Wolf Pack at Home
Two wolves hunt together to win the ball from a dribbler before the count reaches ten.
A square of four shoes: you dribble, and two wolves hunt together, one chasing the ball and one blocking the way out.
Set up
- Mark a square of about six big steps with four shoes.
- One person dribbles inside the square. The other two are the wolf pack.
Garden or park. A square of about six big steps. Needs three people.
How to play
- Someone shouts Hunt! and counts to ten out loud.
- The wolves work together: one chases the ball, the other blocks the way out.
- They try to stop the ball with a sole before ten.
- Swap so everyone has a go at dribbling.
Make it easier
- Count to fifteen.
- The dribbler walks.
Make it harder, step by step
- Count to seven.
- Count to seven, and the wolves must pass to each other after winning it.
Three things to say
- One chases, one blocks.
- Talk: I'll go, you cover!
- Stay on your feet and use your sole.
Words that work: "What a wolf pack!", "Great teamwork!", "Brilliant call to your partner!"
Colts habit
Lift each other: tell your partner when they did well.
Both feet
Win it with either foot.
Heads up
Watch where the dribbler looks: that is where they will go.
For your birth year
Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.
- 2020 to 2021
- Not used.
- 2018 to 2019
- Count to fifteen, and the dribbler walks.
- 2016 to 2017
- Count to ten, and the wolves pass to each other after winning it.
Safety: Grown-ups dribble gently at walking pace. No pushing or pulling: feet only.
My best
Balls won before ten, out of 5 hunts. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with your own earlier go, never with anyone else. Saved on this device only.