:Ball Bounce
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Approach:  Open space Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Large ball skills. 
Resources: Large ball, 4 bibs.
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Questions/instructions:

Stand in one spot. Don’t walk around.

Bounce the ball:

1. 5 times with your right hand.

2. 5 times with your left hand.

3. 5 times with your right hand / left hand.
right / left

right / left

right / left

right / left

right / left

% responses
2002 ('98)
y4
y8
Single hands:
good control, both hands
71 (80)
89 (91)
good control, left hand
6 (7)
3 (3)
good control, right hand
11 (8)
5 (1)
neither hand good control
12 (5)
3 (5)
Alternating hands:




pattern complete, excellent technique
19 (23)
41 (57)
pattern completed without error
41 (38)
39 (33)
pattern completed, one error
19 (16)
9 (7)
wrong pattern but good control
3 (2)
6 (0)
other response
18 (21)
5 (3)
Total score:




5
18 (22)
41 (56)
4
32 (39)
34 (28)
3
21 (12)
11 (9)
2
15 (14)
11 (5)
1
6 (9)
2 (1)
0
8 (4)
1 (1)
Commentary
About 20 percent more year 8 than year 4 students completed each component well. There appeared to be a small decline in performance at both year levels between 1998 and 2002.
 
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