Step-by-Step Instructions
This throwing tag game transforms a simple running game into an exciting whole-group activity. Asteroid combines elements of a PE game with strategic movement that keeps everyone active and engaged. Teachers and group facilitators value how this running tag game naturally develops agility whilst creating high-energy fun. The blend of throwing skills and quick reactions makes it perfect for physical education classes, youth groups or camps.
Asteroids – Throwing Tag Game
- Distribute at least one tossable item to every person, eg fleece-ball.
- Gather your group close to one another with their arms stretched forward so that all of the tossable items are touching.
- When ready, call “GO” instructing everyone to throw their tossable items into the air.
- Invite each person to grab one or more items to toss at others in an attempt to eliminate them.
- If a person is hit by an item below their waist, they are eliminated and must crouch on the spot close to where they were tagged.
- Play continues until one person remains standing.
- Play several rounds and/or try a variation.
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Played this today in class without ever seeing it played in real life, love Playmeo! I teach circus and the students are sometimes hesitant to take off their socks at school (fair enough, it’s a bit weird), but as soon as they saw that they needed a pair of socks to make an asteroid even the professional eye rollers whipped them off and joined in the squealing fun. Sure to be requested next lesson.
That’s outstanding Pip, thanks for sharing. A perfect example of distracting your group with fun to do something that, on its own, may not be completed otherwise.
A favorite of mine during our Star Wars unit! This gives younger students a chance to play a tag game but with a little bit of a twist!
Consistently remind students about aiming for waist and below- especially with young kiddos. Any opportunity for students to get moving is a great one- so the multiple lives rule and the catch/intercept a ball while out rule are both fantastic ones.
We also integrated another rule for older students, encouraging them to focusing more on either throwing/moving in space. If a student has an asteroid they were NOT allowed to move until it was thrown. A student can run wherever they like, but asteroids are so strong that they have to get rid of it before flying back into space. Also, asteroids are super heavy, so students could only hold one at a time.
This game ROCKS!
Too much Asteroids is never enough in my opinion, too!