On The Lines, Off The Lines is a physical education game that emphasizes two key fundamental movement skills: sliding and leaping. Can your students navigate their way through the gym while staying on (or off) the lines?
Any playing area with plenty of floor lines. Students begin in a scattered formation with both feet on a line.
React to the teacher's call as quickly as you can, switching between sliding along the lines and running and leaping over them.
Students should always move within the boundaries of the game and be mindful of the people around them.
Tags should use a soft tag when tagging other players.
Builds allow you to increase the game's complexity, one layer at a time.
Students get into a scattered formation in the playing area, standing with both feet on a line. The teacher quickly demonstrates mature sliding and shares two of the five important keys of the skill.
When the teacher says "On The Lines", students begin sliding around the playing area while staying on the lines. If two students meet, they both change the direction of their sliding. If a student is in a position to do so, they may jump from one line to the next, making sure to take off and land on both feet.
As students slide about, the teacher introduces the additional keys of the skill until all five have been shared.
The teacher invites all players to step off of the lines, then demonstrates mature leaping and shares two of the five important keys of the skill.
When the teacher says "Off The Lines", students begin running around the playing area, leaping over any lines they come across.
As students run and leap, the teacher may stop play to introduce the additional keys of mature leaping, continuing until all five have been shared.
Students begin in a scattered formation.
The teacher begins by calling "Off The Lines". Players run around the playing area leaping over lines, just as in the previous build. Without warning, the teacher can call "On The Lines". When they do, students must quickly get onto a line and begin sliding, just as they did in Build One.
The teacher continues calling "On The Lines" and "Off The Lines", and students react to each call as quickly as they can.
The teacher creates four practice lines outside of the playing area, then selects four players to begin as Mini-Coaches and assigns each one to a practice line.
The teacher then selects four students to play the role of Ghosts. Each Ghost is given a foamie to tag with. The rest of the class plays the role of the PAC-Family, whose job is to avoid being tagged.
When the teacher says "On The Lines", the Ghosts and PAC-Family all begin sliding along the lines of the playing area. Ghosts attempt to tag members of the PAC-Family with their foamies. A tagged player jumps off the line and runs toward a Mini-Coach, leaping over any lines they pass. At the Mini-Coach, the player demonstrates sliding along the practice line. The Mini-Coach observes and offers a tip on how it could be improved, and the player returns to the game.
Every now and then the teacher calls "Off The Lines". All players jump off their line and run around the playing area, leaping over any lines they come across. During this time, the PAC-Family attempts to tag the Ghosts. If a PAC-Family member tags a Ghost, the two players swap roles.
When the teacher calls "On The Lines", everyone gets back on the lines and begins sliding again.
After a few rounds, the teacher selects four new Mini-Coaches so that they too get to experience the game.
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