Rollerball

HELPS TO DEVELOP THROWING, KICKING AND AIMING SKILLS AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CONTROL BALL SPEED AND POWER. A GOOD GAME FOR DEVELOPING “SOFT” HANDS OR “SOFT” FEET.

What You Need

A FEW PLAYBALLS AND A NUMBER OF TARGETS. ANYTHING GOES REALLY… SKITTLES, CONES, BOXES, CHALK LINES, PLAYBALLS, ROPE, ETC.

How To Play

Set up your target and then decide on a starting position. The game is to roll or kick the ball towards the target without going past it. Whoever gets closest, wins… So if your target is a line of rope, you have to roll/kick the ball up to it but not over it. If it’s a box or a skittle, you have to roll the ball up to it, but don’t hit it! Andy still plays this game with his team on the tennis court from time to time. He rolls the tennis ball from the net to the baseline and whoever gets closest (without going past it) wins. He always tries to get it to stop right on the line.

Try This

• Keep changing the target and/or the starting position so that you are not always throwing/kicking in a straight line.
• Change the throwing hand/kicking foot so you use right and left.
• Make the target a big cardboard box (or a large ball) and try to make it move by rolling, throwing underarm or overarm, or kicking the ball harder.
• You could even try a couple of goalposts and try to manouevre the box (or playball) through the goals.
• Tie a bunch of balloons on strings to the back of a chair or the washing line, now you have a higher target to aim at so you can use the overarm throw . Think cricket, tennis or baseball.