In The Spider Game, players attempt to cross from one side of the court to the other without being tagged by the “spider” in the middle. Each tagged player joins the spider team. This game enhances sprint bursts, dodging, and competitive evasion, and works well as a high-energy warm-up.
Note: important to have the account the number of participants and the space of pitch available. There is a moment that becomes impossible if the density of people that league by line half-pitch is high. A good way to improve this drawback, it is by changing the orientation of the middle of the court using two cones or two objects that serve to delimit the new limits (you can also use the line-of-band).
Objectives
- Automate the pot.
- Improve the coordination dynamics.
- To dissociate the look of the ball.
Recommended age
- From 6 years onwards (School and Minibasket: categories pre-benjamin, benjamin, and fry).
Number of players
- From 3 players forward.
Recommended time
- Total duration of the game 7-8 min.
Equipment and facilities
- 1 ball of Basketball by the player except for the few that bind that do not have the ball.
- The player (or players) who are the league(n) has no(n) ball.
- Two objects, or any type of material such as plates or cones that can be easily seen and be safe.
- You can make this game in a open space or in a field (whether half or whole).
Initial layout and description of the The Spider Game (a.k.a. Bulldog or Wall Game)
There are a few players (1 to 2 players) that is the link (it is pochan, or the bear). Have ball will be placed at a bottom line, and that is the bind in the half court (or intermediate space bounded by a line or two cones on the ground at each end).
The signal of the start of the game. The goal is to pass the half court without us get caught. In case of pillarnos, leave the ball in a band and we will join those who are caught. We are doing several rounds until only one player is left or only a few small group of players.If the game is Played on a Basketball court, when they end up spending half court, which is close to the ring and pull up to the basket at one time.
Ways to be tagged:
- One of the linking contact with the hand to the player with the ball.
- Who is out of the limits of the field, it will be tagged automatically.
- In the likely case that a player takes over the account, it will start a countdown. In case you do not pass the half court before the end of the countdown, will join the group of players that is the link.
Variants
- Dribble with the hand non-dominant.
- Bounce to a specific height (at the height of the knee, hip, shoulder, at the height of the head, above the head, etc…).
- Instead of pillar without more, there is to steal the ball. To who will steal the ball, is the link. With this way of playing does not increase the number of players that bind, can play continuously.
- See the ‘Game of the Spider Climber’.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
