Handball

Skills:

Physical: upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination, reaction time

Cognitive: visual perception, sustained attention, selective attention

Number of participants:

1 or more

Equipment:

  • medium-sized ball
  • cone on which to place the ball

Description:

  1. child hits the ball off a cone
Wheelchair friendly?

Yes

Modifications to make the activity easier:

Change the task: have the parent or coach hold the ball steady to decrease physical and cognitive demand

Change the equipment: use a larger ball to decrease physical demand

Modifications to make the activity harder:

Change the task: have another person gently toss the ball for the child to strike to increase physical and cognitive demand

Change the equipment: use a smaller ball to increase physical demand

Goal examples:

  • the child will be able to accurately strike the ball 8 out of 10 times for a distance of 2m
  • I can strike the ball off of the cone with my left hand