Physical: dodge the person trying to tag you, reaction time, upper and lower limb coordination, agility

Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing

Social: awareness of personal space

2 or more

none

1. assign children to be a rat or rabbit
2. when the coach calls rats, the rabbits chase the rats
3. when the coach calls rabbits, the rats chase the rabbits

Children who are using wheelchairs can also play this game and wheel when it’s their turn.

Change the environment: increase the space between the rats/rabbits to decrease physical demand

Change the equipment: have the taggers wear some sort of “mark” (i.e., pinny) so the dodgers can see them easily to decrease cognitive demand 

Change the environment: have the leader elongate the “R” sound before calling “rats” or “rabbits” to increase cognitive demand

Change the equipment: use equipment/cones as obstacles that children need to dodge as they are running to increase physical and cognitive demand

• I will be able to dodge my friends’ attempt to tag me, 2 out of 3 tries
• I can switch from chasing to running when I see that the coach has held up his arm to show it is time to change roles