Crazy Bowling
Now for something a little more complex.
Bowling pins (or cones) and balls are set up as shown in the diagram below. For this game two students from each team play at the same time.
WHITEBOARD
Team A Team B
ball ball
pin pin
#2s #2s
#1s #1s
#3s ________________ #3s
#5s #5s
#6s #6s
#4s #4s
pin pin
ball ball
Students must pick up their balls and attempt to knock down the bowling pins of the opposing team. This can be quite challenging because students are also allowed to defend their pins. However, these young kids can be quite resourceful and usually manage it somehow, bouncing a ball off the wall or moving forward to the halfway line (which must not be crossed) to get a better angle. Also, once they have thrown their ball they need to find another ball to throw and the risk of leaving their pin unguarded sometimes pays off, sometimes does not.
The first team to successfully knock over both of the other team’s pins is the winner. (When only one pin is lost, the student who was defending that pin can continue to play.)
If both teams are taking too long then you can shout out a, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …” to signal the end of the game. Then you either call it even or, if one team has knocked over one of the other team’s pins but not both, you can award that team the winning points.
As with the other drilling games, the excitement happens between drills.
Because you need to call two numbers at the same time it can often be worth jotting down different combinations of students to call. For example if there are six students on each team: first you may say “#2 and #6” then for the next round, “#1 and #5”, and for the final round “#3 and #4.” If you feel like playing for longer and having another three rounds of the game then you may then say “#1 and #6”, followed by “#2 and #4” and finally “#5 and #3.”
This can be a very exciting game that the students will never get bored with.
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