Sports Variations

21 – Football

21 – Football

Designate a large play area with clear boundaries that has room for students to run. Split group into 2 teams. .

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3 Pin Bowling

3 Pin Bowling

Kids are separated into equal teams. 3 bowling pins are placed in a line and a team member rolls a.

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4-Square

4-Square

A standard 4-square area is one large square, 10’ x 10’ divided into four smaller squares (5’ x 5’), and.

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4-Square Switch

4-Square Switch

Same setup as 4-Square. Play starts with a serve from student in square number 1 (or letter A). After the.

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4-Square Volleyball

4-Square Volleyball

Use a painted 4-square or divide a large square into four sections. Play begins with one student serving from his/her.

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ABC Basketball

ABC Basketball

This is a game to be played by a basketball hoop. Children sit in a large circle and pass the.

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Air Pong

Air Pong

Form two teams each at opposite ends of a table with hands held behind their backs. A ping pong ball.

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Air Soccer

Air Soccer

Two very wide goals are placed in the room – one for each team (you can just use a designated.

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Alaskan Baseball

Alaskan Baseball

Start with 2 teams. One team is given a ball or throwable object, their team then forms a circle around.

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All on One Side

All on One Side

Your whole team starts on one side of a volleyball net with no one on the other side. The object.

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Around the World

Around the World

Place cones or chalk marks around the perimeter of the key (area near the hoop). Line players up behind first.

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Backwards Kickball

Backwards Kickball

This is a lot like normal kickball with a bunch of backwards twists. All the bases are backwards. Run to.

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Ball Bonanza

Ball Bonanza

Divide the group into two teams and set each one up 15 feet from a large bucket. Each group is.

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Balloon Baseball

Balloon Baseball

Players are divided into two teams. Each team designates a pitcher who pitches to his own team. Each batter gets.

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Basketball Bonanza

Basketball Bonanza

Divide the group into two teams (one will shoot at each goal). Place markers on the gym floor for shooting:.

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Basketball Bowling

Basketball Bowling

Have all the players line up in a single file line behind the free throw line facing the basket. The.

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Beach Ball Volleyball

Beach Ball Volleyball

Volleyball played with lighter beach ball. This can be an excellent indoor game for large groups in a large room,.

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Beanbag Basketball

Beanbag Basketball

In this game you put a bucket on each side of the basketball court. In this game you will need.

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Blind Balloon Volleyball

Blind Balloon Volleyball

Teams of four or more people line up in volleyball formation. A blanket is placed over the net so the.

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Bombardment Pins

Bombardment Pins

At either end of the playing space, set up in a row as many tenpins, or pop bottles as there.

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Booty Ball

Booty Ball

Set up a rectangular area divided into 2 squares, each large enough for half of the group to comfortably sit.

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Bounce Ball

Bounce Ball

Campers are free to run around the area (gym, outside within boundaries, etc.) as they please. When a student picks.

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Burpee/Whiffle Ball

Burpee/Whiffle Ball

Teams can be of 1 or more players. Each team has a pitcher and possibly one or more fielders. The.

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Catch and Drop

Catch and Drop

Use the four-square courts on the playground and/or draw new courts with chalk if needed. The game begins when one.

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Catch and Pass Volleyball

Catch and Pass Volleyball

Set up a traditional volleyball court, using lines or cones for clear boundaries. Balls are evenly distributed on each teams’.

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Chair Basketball

Chair Basketball

Two teams of 6 or more people sit facing each other in a parallel fashion approximately 7-8 feet apart. One.

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Chaos Basketball

Chaos Basketball

Divide groups into as many hoops you have in the gym. Each team gets a ball to start, but balls.

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Circle Ball

Circle Ball

Divide the group into 2 teams. Use the skipping ropes to make two circular goals at either end of the.

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Clean Your Room!

Clean Your Room!

Set up a traditional volleyball court, using lines or cones for clear boundaries. Balls are evenly distributed on each teams’.

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Cluck the Chicken

Cluck the Chicken

Divide into two groups. One group has the task of throwing a ball as hard as they can in any.

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Crab Soccer

Crab Soccer

Play in one large rectangular playing area, preferably in a gym with marked goals. Divide students into 2 teams, with.

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Cracker Ping Pong

Cracker Ping Pong

Get 2 volunteers to kneel at opposite sides of a table with hands behind their back. With masking tape, mark.

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Crazy Kickball

Crazy Kickball

On a traditional kickball field, place a large container that can hold many balls at the pitcher’s mound, a hula.

