Physical Education Games - Swamp Ball
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This PE Game is one of many quick and easy physical education games that teachers can use in their own PE class. Physedgames provides physical educators with video lessons on various PE activities, sports, basketball, volleyball, baseball, fitness, soccer, hockey, football, badminton, LOGs, dodgeball, warm-ups, tag, creative, teamwork, in the gym, outside, and more. From Kindergarten PE ideas all the way up to grade 8 (many activities could also be used in highschool as well) - it's all about the best games for exercise, skills, activities, games, learning, fitness, and FUN. Simple school games in just minutes - thanks for watching, hope you enjoy, please don't forget to subscribe, we appreciate all the support through the years and will continue to post tried, tested, and proven activities!
I play a similar game but designate one ball that if caught in the "swamp" it frees everyone.
Throw a couple pins on each playing side so when pins get knocked down, jail break and everyone in your swamp gets out.
My students loved this game! Thanks!
This is a great game. Too bad so many school systems have outlawed dodgeball.
I play a similar game as well that I call "trenchball". Between the baselines and the walls we have about seven or eight feet of space, and that area is the "trench". Other than using that "trench", as opposed to your "swamp", everything else is the same. It's a very popular game. And in defense of dodgeball, which I've had to do with my administrators in my past, it engages more kids than any other activity we do, and it requires more skills (throwing, evading, catching) than most activities, and as long as you do a version like this, it's not an elimination game. Elimination games are problematic, but if you take games like dodgeball and make them non-elimination games, they're great. Nobody has ever been injured by a rhino skin ball yet!
To all of you saying boo dodgeball….there's a way to take it town a notch. Use gator balls and hit legs; more difficult even for the more athletic kids. Use beanbags and make them slide them toward feet…there are ways to make it "safer" since our generation is different.
*down* not town
What a great idea
Great game. I played this today with my 2nd and 3rd grade class and also with my 4th and 5th grade class. I placed the mats at different distances to allow for successful throws to the "swamp." The kids in both PE classes loved the game. We had worked on throwing and catching skills all week. The kids throw hundreds of time while playing this game and aren't even aware they are improving their skills. If I saw a student using improper throwing form he/she had to go to the swamp as well. There are a lot of strategies to this game and the students figure them out pretty quickly. Great active game to use to reinforce throwing and catching skills.
Patricia Ryan Curry For sure, great job with it!
We use a bench instead of the mat for the kids to stand on.
We play that in my school but we call it Prison Dodgeball
Love this! Thank you
I switched this around and did 'Shrek'ball, the idea is to get everyone into the swamp. Start with one in the swamp and if the catch a ball that player joins them.
that's bench ball
So benchball with marketing?
How many balls and throwers start off?
we call this prison ball
This isn't realistic at all! The players are spread evenly! In reality there will be a large clump of girls who talk and play with their hair in the back, and a few people who actually play the game in the front.
what app are you using to record this?
Played today,
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I said this as a joke lol. I'm not being serious, in fact, I don't even remember commenting on this XD I decided to make a joke out of it because in every gym class I've been in, there's always the girls that clump together and don't do anything.
My class loved this game! Thank you for sharing!
I've played a game exactly like this except there were benches instead of swamps and it was called "Benchball".
very cool game, excited to try it out with summer camp kids and after school kids. Thank you
dumbest thing in the world if you ask me. I always loved dodgeball on rainy days.. what has our world come to???
This is very enjoyable. I really teach art, but for now I have to be pe teacher also. I am glad that you are posting some games for me to understand. Thank you
ok well simple, the girls sit out the game...the gym is not a hair salon.
dude calm urself its clearly explained
thats what we are here for :
Is this not just "Prison Ball" ?
Our 9-12 classes have enjoyed this this week!
Great to hear!
Helpful! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
suggestion- if you are out when you throw the ball and it is caught then it discourages "poor" throwers from throwing. Those are the kids that need to be encouraged to practice throwing more. Does not have a big impact on the game itself but everyone will feel safe to throw the ball.
Good point. It’s the non-athletic ones that sit back or just collect balls and never throw them. That makes sense now why they aren’t throwing the balls.