Again it's a well known game that my students adore: Capture the Flag, all I've done is basketball it up a bit!
I divide a basketball court in two (green team and yellow team).
I still keep the concept of 'raiding' going into the opponents territory to capture an item, but rather than capture a flag, they try and capture 3 basketballs.
The 3 basketballs are placed on cones and are spread along the baseline of the basketball court.
The object of the game is to take the basketball under control to your teams side. If you get tagged whilst raiding you become 'stuck in the mud' until a team mate can reach you and escort you back to your own half (during the rescue the students have to remain in contact - they get a free walk back). Once back in their own half they can continue raiding once again. If a raiding student is tagged whilst dribbling or holding the basketball, they have to give it up immediately so it can be returned to it's cone.
Under control means the basketball can't just be thrown across the center line. It maybe passed (before the center line) or dribbled, but as it goes across the center line it has to be dribbled under control! If the basketball is not dribbled under control it is returned to the original team for them to replace it on it's cone.
Safe zones: I add safety zones (circles) around the cones holding the basketballs. They are safety zones for the raiding team. The safe zones can only accommodate one raider at a time, with a time limit of 10 seconds.
The winning team is the first team to capture their opponents 3 basketballs.
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