Health & Growth - Activity for Health and Fitness

Exercise for Fitness
Bouncing Ball. When performing this exercise, remember to keep your body rigid and to support your weight on your hands and toes. For variety you can clap your hands each time you have pushed your body into the air.

Team Activity
Foot Volleyball. This game is a variation of regular volleyball. You can play the game with a soccer ball or a regular football. Older boys play the game on a field that is 100 feet by 200 feet. Younger boys and girls can play the game on a field that is 95 feet long and 40 feet wide.

Look at the illustration to see how the field is divided into two playing courts and a neutral area. Notice that there is no net and that the neutral area is 15 feet long.

The object of the game is to kick (punt) the ball into the opponent’s playing court so that no one can catch it and kick it back. A team scores a point when its opponent allows the ball to touch the ground or when its opponent punts the ball out of bounds, into the neutral zone, or into its own court.

The serve is made by punting the ball into the opponent’s playing court from the middle of the server’s playing court. The serving team continues to serve as long as it continues to make points. A team can only score when it has the serve.

When a ball is served into the proper court, a player must catch it and kick it back to the server’s playing court. The serving team tries to catch it and return it in a like manner.

Seven to fourteen players make up a team. They rotate in a clockwise direction each time a serve is made so that each player assumes a new position. Only the serving team rotates before each serve. In this way, each team member is given a chance to serve.

Part of the skill involved in playing foot volleyball is the ability of the team members to play their own positions and not interfere with each other’s actions.

You will find that this game is fast-moving. It requires skill, but it can be played by anyone.