SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES ADAPTING ACTIVITIES AND EQUIPMENT

1
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUESADAPTING ACTIVITIES AND
EQUIPMENT
2
ADAPTING ACTIVITIES

• Activities can be adapted to make them easier or
  harder. This can be down by adapting
• THE AREA
• THE EQUIPMENT
• THE NO. OF PLAYERS
• THE RULES

3
ADAPTING THE AREA

• Making the area smaller
• less demanding on young players fitness.
• more demanding on their control. For example in
  Football- 4 v 4 on a 20m x 20m area requires
  control and effective use of space.
• Making the area larger
• easier for pupils as they have more space for
  control and errors
• more demanding on players fitness

4
ADAPTING THE EQUIPMENT

• The equipment can also be adapted
• Smaller- a smaller badminton/tennis racket makes
  it easier for the performer
• Larger- a larger ball in softball makes it easier
  for a performer to catch or hit.
• Lower- a basketball basket could be lower to suit
  younger players.
• Wider- football/hockey goals could be made wider
  to make the target more achievable for beginners
• Lighter- there are lighter hockey balls to avoid
  injury to beginners and allow them to control the
  ball easily.

5
ADAPTING NO. OF PLAYERS

• The number of players can be reduced or
  increased
• Reduced- reducing the number of players means
  that each player then get more touches of the
  ball e.g. 2v2 basketball. It also make the game
  less complicated as there are fewer options to
  think about.
• Increasing- by increasing the number of players
  you can then work on overloading the defence or
  offence.

6
ADAPTING THE RULES

• Rules can be changed in order to encourage
  players to perform specific skills. This can also
  be know as a conditioned game.
• Basketball- 4 points for every lay-up scored.
  This encourages performer to try and perform the
  lay-up more often.
• Football- One touch- this encourage the performer
  to make quick decisions as well as working on
  their control of the ball.

7
TASK

• ADAPTING ACTIVITIES
• Activities can be adapted to make them easier or
  harder. Describe how you adapted the following 4
  aspects to make the game A) easier and B) harder.
• THE AREA
• THE EQUIPMENT
• THE NO. OF PLAYERS
• THE RULES