Hand-eye coordination is a crucial part of student development. This skill will help students to navigate the world better as they grow up. In order to properly develop these skills, PE teachers have to put a significant focus on throwing games that will challenge their students.
It can be difficult to find your student’s favorite game creations, but our experts were on it. Here is a compiled list of 20 throwing games for kids – competition and all-out fun! Your students will love playing and learning with these throwing games.
1. Fun Targets
Help develop your kiddo’s motor skills with different creative targets! This is a pretty self-explanatory game that requires many different types of balls. It can be played in almost any classroom. Use it as a review game or just a game for indoor recess.
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2. Stick the Ball
Can your kid get their ball to stick to the tape? This easy-to-learn game is sure to be loved by all of your kids and students alike. Whether you’re hanging it up in the classroom or at home your students will be sad to take it down.
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3. Throw and Crash
Using any soft ball of choice, this game is ideal for students who absolutely love making overhand throws throughout the day. Giving your students the space to set up indoor throwing games will help everyone to get through the winter.
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4. Hit and Run
This is a pretty basic throwing game that students will love. It might take a bit of extra setup, but it’s totally worth it. This excellent game is quite versatile. It can be set up with a simple cardboard target as well.
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5. Cone It
A competitive game that will help train students to throw on target. Game materials are quite self-explanatory and students will love this classic throwing game. Switch up the different types of throws to make it more challenging.
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6. Move the Mountain
This may look like a dodgeball game, but it’s actually much more exciting. One of those awesome games that make PE or recess much more fun. Simply have students throw their balls at the yoga balls, trying to move them to the other side. Students will work to protect their side.
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7. Hungry Hungry Monsters
One of the best game creations to bring into your PE or recess time! This game can be competitive or not competitive, it’s totally up to you. If you’re playing with younger kiddos it’s probably better to keep it fun, while older kiddos will probably like a bit more competition.
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8. Fire in the Hole!
Kids will absolutely love this game. With a valuable target such as behind an enemy line (or gym mats), students will have something to aim at. It helps students to work on the basic skills of throwing, while also giving them the space to throw their farthest distance.
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9. Battle Ship
Battleship not only works with students throwing skills but really provokes accurate throwing skills. Meaning they need to prioritize reaching the exact distance. This is a difficult skill for students and won’t be mastered easily.
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10. Box Ball
This is a simple game but it also takes a bit of coordination! Students will work to get their balls in the opposition team’s box. Whoever gets the most balls in the box at the end of the game, wins! Pretty simple huh? This is where you can experiment with distance. If it’s too easy, move the boxes further away and vice versa.
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11. Make It Take It
This one is pretty simple. If you make it, you take it. Underhand throwing games help students to gain motor skills in different areas of their arms. This is one of those challenging games that isn’t easy for everyone. Therefore, you may have to make some variations of the game for children who may struggle.
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12. Frisbee Noodle
Frisbee – and throwing games sort of go hand in hand considering you throw frisbees. Surprisingly pool noodles can actually act as quite the valuable target. Building accurate throwers with frisbees is a whole new challenge! Make this fun game ideal for regular frisbee practice.
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13. Tower Take Down
Overhand throwing games are far and few between when it comes to PE class. This chaotic game is so much fun for your students. It may be one of those more challenging games, but will definitely give students enough chances to practice their throwing skills.
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14. Throw and Catch Motor Skills
This is a partner activity and it’s quite the easy-to-learn game. Using durable buckets, divide students into two players per team, and spread out a few feet in distance. Overhand throwing games like this may take some practice, but give your kiddos some time and they’ll get it.
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15. Ants in My Pants
A funny game for children that is both fun and definitely one of the more challenging games they’ll play throughout the year. Ants in my pants is a pretty cool twist on a simple game of catch. Have students try to throw on target with a softball.
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16. Throwing Target Practice
Obvious this valuable target blanket is amazing to have in the PE classroom, but in some cases, that’s just not possible. This can be easily created as a cardboard target and hung up on the wall! Either draw directly on the cardboard or cut out some holes.
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17. Tic Tac Throw
This game is so simple to create and will definitely help students to develop accurate throwing skills. The competition of Tic-tac-toe will be enough to get them to practice even their not-so-favorite skills.
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18. Underhand Ball Skills
Giving students the chance to practice their underhand ball skills is vital in the process of developing motor skills. This easy-to-learn game can be set up for students to play individually or with a partner. Use plastic markers or tape to create a board and have students practice their throwing skills.
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19. Hide Out
Hideout is a spin on the standard dodgeball game. Unlike the classic dodge ball game, here students have a place to hide and protect themselves. Indoor throwing games like this are sure to help enhance students’ motor skills.
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20. Boom City
Get across the dodge ball floor in this combative game and steel the ring! It’s vital that students totally understand all of the different parts that make up this game. That will ensure proper playing and more fun!
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