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Scoops or any piece of equipment that scoops (I use milk jugs cut in half), anything that can be scooped (small soft balls, tennis balls, bean bags, beanie animals, etc.), hula hoops, poly spots.
Place hula hoops around the outside of the space with a poly spot about 3 feet in front of each one. Place all of your scoopable objects in the center of the space marked off by cones or lines on the floor. Break students up into partners and send them to a hula hoop with 2 scoops (1 for each partner).
On the teacher's signal, partner #1 will leave their "home" (hula hoop) with a scoop, go to the center where all of the objects are and scoop up one object. They must go back to their partner #2 who is waiting patiently for them inside the hula hoop.
Partner #1 will stand on the poly spot and toss the object to partner #2. If partner #2 catches the object in their scoop, the partners get to keep the object in their hula hoop.
The partners will then switch roles and partner #2 will go scoop an object and bring it back. If partner #2 does not catch the tossed object in their scoop, the partners try again. They are given three tries to catch the tossed object in their scoop. After the third try drop the object in their hula hoop and partner #1 goes again to the center.
Continue until most partner groups have 3-5 objects in their hoop. Rotate partners by moving one hula hoop clockwise. Resume play. (If necessary, have players replace their objects in the center circle before rotating.)
Observe students to make sure they know how to scoop/toss/catch with their scoops.
Submitted by Alissa Clark who teaches at Syracuse Academy of Science in Victor, NY. Thanks for contributing to PE Central! Posted on PEC: 6/13/2012 .
