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Fruit Bowl

Strike at any of four goals from outside its line and collect that goal's fruit for your pair's bowl.

Practice 12 min 8 to 12 players Cage Half pitch 2019 to 2021

Shooting and Scoring Lift each other Be brave

Fruit Bowl: set-up 20 m by 20 m

A goal in the middle of each side with a curved shooting line of discs 4 to 6 m out in its own fruit colour (red apples, yellow bananas, green pears, orange oranges); the hoops in the corners are the fruit bowls.

Set up

  • Place a pop-up goal in the middle of each side of the square, facing in.
  • Put a pile of one disc colour beside each goal: red apples, yellow bananas, green pears, orange oranges.
  • Mark a curved shooting line of discs 4 to 6 m out from each goal.
  • Put the hoops around the outside. These are the fruit bowls, one per pair.

8 to 12 children, 20 m by 20 m square.

How to play

  • Everyone dribbles freely in the middle.
  • Strike at any goal from outside its shooting line.
  • Score, then take one fruit from that goal's pile and drop it in your pair's bowl.
  • Bananas can only be won with your other foot.
  • Aim for a fruit salad: at least one of every fruit.
  • Play 2-minute rounds, then count the fruit.

Keeping everyone moving

Everyone has a ball and there are four goals. Missed shots are just a chase and another go.

Make it easier

  • Move the shooting lines closer.
  • Use cones to make the goals wider.

Make it harder

  • Move the shooting lines further out.
  • Oranges only count as first-time strikes.

Three things to say

  • Look up to choose a goal.
  • Get the ball out of your feet before you strike.
  • Follow the shot in.

Words that work: "Great try with the other foot!", "Brave shot from far out!", "Lovely teamwork filling your bowl!"

Colts habit

Lift each other: bowl partners cheer each other's fruit.

Both feet

Bananas need the other foot.

Heads up

Pick the goal with fewest children near it.

For your birth year

Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.

2019
6 m, bananas other foot only.
2020 to 2021
Shooting line 4 m, bananas any foot.

A young leader can run this one, with an adult coach beside them.

Safety: Strike only at a goal with no one standing in front of it.

Keeping score: How many different fruits did my pair get? Can we make a fuller salad than last round?