Pokemon Tag is a new fitness based tag game that one of our students invented in a 'making a game' unit. We love this game because it's relevant, active and fitness based. Maybe we should leave all of our PE games to the students in future!!! Equipment: Hoops and Soft Dodgeballs How to play: Pokemon Hunters (Taggers) aim to tag all of the Pokemon (students) by throwing Pokeballs (soft dodgeballs) at them. If a student is caught, they must go to a Pokemon Gym (hoop). Pokemon Hunters must throw the balls at Pokemon below their shoulders to catch them. To be freed, Pokemon (students) must complete a specific fitness activity (I.e 10 star jumps) in the Pokemon Gym (Hoop). Differentiation Easier:
Bench Dodgeball is the new, trendy and engaging form of Dodgeball. In an age where children are inactive, disengaged and bored, Bench Dodgeball could be the solution. To all of the 'Human Target' haters, we hear you, but give us this opportunity to convince you. The original form of dodgeball has its flaws: Hard balls WILL hurt, children sat out WILL get disengaged and the combination WILL lead to some unhappy students. We cannot endorse or encourage you as a teacher to teach the original form. We have all hopefully learned our lessons from the original form of Dodgeball and started to explore variations which are safe, active, engaging and fun. Our favourite variation is Bench Dodgeball. Be
