The ROLLERAMA HUSTLE
A rolling and throwing game for all ages
Proper rolling and throwing are critical foundational skills for our first-grade students. Through various individual and partner throwing activities, students work on stepping toward the target with their opposite foot as they swing their arm back then follow through as they release the ball or bean bag. Incorporating opportunities to enhance accuracy, power, and finesse, students roll and throw to a partner or target with varying degrees of difficulty.
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Similarly, I provide equal opportunities for First-Grade students to track a ball or bean bag as they work on catching. Using scarves, beach balls, bean bags, and fleece balls students begin in personal space throwing the object into the air, then catching it. Soon they are ready to graduate and catch an object thrown by a partner using an underhand throw.
The ROLLERAMA HUSTLE is the perfect game combining rolling, underhand throwing, catching, and HUSTLE! Set up a pin on a poly spot. Partners stand 10-15 feet away from the pin. Partner 1 rolls the ball, attempting to know it over. That same partner hustles after the ball and sets up the pin if knocked over, then races to a throwing line. This is where partner 1 underhand throws the ball to partner 2. Partner 2 repeats the process. I play this game with 1st-5th grades, while age-appropriately changing the distances and the skills. For my older students, I allow them to choose the rolling and throwing distance based on their appetite for challenge and skill level. I also allow them to use an overhand throw.
Scoring:
1 point for knocking over the pin
2 points for each successful catch
Of course, you can change the scoring as you feel necessary. Check out the game in action below.