Physical: kicking a ball, lower limb coordination, balance, eye-foot coordination

Cognitive: visual processing, selective attention

Social: knowledge of others’ names

5 or more

• 1 ball per group
• tape to mark a line (optional)

1. one player has the ball while other players scatter behind a line about 10m away
2. standing with the ball, the kicker faces the other players, calls another player’s name and kicks the ball towards the line
3. the player named tries to trap the ball before it goes over the line then kicks it back to the first kicker

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!

Change the equipment: use a larger, lighter target (i.e., lighter pin) to decrease physical demand

Change the environment: have the child stand closer to the other children when kicking the ball to decrease physical demand

Change the task: have the child dribble the ball between their feet before kicking at the cone to increase cognitive demand

Change the environment: have the child do 5 jumping jacks before kicking the ball to increase physical demand

• I will be able to call my friend’s name and kick the ball over 10m to them
• I can kick the ball to my friend