Sports Trio

Objectives

The learner can understand vocabulary about sports.

Preparation

• Have a group conversation about sports.
  Who does sports?
  Which one?
  How many times a week?
  What are typical moves?
  etcetera
• Define together with what moves three learners will portray a sport.
• You can add sports that have not been named.

Examples

• Football: Learner A passes the ball between learners B and C.
• Handball: Learner A throws the ball, learners B and C block the ball.
• Basketball: Learner A throws the ball in the basket, formed by learners B and C.
• Boxing: Learner A and B box, learner C is the referee.
• Bowling: Learner A throws the ball, learners B and C are the pins falling over.
• Swimming: Learner A swims, learners B and C are orbiting as sharks.
• Volleyball: The learners mimic volleyball techniques: serving, passing, hitting, blocking.
• Hockey: Learner A hits the puck, learners B and C jostle learner A.
• Tennis: Learner A throws the ball over the net, formed by learners B and C.
• Surfing: Learner A surfs the waves, formed by learners B and C.

Instructions

• Let the learners form a circle, you stand in the middle.
• Appoint a learner and name a sport. This learner A will mimic the sport with his/her two neighbors, learners B and C.
• If learner A reacts too slowly or makes a mistake, s-he goes in the middle, appoints a learner and names a sport.