Have a hula hoop contest to see who can twirl the longest.
A hula hoop is a plastic toy hoop that many adults and children use to twirl around their hips, limbs and neck. When planning games for a physical education class, try a few games using hula hoops that can entertain the class and keep the kids physically active. Hula hoop games will give the children a work out, as well as help them with communication skills.
Hula Hoop Toss
Mark a starting line and have players line up. Scatter several cones on the ground and place point values on each cone using sticky notes. Place higher point values on the cones farther away from the starting line and lower point values for cones closer. Give each player five hula hoops to try to toss on the cones. For each cone a player rings, she earns the corresponding number of points. Keep record of each player's score, and the player with the highest score wins the game.
Twirling Contest
Hand each player a hula hoop and let him practice twirling it around his waist. After 10 minutes, have a contest to see who can twirl the hula hoop around his waist for the longest amount of time. Twirling a hula hoop can be a great work out for your students. Having a twirling contest will also teach your students that the more they practice, the better they will be.
Poison Hoops
Give five or six players each a yellow hula hoop, three players each a red hula hoop and the other players can have any other solid-color hoops. The red hula hoops are poison, the yellow hula hoops are medicine and all other hoops are regular. Each player must stand in a hula hoop and use his feet to slide the hoop across the floor. The poison hoops must try to touch all of the regular hoops. If a poison hoop touches a regular hoop, the player must sit down inside his hoop until a medicine hoop touches him. The game ends when the poison hoops touch all of the regular hoops. The last two players touched by poison are the new poison hoops for the next game.
Hoop Relay
Divide the players into even teams and have each team line up side by side. Have the players connect hands, and give the first player in each team line a hula hoop. When you say "Race," the teams must pass the hula hoop down their team line and back to the first player in line without letting go of each other's hands. This requires each student to climb through the hoop while holding the other players' hands to get it down the line. The first team to complete the hoop relay wins the game. This game teaches students work together to achieve a goal.
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