Rule Cards: Which Alternative Sport Is It?

A gently moving cool-down where each student gets a written rule and walks to the cone of the sport it belongs to. It reviews the rules of the alternative sports in the unit.

How to play

1. Hand out face-down cards, each with one rule; everyone walks slowly around the gym reading theirs (2 min).
2. Six cones, each labeled with a sport (ringo, pinfuvote, kin-ball, colpbol, datchball, indiaca): students walk to the cone they think is right (2 min).
3. Each group checks its cards; any that don't fit get walked to the right cone. Then each group reads aloud the rule it finds most interesting (3 min).
4. Groups collect the cards and cones (1 min).

Rules

• Walk, don't run, the whole time.
• Don't show your card to anyone until you reach a cone.
• If a classmate picks the wrong cone, help by explaining the rule, no teasing.
• Return the cards unfolded so they can be reused.

Variations

Adaptations

• Students with visual impairments: a partner reads the card to them, or use large print.
• Students who use wheelchairs: space the cones widely and keep the path clear.
• Students with reading difficulties: cards with short sentences and a pictogram.

Learning goals

• Review the basic rules of the alternative sports in the unit.
• Compare rules across different sports.
• Lower the intensity with a group thinking task.

Equipment for a class of 25

• cards: 30
• cones: 6

Teacher tip

Make the cards once and keep them for every class; five per sport is plenty. Examples: "Throw the ring with the same hand you caught it with" (ringo) or "Call the color of the team that must receive" (kin-ball).

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