats, compared to a larger field where they can just move away from the coach.
2. And of course, you can also substitute the disc cones with any other colored items, or sheets of paper work just as well.
    
3. Add a second person to look for the hats to add an even greater tactical challenge for children to be able to hide the hat, having to find the most favorable path to move and be able to hide the hat.
    

Goals

Main focus: Reaction, to quickly change d...

Game 1: Fishing Net with Running

1. Children are all fish, swimming in a defined playing field they can't step out of.
2. The coach or one of the children is the fisherman and tries to throw the net over one of the children to catch a fish.
3. You can play this with lives for each child or just for fun.

Tips

1. An ideal size is about 1,5 meters to be able to throw the net well,
2. start walking, and throw the net for children to get used to avoiding bumping into other children.

Goals

Main focus: Reaction, orientation, and physicality, speed, and endurance, in particular, are improved.

Story

1. The fisherman is out catching as many fish (children) as possible.
2. Have children choose what kind of fish they want to be.

Progressions

1. Have 2 fishermen,
2. walk faster or
3. adjust the heigh you throw the net, if you throw the net high enough, all children can usually flee.

Game 1: Soccer Twin Relay

1. Each child has 2 balls each, the soccer twins, and on command has to kick them toward the end target which should be fairly narrow.
2. The end target can be a pop-up soccer goal or just 2 cones.
3. The end target should be away far enough, that children need to guide the ball for a while before they can kick it through the end target.

Tips

1. The greater the distance to the end target, the better, the more activity, and the more correction is needed to keep the balls on track.
2. Try it with a variety of different balls, initially 2 of the same kind and ultimately 2 different ones like a small and large ball or a light and heavy ball to force children to adapt.
    

Goals

Main focus: Foot-eye coordination
In addition: Rhythm, moving and kicking slow enough to be able to control the balls. Differentiation when using different balls.
Physicality, endurance in particular, and rhythm are important to be able to control the balls.

Story

1. A couple of twins al...

Game 1: Jump over Rolling Log

1. Push a card box tube, foam roller, or other round stick back and forth between two people and have children in between jumping over the roller without touching the roller.
2. Stand sideways and jump over the incoming log without touching it.
3. Stand backward and jump over the incoming log without touching it.


Tips

1. The smaller the log, the safer it is. 
2. Use thin cardboard tubes for the young children.
3. For older children us thicker tubes or even foam rollers. 
4. The heavier the cardboard tube the easier it is to make it roll straight, light tubes can be very challenging.
5. The key is that children spread out enough to see the log coming and are able to jump over it.
6. Use disc cones or other markers for each child.
7. Ideally, there is a gap of about a foot or half a meter between each child.

Goals

Main focus: Reaction
In addition: Orientation and physicality, strength in particular with all the jumping.

Story

1. The foam roller can be a log...

Challenge 1: The Streets of Mumbai with Turning

1. One child or the coach is designated the leader, with all the students lining up to the right and left of the leader at about equal numbers.
2. The leader then starts running forward or backward, including turning 180 degrees at any time, and this is done randomly.
3. All the remaining children try to follow the leader as closely as possible, either running forward or backward, including the turns.

Tips

1. Demonstrate a couple of rounds with you as the teacher leading and randomly changing direction, then switch to having each child lead for a short period of time, which is not only fun for children to lead but also makes for lots of running.
    
2. Split up large groups into 2 or more groups for all children to be able to see the leader in the middle of the pack.
   Even better to start with only moving forward and backward initially, and only in a second build add the spinning part, which adds 2 more directions.
    

Goals

Main focus: Th...