kicking a ball, lower limb coordination, balance, visual processing, selective attention, auditory processing, taking turns

group of 8-12

6+ medium-sized balls

1. two teams are divided by a line in the middle, and all balls start on one team’s side of the field
2. when the instructor gives a signal, that team starts kicking the balls to the other side as quickly as possible over the line
3. the receiving team tries to retrieve and kick to return the balls as quickly as possible.

This activity might not be suitable for people who use wheelchairs. “Wheelchair Friendly Activities” has a list of activities that are easy to adapt for wheelchair users. This list isn’t exhaustive, so we invite you to come up with your own creative ideas to make any activity work for you. If you have an idea on how to make this or any other activity more accessible for wheelchair users, We’d love to hear your ideas on how to make this or any other activity accessible for wheelchair users. Thank you for helping make play more inclusive!

• use a larger, lighter ball (i.e., beach ball)
• have the child stop the ball with their foot before kicking it

• have the child run and kick the ball

• child is able to kick 10 balls over the center line in 1 minute
• child is able to return 10 balls over the center line in 2 minutes