Children's ball games

We selected in this post several suggestions for Playful ball games to have fun at home, family or at school.

At ball games it is a developmental opportunity for the child. Through playing, she learns, experiences the world, possibilities, social relationships, elaborates her autonomy of action, organizes emotions.

Through the game, children understand the world around them, learn rules, test physical skills, such as running, jumping, learning to win and lose. Playing also develops language learning and motor skills.

Also be sure to see: Folk games.

school ball games

Ball in the center:

The objective of this ball game called “Ball in the center” is to hit the ball located in the center of the court. To perform this game we will need: 5 balls, a court or similar space.

Step by step:

Mark out a square in space. Form pairs. Each with a ball in hand. Place a ball in the center of the square. The pairs must each stand on one side, behind the marked line. At the teacher's signal, students should play the ball, trying to hit the one in the center, making it go beyond the opponent's baseline. The doubles balls will be constantly exchanged due to the throw. You will not be able to put your foot on the ball. The center ball cannot go out the side.

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The Hunt and the Hunter - Handball

Purpose of the game: promote displacement, passing and throwing to students.

Materials: Handball court and ball

CLASS OR CONTRIBUTION:

• The teacher will determine which player will be the hunt (the runaway) and the other students/athletes will be the hunters.
• The hunters tried to burn the game, exchanging passes trying to corner the fugitive, and he will have to move away from the player with the ball.

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Hot potato:

In order not to “die” with the ball in hand, children need to concentrate and coordinate movements to the rhythm of speech.

How to play:

• The group is in a circle, sitting or standing. A child stands outside the circle, on his back or blindfolded, saying the phrase: "Hot, hot, hot potato... it burned!"
• Meanwhile, the others are passing the ball from hand to hand until they hear the word “burned”.
• Whoever has the ball at that moment leaves the wheel. The last one that's left wins.

 REMINDER: One option is to ask the children to change the pace at which they say the sentence. Those in the wheel have to pass the ball from hand to hand faster or slower, depending on the speech.

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Burned:

Queimada is a sports game often used as a children's game. The material used is a medium-sized volleyball or rubber ball.

How to play:

• In dodgeball, two groups are formed, each on one side of the field, there will be a mark called pit, where the opponents burned must stay until the end of the game.
• The moves are always alternated for each team. The game starts with a player throwing the ball at someone. The Player is burned when the ball hits him and then falls to the ground, however if the ball is caught the player is saved.
• If the ball hits more than one player, it is always the last one to be hit who must go into the pit. Whoever is in the pit can burn his opponent so he can go back to his field.
• In the dodgeball, the team that “burns” all the players of the opposing team wins the game.

marble games

Marble is a glass ball made for children to play with.

How to play:

• There are several different ways to play, but the basis of all is to try to hit balls in the delimited areas (lines, circles, holes) and in the opponent's, being able to win them for you or not.
• It depends on whether the participants agreed to play for real, that is, agreeing to lose the balls if necessary ("à vera ”,“ to win ”) or if at the end of the game each player returns home with the same balls he took (“jokingly ”,“ à toys”).

We also recommend: Booklet with games and jokes.

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Ball games for all occasions

Ball on the wall:

• Doubles game. Each time, one participant throws the ball against the wall. In this, the opponent has to catch the ball and do the same until someone can't catch it. That someone is eliminated and whoever stayed in the game chooses a new rival.
• The winner of the last pair wins.

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Ball games – Silly:

• It's a ball game. Players are tossing the ball to each other, and the silly's objective is to steal the ball. If you succeed, whoever kicked the ball for the last time will be the new fool. It can be played with your feet or your hands.

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Barrierball:

One representative from each team plays. One will be the whaler (who will be at the finish line) and the other will be the fugitive (who will be at the line if he breaks). The fugitive's goal is to get as close to the finish line as possible without being shot, since the gunner will have dozens of paper balls at his disposal to throw at the fugitive. When the fugitive is shot, the exact spot where he was shot is scratched on the ground. After that, the roles are reversed. The fugitive who gets as close as possible to the finish line wins the race.

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Who are you with?

Players stand side by side and the victim with their back to that row. The victim throws a ball back and someone in the row must catch it and everyone must put their hands behind their back in order to confuse the victim, who must make a guess as to who took the object. If you get it wrong, do it again. If you get it right, whoever is discovered is the new victim.

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Ball games - Alert:

The player picks up the ball, throws it up and shouts a person's name. The person named should pick up the ball and shout "Alert!" Immediately, everyone must become statues. The player takes 3 steps and, standing still, must try to hit the nearest person with the ball. If it hits, the person affected leaves the game. If you get it wrong, he's the one who leaves.

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Fillet:

Two teams distributed in two fields. Every team has a leader. The leader will throw the ball into the opposing field, trying to shoot someone. Immediately, the other leader catches the ball and does the same. The leader who hits the ball will say: “I hit so-and-so”. Whoever gets shot, leaves the game. If the leader is shot, he is replaced.

Players are eliminated until only two remain. Whoever shoots the last opponent wins, giving the victory to his team.

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Ball games - Amoeba:

Individual game similar to the shot. There is a ball and the players are scattered around the court. Whoever has the ball cannot walk, with the aim of burning others; when being burned, the person (amoeba) must sit in place, still having the chance to get up again, touching someone who is still standing, yelling "Amoeba!" (the person who was standing sits down and the person who touched her, gets up) or picking up a ball that ends up coming in her direction.

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Bent Atlas:

• With a ball, the player tries to knock down the little house (a tripod made of bamboo or tree branches) from the other. The latter, with a wooden club, tries to hit the ball and throw it away. Whoever hits the object, knocking it down or defending the house earns points.
• Another variation is to try to kick the ball with your foot without taking your foot off a base (piece of cardboard on the floor). If the ball is thrown away, either with the bat or with a kick, the opponent has to try to get it. Until it comes back, the player runs to his house and steps on his base, scoring a point.
• Return to your base and step, return. Each time you step on the opponent's base and return to yours, you score a point. If the opponent comes back with the ball, he has the right to try to knock the box over by playing the ball with his hands if he is not in his base to protect it. It counts as many points as the knocking down of houses or knocking down of houses and touching the feet with the bases.

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Pass the ball:

• Players form a wheel and, when music is playing, they will pass the ball from hand to hand. The song is “There goes the ball, passing the circle, whoever has the ball in his hand, get out!”. Whoever is holding the ball in the "outside" is eliminated and the game continues until only two are left, from which the champion will emerge.