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Crazy Softball

Crazy Softball

Set up the field with bases. Divide students into two teams. The fielding team gets distributed in their positions; everyone.

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Crossfire Soccer

Crossfire Soccer

Set up 3 goals forming a large triangle. Set a big ball in the middle of all 3 goals and.

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Deadfish

Deadfish

Split up into two teams on each side of the net. Each team has a server that is on the.

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Drop and Hit 2-Square

Drop and Hit 2-Square

Use the 4-square courts or create 2 adjacent boxes approximately 5 feet square with chalk or rope. The game begins.

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Five Hundred

Five Hundred

This game needs a couple of kids and a ball (either a football or a baseball are common). One person.

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Flag Fake Out

Flag Fake Out

Designate a playing area large enough to run in (a large rectangle). Place cones on each baseline (width) if there.

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Foot Pool

Foot Pool

Imagine a giant pool table. Set up a rectangular shaped playing area. Create mini-goals in each of the corners, using.

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Frisbee Bowling

Frisbee Bowling

If you don’t have bowling pins, use a few soda bottles, or plastic water bottles. You may want to put.

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Frisbee Football

Frisbee Football

Teams should be of equal number; each team has a goalie, as well as offensive and defensive players. Goal markers.

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Frisbee Golf

Frisbee Golf

Played with the same rules as traditional golf, using a Frisbee as the “ball” and various items (trees, to cabins.

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Frozen Baseball

Frozen Baseball

Divide into two teams. The rules are similar to regular baseball except the fielding team may not move their feet..

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Garbage Collector

Garbage Collector

Teams consist of one goalie and any number of forwards and guards. Each goalie stands on a chair, holding the.

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Hodge Podge Ball

Hodge Podge Ball

Start with the group spread around a large play area with each campers holding something to be able to hit.

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HORSE

HORSE

Give each player in each group a number. The student who is the number 1 takes a shot from anywhere.

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Human Foosball

Human Foosball

You play just like the table game only with real people linked in rows. Split the kids into two teams,.

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Indoor Hockey

Indoor Hockey

You set up 4 chairs, 2 on each side of the room and place each pair of chairs 4 feet.

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Indoor Olympics

Indoor Olympics

Using abnormal objects to hold an Olympics. For example using straws for javelins, and balloons for shot puts. Use your.

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Interception

Interception

Get the students into 1-3 lines, depending on the size of the group. Explain the three main positions of the.

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Jetsetter 4-Square

Jetsetter 4-Square

Using sidewalk chalk, write the names of four different countries in the squares of the court. These can be countries.

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Keep Away Soccer

Keep Away Soccer

Split students into two teams. Have one or both teams wear jerseys so players can tell who is on their.

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Kick It, Throw It, Punt It

Kick It, Throw It, Punt It

On a traditional kickball field, place a kickball, football, and frisbee at home base. Mark the outfield with enough numbers.

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Kindergarten Kickball

Kindergarten Kickball

Divide players into 2 teams, kickers and outfielders and place cones all along the baselines in the infield. Coach is.

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Knock-Down Soccer

Knock-Down Soccer

Set up a large rectangular area with boundary lines. Set up a row of 4-5 cones at opposite ends of.

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Knockout

Knockout

Students form one line at a cone a few feet behind the foul line, facing the basket. The first two.

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Medic Basketball

Medic Basketball

Set up two cones near each basketball hoop where you’d like the teams to shoot from. Divide students into two.

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Monkey Soccer

Monkey Soccer

Mark each goal with 2 cones. Play soccer, but you can only use your arms and hands to hit and.

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Mountain Ball

Mountain Ball

This game can be played using home base and second base on a regular kickball field or by using 2.

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Noodle Hockey

Noodle Hockey

Use a water noodle cut in half as a as “hockey stick” and a dodgeball for the “puck”. Same rules.

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Over-Under Kickball

Over-Under Kickball

Set up cones as bases on a traditional kickball field. This game can played with all four bases or two.

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Pass and Move Basketball

Pass and Move Basketball

Students should be divided into two even teams. On a full court, teams should be assigned a basket at which.

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Pickle

Pickle

Place the bases 20-30’ apart and select 2 students to be the throwers at each base. The students stand in.

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Pin Down

Pin Down

Set up a large rectangular space, with a line of cones in the middle to separate each team’s side from.

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Poor Man’s Beach Ball Volleyball

Poor Man’s Beach Ball Volleyball

Use your staff as net (all lined up across the court with hands in the air) and play normal volleyball.

