Activity Sheet:
Safety Tag


Activity Description: 
  • Objective is to continuously move balls in order to assist teammates who are in danger of being tagged by one of the 5 taggers who are holding pinnies.  A tagger may only tag a player who is not holding a ball; there should be a ball for every third player (excluding the taggers).
Rules: 
  • May not hold onto ball for longer than 3 seconds.
  • Once a player is tagged, they gain possession of the pinnie and become taggers.
  • Pinnies must be visible.
Teaching Points:
  • Use the entire space of the gym.
  • Keep head up and be aware of other students around you.
  • Stay low (bend knees), stay on balls of feet, and push off outside foot  in order to change direction quickly. Here's a videoclip demonstration. And here is another demo.
  • Toss with a trajectory that makes the ball easy to catch.
Organization Points:
  • Use entire gym space for one game.
  • Have extra pinnies and balls available to add to game in case of dominance by either passers or taggers. 

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