How to Play Animal Ball

Do you like to play basketball? Do you own or have access to two hockey nets and a volleyball? If so, you may find 'Animal Ball' to be quite interesting....

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 volleyball
• 2 hockey nets
• some hockey goalie equipment
• some friends
• a gym/indoor court

1. Divide the players into 2 teams. Each team needs a goalie and have equal number of players. You can have as many people play as you want. If you have a youth basketball team, they may enjoy this "change of pace".

2. Ensure that goalie is wearing proper protective sports equipment.

3. Play the game like basketball. Dribble, pass, use your pivot foot, but instead of shooting into a basketball hoop, throw the volleyball into a hockey net.

4. If the goalie blocks the shot, he can throw the volleyball back to his teammates or as far away from his goal as he can.

5. To win, you can either choose to play until one team reaches 10 goals, or put a time limit on it.

6. Make sure you have fun with it. Any penalties called on a player, if you choose to, can have the player sit out-of-bounds for 10 seconds and do 10 push-ups to come back in.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the goalies' helmets are fastened tight
• It's a great gym class game- especially for older youth

[StacyP]

on 12/27/2008 This game is a nice twist on basketball. Very creative!

[thedogshrink]

on 12/10/2008 Sounds like a great game, esp for younger children who may not be ready for basketball yet. 5*

[Mindee94]

on 12/10/2008 Kinda worried about the poor animal there for a minute. What a wonderful way to work off some extra energy.