We had a lovely session of Hockey and Boccia to see us in to the half term break.
It was great to see a couple of new members too. We hope Maddison and James enjoyed it and want to come back when we return on 4th November.
Ray was away, recovering from an eye operation, so Alan led the warm up before we started off with the Hockey. All the kids grabbed a tennis ball and hockey stick to practise some dribbling. Ollie then led a traffic light game with Red being stop still, amber / yellow being stand still but move the ball from side to side and green being dribble the ball around the hall.

We  then moved on to dribbling around cones and then shooting between cones at the end of the hall. We finished off before the break with the kids shooting at numbered cones at the end of the hall trying to score as many as the could with a direct hit.

After the main break we played some small sided games of Hockey with the group  splitting in to three teams. First off the Green team took on the yellow team and won by 7 goals to 5. Next up was the blue team to take on the greens and the blues won 7 goals to 6. The last game saw the Blue team take on the yellows and triumphed by 5 goals to 4.

We finished off with some games of Boccia with the group splitting in to a blue and red team with the teams at each end of the hall. They were aiming  to get as many of their balls in to the hoop of the same colour. The red team won the first game 10 to 6.
The second game was to see who could get the most balls in to the one hoop in the centre of the hall.  This time the blue team won by 7 to 5, The final game was who could get closest to the white ball in the centre of the hall. The game was very close with the reds being closest for a long time until Zakaa came close for the blues. Davina then got closer still but on the last ball it ended up in a tie.

Despite the weather being significantly colder this week we still managed to get our on to the playground for a lovely session based around cricket.
Ray led the warm up as usual before we started on the cricket skills practice. The kids paired up for some throwing and catching. They started off with bounce passes then trying to hit a spot on the floor as the passed. We then moved to some games of champion with Cliff running a game for one half of the group while Ray led the other half in a separate game. They then combined in to one big group but with both Ray and Cliff throwing balls for the kids to catch. Congrats to Anand who was at the top of the queue when the game ended and was therefore crowned the Champion! 

After the main break we put all that fielding practice to good use as we played some games of Three Tee Cricket. The group split in to two teams led by Todd and Harry. The batting team take it in turn to hit three tennis balls off of three plastic tees. Once the last ball is hit they then try and get as many runs, between two wickets, as they can before the fielding team can return the three balls back on to the three tees in the original places. The fielding team are not allowed to touch any of the balls until the final ball is hit. 
The first game incredibly ended in a draw at 76 runs each per team. A re-match was called for and this time we put the wickets further apart to make the runs harder to come by. I am not sure if it was quicker fielding or the fact the kids were getting tired but this time Todd's team managed 61 runs but Harry's team ran out winners with a creditable 72 runs. The games were great fun and all the kids did really well.

It was a great session overall and good to be out in the fresh air for the whole session. 
At the end the coaches awarded the star of the week awards to Todd and Kerrie - very well done to you both!
Join us next Saturday for the last session before the half term break.

All things rugby this week at Sportability Club.
Ray led the warm up on the playground before we got started with some passing drills. We started off passing in pairs before moving on to passing over and under (over the head and then between the legs). Then it was on to passing side to side, around the waist.
We then played some games of Rob the Nest before finishing off the first half of the session by passing between pairs as they moved up and down lanes of cones.

After the main break it was back out on to the playground for some more passing drills this time led by Alan. We then finished off by playing some games of Dragons Den on the grass.

After the main break it was back out on to the playground for some more passing drills this time led by Alan. We then finished off by playing some games of Dragons Den on the grass.

It looks like I missed out on a fantastic basketball session on the playground at Oak View School last Saturday.
I am reliably informed by Coach Alan that Ray led the session which included "Drills consisting of dribbling , circle work ,traffic lights , bouncing high and low , shooting at hoops on the playground floor which worked well." 
The matches after break were outside again using hoops on the floor.  With 3 teams playing, when one team was off a passing drill was set up at the side of the playground. 
We had three potential new members attend for the first time which is great - I hope you enjoyed it and look forward to seeing you again this coming Saturday. Our Star of the Week winners were Anand and Valentina - congratulations to you both.