Comenius Project „MOVE TO IMPROVE YOUR BODY AND MIND” 2012 – 2014

LOCAL GAMES at Maria Konopnicka Primary School No.5 in Ełk, Poland

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The history of the game:

Kwadrant comes from a game called ‘Palant’. It is a team game with

scores. To play it you need a tennis ball and a bat. The game is known in

Poland and in Europe from Medieval as a school and a folk game.

Nowadays there are a lot of local types of this game. We would like to

introduce the version valid in Primary School No.5 in Ełk.

The purpose of the game is to:

- develop the pace of moving

- improve the technique of throwing a tennis ball

- improve the ability of catching a tennis ball

- learn working in groups

- learn a fair-play game

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Tools:

- a tennis ball

- T-shirts for teams

(each team has different colour)

- four cones or four flags

The rules of the game:

To play a game you need two teams with the same number of people

(four players at least). There is no limit of time. The pitch is divided

into two parts:

1. the area of throwing out the tennis ball (called ‘home base’)- the

offensive team plays here

2. the area of catching the tennis ball- the defensive team plays here

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The position:

The defensive team must

‘cover’ their whole area

between the flags while the

offensive team must divert

into the ‘home base’. They also

ought to comply the order of

throwing, which was

established earlier. The tennis

ball lies next to the flag.

The offensive team:

Their task is to throw the

tennis ball in a way to get

much time to run around

outside of the cones/flags. If

the player throws the ball he

will run to the first flag. It

the throw was long and the

defensive team wouldn’t throw

back the tennis ball into the

‘home base’, he/she can run

ahead. If the player runs around all the flags the offensive team will get

one point.

The defensive team:

Their task is to throw back the

tennis ball to the ‘home base’.

If the offensive team catches

the ball they will get one point.

Then both team change their

places. When the defensive

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team throws back the ball out of the home base’s line , the player from

the offensive team must stay next to the flag. The player becomes

disqualified if he will run among the flags.

The game:

One team is in the ‘home

base’, the other team in the

field. The first player from

the ‘home base’ throws the

ball into the field. After the

correct throw he runs to the

first cone. If there’s much

time he will try to run

around the whole field. Then

he goes back to the ‘home

base’. (He runs until someone from the field throws back the tennis ball

behind the line of the ‘home base’). The person who will run around all

the cones gets one point.

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The defensive team

tries to catch the ball.

If they throw it back

into the ‘home base’

and the ball passes the

line while player will be

between the flags, he

becomes ‘handcuffed’.

Then he must go back

to the place near the

‘home base’ from the

right side. If the next player throws the ball wrong he will be also

‘handcuffed’. The other players being among the flags go back to the

last cone and wait for the throw of the next person from team.

The teams’ change is when

the defensive team messes

the throw (the ball

doesn’t pass the

appointed line), the

players are ‘handcuffed’

three times or the

offensive team caught the

tennis ball. The winner is

who gets more points.

Enjoy playing

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Europejska nie ponosi odpowiedzialności za umieszczoną w nich zawartość merytoryczną.

Prepared by students from Vc and teachers: M. Wąsikiewicz, A. Zemel, R. Kubeł