1. Gather a Group of 12-20 People Who Would Like to Play Dodge Ball

Name of Activity: Dodgeball

Type of modality Fast-paced game that requires minimal equipment, set-up and experience (Sports/Exericse) Type of play Shared Cooperative

Interaction pattern Inter-group

# of participants required 2 Teams made up of at least 6 players each

Equipment/supplies 8.25 inch rubber-coated foam balls, whistle

Facilities required/environment Playing field shall be a rectangle at least 50 feet long and at least 30 feet wide/ ideal measurements: 60’ x 30’ (identical to volleyball court) Precautions Fall risk

Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish) This can be less than ten steps of more than ten steps…

1. Gather a group of 12-20 people who would like to play Dodge ball

2. Spit the group up into two separate teams with 6-10 players on each

3. Find a space that is at least 50 feel long and 30 feet wide

4. Depending on how many players are on each team determines how many balls are lined up in the middles of the court (6 players per team = 6 balls lined up in the middle, 8 players per team = 8 balls lined up in the middle)

5. Once all the balls are lined up in the middle of the court, all the players line up at the back of the court on their side and wait for the whistle to blow

6. Once the whistle blows everyone speeds to the middle of the court and grabs the balls (first come first serve situation)

7. Then you quickly back up whether you got a ball or not while lifting up your head watching out for incoming balls. –At the same time, you avoid and “dodge” any ball that is being thrown at you.

8. Then you try and throw the ball at the opposite team hitting them anywhere from the shoulders down (if this occurs then the player who was hit is out)

1 9. When you throw a ball at a player of the opposite team and the player catches the throw then the person who threw the ball is out (the player who caught the ball then brings a player of their team back onto the court) and the first play out becomes the first back in.

10. These actions continue until one of the teams has been completely eliminated, resulting in the remaining team winning the match

Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)

Category Skills Primary body position Upper Extremity

Part of the body required Upper and lower extremities

Movement Bending, carrying in the arms and hands, catching, Grasp: Palmer grasp, manipulating, moving around using equipment, picking up, pushing with upper extremities, reaching, releasing, stretching, throwing, walking short distances, turning or twisting hands or arms Physical Dynamic standing, dynamic sitting (if played in wheelchairs), bilateral integration, cardiovascular endurance, crossing midline, flexibility, gross muscle coordination, motor control, muscle strength, AROM: Upper and Lower extremities, speed, visual-motor integration. Cognitive Arousal/Alertness, Attention: divided and sustained, concentration, initiation, insight, Orientation: person, place time; Organization and planning, Recognition: size and shape, Spatial operations, strategy (calculation to count six balls, number of players, concentration, decision making (where to run, how to move) ) Social Heterogeneity, Conversation: starting, maintaining social space, Relating with equals, regulating behavior, relationship: forming, social conduct, social cues, showing tolerance, showing respect & warmth Perception Person/object, Sensory: Touch and See, auditory to hear the start whistle Communication/language Reception to signs and symbols (from the referee so you know who is out or if they can go back in) Self-care N/A

Psychological/emotional (possible) Frustration (losing the came or getting hit with dodgeball), Joy (when you win or get someone out on the other team) guilt if you cheat, emotional pain if people make fun of you, don’t select you to be on their team.

2 SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

Ways to SIMPLIFY demands Ways to make more COMPLEX Doing a sudden death round Cognitively Just telling the participant to throw the ball at someone on the other side of the room

Multiple games/rounds played Physically Have it in a smaller space with in a row (best 2 out of 3) more time to ambulate

Having a Recreational Therapist Have a gathering with the two Socially pick the people who want to teams after the game for food play and separate the teams and refreshments. Also could evenly conduct a tournament or competition.

3 Other Comments:

I learned most of my Dodgeball skills from the greatest Dodgeball player of all time Patches O’houlihan. The 5 D’s of Dodgeball  Dodge  Duck  Dip  Dive  And……Dodge (reference from Dodgeball the Movie)