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Quarter Football

Quarter Football

Divide the students into two teams. Each team gets 4 tries/downs to move the quarter from one end zone to.

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Red Light, Green Light Football

Red Light, Green Light Football

Use cones to set up two end-zones on opposing sides. Use cone(s) for student to form a line. First group.

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Roller Baseball

Roller Baseball

Divide the group into two teams. Line up the outfield team as you would for a game of baseball. Line.

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Safe Golf

Safe Golf

The same as driving a regular golf ball, the only difference is you use marshmallows. See who can hit them.

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School Yard Golf

School Yard Golf

Look around camp and create a miniature golf layout. Find hills, divots, ramps, stairs, planter boxes, tables etc. to utilize.

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Skennis

Skennis

This is tennis with a soccer ball. Played on a tennis court it is played with the same rules as.

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Snowball Alley

Snowball Alley

Create an “alleyway” with cones. Spread out the balls outside the alley.  Divide the group into two teams. One team.

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Snowman Soccer

Snowman Soccer

A bowling pin or plastic pop bottle is set up at each end of gym, room, or whatever indoor smooth.

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Soccer 4-Square

Soccer 4-Square

Set up a standard 4-square area is one large square that is divided into 4 smaller squares of equal proportion.

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Soccer Basketball

Soccer Basketball

Divide the group into two teams. Each team starts off with 6 players. One player on each team acts as.

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Soccer Smash

Soccer Smash

Can be played outside or in a gym. The ideal play area is about the size of a basketball court.

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Sports Broadcaster

Sports Broadcaster

You take two things, an object and a sport, like toothbrush and basketball. The sport now created is toothbrush basketball..

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Sports Clubs

Sports Clubs

Review several types of games with students and actions for those games. Examples: Basketball, Tag, Four Square, Boxing, Tennis, Gymnastics,.

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Steal the Bacon – Hockey Style

Steal the Bacon – Hockey Style

Start off the same way as Steal the bacon, but this time put a goal at each end (usually two.

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Steal the Bacon – Basketball Style

Steal the Bacon – Basketball Style

Use a basketball court, or a large rectangular area. Divide the students into 2-4 groups; each team sits on a.

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Steal the Bacon – Soccer Style

Steal the Bacon – Soccer Style

Set up a large rectangular area and note the boundary lines. Place cones at opposite ends of field to create.

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Tap Ball

Tap Ball

Split group into 2 teams. Use cones or lines to delineate boundaries. The game begins with a jump ball or.

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Tee Ball

Tee Ball

Set up the field with the bases and with the tee as home plate. Divide students into two teams. The.

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Tennis Baseball

Tennis Baseball

Set up a typical baseball field with bases. Divide students into two teams. The fielding team gets distributed in their.

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Three Lines Basketball

Three Lines Basketball

Place 3 cones across the half-court line. Arrange students into three single-file lines, one behind each cone. The first student.

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Three Team Soccer

Three Team Soccer

Each team has its own goal to defend, and loses a point every time a ball goes into their goal.

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Trash Can Basketball

Trash Can Basketball

Set up Indoors. Set up one empty container, 2-3 cones to mark where students will stand in line, and three.

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Trivia Football

Trivia Football

Set up large rectangular field with plenty of room for four students to run. Place two cones a few feet.

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Tunnel Ball

Tunnel Ball

A small circle should be the size of a large hula hoop. Inside this circle will be three larger cones..

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Twenty-One

Twenty-One

Designate clear boundaries for each group. Give each group one ball and identify one player to have first possession. Divide.

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Ultimate Football

Ultimate Football

Use the cones to create boundaries for a field with two end zones. Divide the students into two even teams..

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Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee

Use a field the size of a football or soccer field with goals of varying widths. This is a combination.

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Ultimate Kickball

Ultimate Kickball

This game can be played on a regular kickball field or by using 4 cones for bases in a large.

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Wall Baseball

Wall Baseball

Set up an open area with a large wall. Split the students into two teams. The 1st team on offense.

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Wide Goal Soccer

Wide Goal Soccer

Prepare one large rectangular playing area, preferably on grass (30’x 90’) with marked end zones. Review the soccer concepts that.

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World Cup Soccer

World Cup Soccer

Break group into even teams. Number of teams depends on total number of students (usually 4-5 per team) multi-colored pinnies.

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World Series

World Series

Divide the players into two teams. The team at bat lines up behind home base. The other team   takes the.

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X-Square

X-Square

A 4-Square Court (10’ x 10’). One student is in each square and the other students wait in line. Start.

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