Mini Golf Throw
Skills:
Physical: under-hand tossing technique, upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination
Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing
Social: turn taking
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
- 1 beanbag
- several hula hoops
Description:
- each child starts at a different hole and proceeds to throw the bean bag into the hoop
Wheelchair friendly?
Yes
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment: decrease the distance between child and hula hoop to decrease physical demand
Change the equipment: use a bigger hula hoop to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: vary the distance between child and hula hoop to increase physical and cognitive demand
Change the equipment: increase the number of hula hoops the child must toss into to “finish” a hole to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- the child can accurately under-hand toss the ball into a hula hoop placed 2m away, 2 out of 3 times
- I can throw the bean bag into the hoop