Skill: Vision
Drill: Smart Square
Equipment needed: One kick ball
Instructors needed: One
Description: In this drill the students will play a game of four-square while adding character development to the game.
Teaching SKILLZ:
HEALTHY COMPETITION – The instructor can see which student can set a record for the school for the highest number of rounds spent in the king square, or beat the previous record that another student holds.
Brain SKILLZ:
VISUAL PROCESSING – The student must be able to see the ball come towards them, let it hit their square, and then hit it into another student’s square while saying the name of their word. This works on their ability to participate in visual activities.
Step 1
Mark off four squares on your training mat for a game of four-square. This game works with a variety of sizes for each square depending on the size of your mat.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Pick four students to start the game and have one stand in each square. Have the rest of the students make a straight line to rotate into the game.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
  • The person in the top right square is the king and always starts the serve until he/ she is out.
  • The ball must bounce in your square first before you hit it into another square.
  • You can only “popcorn” once which means that after the ball bounces in your square, you can hit it straight up in the air before you serve it to another square.
  • If you miss the ball or you do not hit it into another square, then you’re out and the next person rotates in.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
  • Focusing on coordination and learning character words
Step 5
  • Before you hit the ball, you must say a character word.
 
  • If you hit the ball and do not say a character word, then you are out.
 
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