: Piggy in the Middle
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Approach:  Team Level: Year 8 
Focus: Game strategy. 

Resources: Video recording on laptop computer, pair and team
                     answer sheets.    [contact NEMP for copies of video]
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Questions/instructions:

This activity uses the computer.
Click the Piggy in the Middle button.

You are going to watch videos of children playing Piggy in the Middle. In this game the person or people in the middle try to stop the ball from getting through.

In the first video, the two people throwing the ball are doing a good job of getting the ball past the person in the middle. As you watch the video, think about the ways the two children keep the ball away from the person in the middle. You will see the video two times.

Click the Play button to show Clip 1.



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Hand out pair answer sheets.

In your pairs (B1 and B2 work together, B3 and B4 work together), write down on the answer sheet all the ways the two children kept the ball away from the person in the middle.

Give students time.

Now I want you to tell each other what you have written down.

Allow time. Collect in pair answer sheets.		  
How the two children kept the ball away from the person in the middle: [ideas from two pairs]
passer and receiver moving around a lot
82
passer moving/throwing quickly
64
passer tricking/faking
73
communication/teamwork between passer and receiver
29
high pass (over top)
95
low/bounce pass
90
deliberately varying strategies
53

Now you are going to watch the game being played, but with two people in the middle. As you watch, think about why it is harder for the two people on the outside to get the ball through to each other. You will see the video two times.

Click the Play button to show Clip 2.

This game was harder to play with two children in the middle. As a team I want you to talk about why it was harder for the two people on the outside to get the ball through to each other. Think of as many reasons as you can, and write them on this answer sheet.

Hand out team answer sheet. Allow time.
Why it is harder for the passer and receiverwith two children in middle:
cramped – movement harder
69
more obstacles, less space for passes
62
harder to trick/fake two people
14
piggies can operate as a team
39
piggies can mark both passer and receiver
82
average length of passes increased
13
You have talked about why it was harder for the two people on the outside to get the ball through to each other.

If you were in the middle, can you think of other ideas for stopping the ball from getting through?

Try to tell me as many ideas as you can.
 
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