Author: John Park

Gateball Activity Sheet

Name: Go to game
On the call of the coach players run to different parts of the court or perform actions on the court

Focus Area: (Accuracy/Strategy/Communication etc)
Knowledge of parts of the gateball court
Warm up or final activity

Key Teaching Points:
Various parts of the court and actions are explained eg Gate 2, Corner 3, Line 4, Start area, bow to your partner, chokingai etc
Each time the game is played a number of places or actions are added 

Equipment:
Gateball court set up

Activity Description:
Coach calls out actions / parts of the court and kids run to those places

Change it:
Kids usually want this game to become an exclusion game where the last person to perform an action or reach a point leaves the game
Kids also enjoy being the caller
Game can be changed into a “Simon Says” game instead. In this version kids only perform the action if the caller preceded their call with “Simon Says” or other appropriate phrase.

Safety Considerations:
Cover could  be placed on the gates so kids dont trip