Knock it Off

Skill: Throw
Time Required: 20
Activity Type: Physical
Group Size: Large Group, Medium Group, Small Group
Age Group: 6 - 9yrs, 9 - 12yrs, 13+ yrs
Play area: Gymnasium (large indoor space), Outdoor - Field
Safety Considerations: Ensure there are no participants located where the dodgeballs or other balls are being thrown.
Equipment: Pylons
Beanbags, tennis balls, birdies etc.
Dodgeballs (or could use volleyballs)
Rope (optional)
Objective:
For teams to knock down the pylons and knock off the object on top to score points.
Other Skills:
Underhand Roll
Coordination
Set up:
Divide the group into teams of 4-5.
If indoors, use half or more of the gym to set up all the pylons and have a line on the other side for where participants have to throw behind. If outdoors, set up the pylons and use a rope or something else to set up a throwing line.
Scatter the pylons around the space, so that there is about a foot or so between each pylon. Put at least 20 or more pylons around. On top of each pylon place a beanbag, tennis ball and/or birdie.
Step by Step:
1. Before placing the beanbags, tennis balls and/or birdies on the pylons, determine the amount of points for each.
2. If only using beanbags, have different colours worth different points.
3. Let's say, beanbags are worth 3 points each, birdies are worth 2 points and tennis balls are worth 1 point.
4. Place the beanbags on pylons further away and more difficult to get to, and the tennis balls closer and easier to get to.
5. Once they're all set up, one participant from each team will go to the throwing line.
6. They will each have their own dodgeball, and they have about 10 seconds to choose their spot on the throwing line and either roll or throw the dodgeball towards the pylons.
7. Their goal is to knock down a pylon and to get the points for the object that was knocked off the pylon.
8. After each participant has gone, they both run to get the object that was knocked off (if they knocked one off), and bring it back to their team. That pylon is now taken out of the field of pylons.
9. The next two participants go to the throwing line and try to knock down another pylon.
10. This continues until all the pylons are knocked down.
11. The team with the most points at the end, wins!
12. If a participant manages to knock down two pylons on one throw, then he gets both those object's points. This is why it's good to place the pylons further away from one another, so that this is harder to do.
Variations:
Could play individually, and each participant plays and accumulates points by and for themselves.
Play outdoors and use soccer balls (they have to kick them), or footballs.
Play with a time limit or a set amount of throws per team or per participant. After a participant knocks down a pylon, they put it back up with the object on top. The leader can keep score for each team, or have a participant keep score.
Use different objects, or just use pylons, and they are all worth the same amount of points. Can have them closer together, so it's easier to knock down multiple pylons on one throw.

Adaptations (Blindness/Visual Impairment):
Have fellow team members try to orient, or stand at or beside pylons, so that participants who are blind or visually impaired have a point of reference to aim towards.
Sources: Developed for the Leisure Information Network.