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1. Aeroplanes and Airports

6. Combat

11. Explorer Ball

2. Beat The Ball

7. Cooperation Game

12. Farmer Sam

3. Bombardment

8. Crocodile Net

13. Five Noses

4. Builders And Bulldozers

9. Dodge Ball

14. Four Corner Drill

5. Capture The Flag

10. Dog Pound

15. Foxes and Rabbits

16. Frisbee Football

21. Hide And Seek

26. Keep The Basket Full

17. Frisbee Ninja

22. Human Log Carry

27. Kick the Can

18. Grand Prix

23. Imaginative Movements

28. Mad Eagle

19. Hero

24. Jurassic Park

29. Moon Ball

20. Hero 2

25. Keep It Moving

30. Narnia

31. Not In My Back Yard

36. Pirate Ship

41. Star Wars

32. Numbering The Lines

37. Planet Invasion

42. Target Ball

33. Pacman

38. Poison Dodge

43. Untie The Knot

34. Pacosaurus

39. Skittle Ball

44. Warriors, Warlocks And Elves

35. Panthers And Leopards

40. Space Hunters

45. Wasps

1. Arches Tag

6. Head And Bottom Tag

11. Screen Tag

2. Chain Tag

7. Line Tag

12. Snowball Tag

3. Double Freeze Tag

8. Octopus Tag

13. Tail Tag

4. Everybody's It

9. Rock, Bridge, Tree Tag

14. Team Tag

5. Freight Train Tag

10. Scarecrow Tag

15. Ultimate Team Tail Tag

16. Wedge-Tail Eagle Tag

 		   
     
     
     
     

1. Bean Bag Crossover

6. Leg Jumping

11. Toe Tapper

2. Bridge Jumping

7. Mirroring

12. Toe To Toe Fencing

3. Circus Balances

8. Shadows

 		 

4. Gladiators

9. Sitting Back To Back

 		 

5. Leading

10. Sumo Wrestling

 		 

1. Drop Off Relay

 		   

2. Line To Line Relay

 		   
     
     
     

1. Barry

 		   

2. Hunter

 		   

3. Lord Of The Rings

 		   
     
     

LEADING

The aim of this activity is to lead your partner, with their eyes closed, around an area using only a touch pressure.

Students stand in pairs facing each other with right arm raised and bent slightly at the elbow. The back of each student's right hand faces the other student's hand with wrists touching.

Students explore getting and maintaining a consistent pressure between their wrists.

One student is designated the leader and the other the partner.

The partner closes their eyes.

The leader then makes small subtle movements in any direction and the partner attempts to follow using the contact through the wrist and paying attention to the pressure that is being shifted.

It is important that the leader does not move their hand from in front of their chest but rather moves their body either forwards, backwards, sideways, circles and allows the partner time to adjust and follow.

Change roles and change partners.

EQUIPMENT: Nil.

AREA REQUIRED: A fairly quite area that large enough for students to walk around and is free of obstacles.

BENEFITS
BENEFITS

Developing trust and use of feel.

Cooperation and empathy.

HOW TO EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY

Ask everyone to find a partner and sit together in the designated space.

Demonstrate the activity reinforcing the care required to succeed.

Explain students are to stand in pairs facing each other with wrists touching.

Ask them to take a little time to explore getting and maintaining a consistent pressure between the wrists.

Inform the pair which student is going to be the leader and that the other is going to respond to the changing pressure between the wrists.

Ask the follower to close their eyes and take a little time to get comfortable in that state.

Ask the leader to make small deliberate movements in any direction and the partner to mirror the movements feeling the contact through the wrist and paying attention to the pressure that is being shifted.

Remind the students that it is important that the leader does not move their hand from in front of their chest but rather moves their body either forwards, backwards, sideways, circles and allows the partner time to adjust and follow.

Repeat with change of roles.

CUES FOR DEBRIEF / REFLECTION
CUES FOR DEBRIEF / REFLECTION

What did I notice when I was being led?

Did I lose confidence with my partner when they were leading me? If so, what caused me to lose my confidence?

How did I feel when my partner was leading me?

How did I feel leading my partner?

Did anything change the longer I was lead?

Did I enjoy leading? Being led?

HOW TO VARY THE ACTIVITY
HOW TO VARY THE ACTIVITY

Explore different environments: in around trees / in and out of shadows, across different surfaces, on slightly undulating surface, near/far from buildings, with outside noises close.

Explore changing partners.

Explore changing the contact hand.

Explore doing the activity in silence and contrast this with spoken direction.

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