Version without GK: Escape the Zoo and steal food (i.e. balls) from the Store, then take it back to the Zoo, avoiding the zoo keepers. If you're tagged on the way to the Store, go back to the Zoo and start again. If you're tackled after stealing food, leave the food where it is, go back to the Zoo and start again. Version with GK: Steal food from the zoo, then put it in the hungry bears' cage by shooting past the GK. If a zookeeper tags you (when you don't have a ball), or tackles you (when you have a ball), go back to the Zoo and start again. Variations: split age groups: have a line down the middle. U10s play on the left side, U12s on the right easier for animals: fewer zoo keepers / zoo keepers can't enter the circle. easier for keepers / lower abilities: you only have to tag an animal with a ball, rather than tackle them. Animals must leave the ball where it is. change position and number of storehouse(s) If there is no GK, animals take the food back to the zoo. With 2 GKs: one stays on the line, the other guards a 6m circle.
Feedback/Questions: How can you protect your ball from the zoo keepers (body position, carry ball on other side of body) How can you work together to beat the zoo keepers? (pass+move, wall-passes, different Creativity/team-building: tell the coach/each other what animal you are. Aimed at Under-8s and Under-10s. This activity is adapted from a game found on boingplaytank.co.uk.
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