You will need:A parachute (play or other type)A football This works best if the canopy is marked in segments or halves; so you can have 2, 4 or 6 teams. Each team to a segment or colour. Stand around the canopy holding the canopy in both hands at waist...
Ball games
Bouncing Balls
You will need:A parachute (play or otherwise)Several small balls (foam or tennis balls work well). Players hold the canopy taut at chest height with 2 or 3 small or foam balls on the surface. 3 or 4 children underneath the canopy have to try to knock the balls off...
Round the Plughole
You will need:A parachute that has a central hole Several small light balls (eg foam or tennis balls) If your canopy has a hole in the centre place 3 or 4 light small balls (tennis balls) on the surface. Players keep them moving around the canopy and avoiding dropping...
Para-Ball
You will need: Parachute (play or otherwise) Small soft ball Place a light-weight football on the chute surface and experiment with moving it. What happens when you shake the parachute, can you flip the ball off over people’s head? Can you develop a wave technique that will cause the...
Question Ball
Before starting prepare in advance a largish ball such as a blow-up beach-ball or a bouncy one and write questions on it using a marker pen. E.g. What’s your favourite colour, favourite food, favourite cartoon, etc. When you start the game throw the ball to any person when they...
Catch the ball, Head the ball
Arrange all participants in a circle with the thrower in the middle. Throw the ball to each player in turn with instruction to either catch the ball or head it back, as you throw the ball to them. BUT they have to complete the opposite. e.g. If they are...
Spider Ball
Played: FISH Club, Ewell, Surrey Use a large enclosed space. Start with two or three throwers. Basic dodgeball rules in that players may move around anywhere within this space. Non-team version: One or two players start as the taggers/throwers. Aiming to hit below the waist or below the knee...
Rollerball
Submitted by Victoria Crick. Played at Blenheim High School, Epsom Can be played as a team or non-team game and uses small foam balls. Object of the game is for a player to attempt to run between two lines of players from a starting position to a wall or...
Protect the President
Submitted by J. Hart Players again stand in a large circle with two people in the middle. One person in the middle is the President, the other is the Bodyguard. Those standing in the circle try to hit the president with the soft ball. The bodyguard may do anything...
Team Circle Dodge Ball
One team stand within a defined space/circle, the other team stand on the outside and have to knock out the team in the area by hitting them with the ball below the knee. by