Setup, Equipment & Instructions
- Every Smashie has a ball (or bean bag).
- Smashies are to continuously move around the area.
- Instruct Smashies to try different skills with their ball, for example; little catch, bounce and catch, eye level catch, place ball on the ground and pick up.
- Encourage the Smashies to move in different ways while trying the different skills, for example; hopping, skipping or jumping.
- Smashies can join as pairs and work with their partner to bounce and catch the ball between them, this can be done either statically or while moving.
- Be imaginative with movement instructions, for example; move like a frog, move like a rabbit.
Other details
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