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Bombardment (Monster Ball)

Skills:

Physical: under-hand rolling technique, upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination

Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing

Social: turn taking

Number of participants:

Groups of 4

Equipment:

  • 1 foam ball
  • 4 buckets/baskets

Description:

  1. each group of 3 starts by standing on the end line of their play space facing the other team of 3
  2. each child has a small ball and a large ball is placed in the middle of the play space
  3. children throw their small ball at the large ball to roll the large ball across the end line of the opposing team
Wheelchair friendly?

Yes

Modifications to make the activity easier:

Change the environment: have the child complete the activity in a loud room/room full of other people to increase cognitive demand

Change the environment: have the child stand closer to the large ball to decrease physical demand

Change the task: have the child roll a large ball to the large ball to decrease physical demand

Modifications to make the activity harder:

Change the environment: have the child complete the activity in a loud room/room full of other people to increase cognitive demand

Change the task: have the child do a jump before throwing the ball to increase physical demand

Goal examples:

  • the child is able to hit the large ball with their small ball, 8 out of 10 times
  • I can throw the small ball at the larger ball