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We were blessed with some wonderful weather this Saturday, dare I say almost too hot to be outside running around. Therefore, we had a more leisurely morning with Parachute games and Putting. Ray led the warm up out on the playground before the Parachute came up for some fun games. We moved inside to play some Putting games in the hall (nice smooth surface!). First up it was trying to get the ball to hit the bench and stop as close as possible to the bench. Therefore, hitting the ball gently and at the right speed was of most importance. Next, they were aiming for hoops so direction of shots as well as speed was important. The group then split in to two teams to see who could get the most in the hoop. The yellow team came out winners with Alexander getting the winning putt. After the break we played some more putting, this time trying to hit and collect as many cones as possible. Davina and Alex's group won with 21 cones beating their closest challengers by two cones. We finished off the session with some Archery with the kids taking in turns to have three shots at the target. The kids were getting better and better and towards the end both Davina and Kerrie both scored Bullseyes! It was a lovely session and we managed to stay cool. At the end of the session the coaches awarded the Star of the Week awards to Alexander, who did really well in the golf, and Todd, who should great energy and enthusiasm throughout.
We managed to get outside for most of the session on Saturday, despite the weather changing from rain to sunshine and back again constantly. Ray led the warm up as usual and then we went straight in to our main session of Tennis so everyone grabbed a racket and tennis ball. First up was balancing the ball on the racket as they moved around the playground. Next was to try and bounce the ball on the racket without losing control. We then moved on to hitting the ball down between the racket and the ground. Three hits down then catch it on the 4th go. This helps with ball control and concentration as it is easy for the ball to go flying off in another direction! At this point it clouded over and there were a few spots of rain so we moved inside to play some games of Build a Burger. This is where the kids go up and down the hall, around cones, but balancing tennis balls between rackets. With each turn another layer of the "burger" is added which makes it much more difficult to control. After a quick drinks break we were back outside as the sun had returned. We switched to playing some games of King or Queen of the Court. This is where the kids take it in turns to return a tennis ball over the net trying to get it back in court without being caught out. Fail to get the ball in to the court or get caught then you join the fielding team. Manage to get the ball in then you re-join the back of the line to wait for the next round. It is last person standing who becomes King or Queen of the Court. Liam won the first game before the main break with Davina and finally Kerrie winning after break. We finished up back in the hall with some games of Boccia using the hoops as targets. With each round the number of hoops decreased making it harder as there was less to aim for. It was a great session and we all had a lot of fun. At the end the coaches awarded the Star of the Week awards to Theo and Ellis - very well done lads!
We had a really good turnout at Epping Forest Sportability Club this week for a session based around Hockey. Ray led the warm up as usual before the kids picked up a hockey stick and tennis ball each to practice their ball dribbling. Alan led a traffic light game - stop, go and pass the ball side to side on Amber. They then laid out cones as gates to dribble through and then do figures of eight around. Next up the kids paired up and passed to each other through the pairs of cones. Aland and Ray then set up some lanes of cones for them to dribble around before introducing a shooting element. We then put all that practice to use as we played some small sided games. We split the group in to three teams and the scores were as follows:- Green vs Blue 3-1 Green vs Yellow. 3-1 Blue vs Yellow 10-4 Not sure why there was such a high score in the last game. Once all the hockey was over we switched sports to Benchball. We kept in the same teams and the blue team won the first game and yellow the second. We finished off with a few leisurely games of Boccia. This time we just had two teams, one at either end of the hall. We started with lots of hoops to aim for but with each game the number decreased until the last game just had the one hoop. Some of the throwing was excellent and by the end most balls were going in the hoops. The last game was an honourable draw with each team getting seven of their balls in the hoop. As I stated at the start, the session was busy, loud and frenetic but a lot of fun. If the kids were not tired by the end of the session then us adults certainly were. The coaches awarded the Star of the Week awards this week to Davina and Rhys - well done to both of you! Join us again next week where, if the weather is kind to us, we will try and get outside and may well be playing tennis as we warm up for Wimbledon!
After a week off for Half term, it was good to get back to the action with a great session led by Coach Alan around football. Ray got us going with a warm up outside on the playground. Then everyone grabbed a ball to practise their dribbling skills. Firstly, just moving around the playground, then between "gates" made up of pairs of cones. Next up, Alan introduced turning with the ball as we dribbled. This meant close control of the ball to stop it and swivel 180 degrees before moving off with the ball once more. Our final drill before the break was shooting practice. The kids started off by dribbling around cones as they made their way up the playground. They then had to incorporate some toe taps on the ball, then moving it side to side between their feet before finally having a shot at a goal (between the posts marked out at the end). After the break, the kids put all that skills practice to good use splitting in to two teams to play a match. Unfortunately, I had to leave early so no pictures of the match and I dont know the final score either. The kids finished off the session with some games of Boccia back in the hall. It was a good first session back after Half term and at the end Coach Alan awarded the Star of the Week awards to Hal and Harry. Very well done lads! Join us again on Saturday for more fun but with a different main sport!
We made the most of the glorious weather today to get outside and play some Rugby in the sunshine. Ray led a light warm up before each child grabbed a rugby ball to practice throwing and catching, in pairs. They then did some over and unders to practice their ball handling. The kids then formed a circle and passed a ball around the circle before then passing across the circle to each other. Alan then laid out some cones so that the kids could do a passing drill in groups of three, passing the ball to each other as they made their way up and down the course. After the break we then played some games of Rob the Nest in the school hall which was fast and frenetic. We then finished off playing some small sided games out on the playground. The rules were the person with the ball cannot move so everyone else in the team should move around for them to pass to. Once the person has passed the ball they moved on up the pitch to receive the ball once more. It was a great session and at the end Coach Alan awarded the Star of the Week awards to Swaran and Pranav - very well done lads! As it is half term this week we have no club next Saturday but will back raring to go on Saturday 8th June - see you then. We hope you all have an enjoyable half term whether staying at home or going away.
Firstly, apologies for no post last week as I had the week off. Apparently the gang had a great session based around Cricket and the Star of the Week award winners were Holly and Sonny, so well done to both of you. The session this week kicked off with a warm up led by Ollie and Alan before the kids grabbed a ball each and began dribbling. They moved around the hall, stuck to the lines on the hall floor, bounced high and low and introduced some ball movements like throwing up and clapping, moving the ball around the body and around the legs. We then did some shooting practice before playing some one on one games. At the main break we wished Anand a Happy Birthday and shared this lovely cake that he brought in.  Anand and his birthday cake After the break we took it easy for a bit to be able to digest the cake by playing some Archery. We split in to two groups to get as many goes in as possible using the two targets. We finished off with a couple of games of benchball, to use up and remaining energy. The group split in to three teams to play each other. It was a great session overall and at the end Alan awarded the Star of the Week awards to Liam and Kealan for their efforts throughout - well done boys! See you again next week for another great session of fun and games, our last session before the half term break.
The sun was out, we had a great turnout and it was great to see an old member return as we played some great Tennis this week at Sportability Club. We were straight out on to the playground to make the most of the good whether this week and Ray led us all in a warm up to get us going. The kids then grabbed a Tennis racket and ball each to practice things like balancing the ball while on the move; bouncing the ball up and down on the racket as they moved and also bouncing the ball between ground and racket. After a quick break to hydrate we then split in to four small teams for some goes at Build a Burger where the kids have to balance tennis balls between a growing pile of tennis rackets as they make their way up and down the playground. Taking it slow and steady was best and it takes a lot of concentration for it not to collapse, especially once you get past two layers. We then moved on to playing some games of King of the Court. This is a last person standing game where the aim is to return a tennis ball back over the net and in to the court without being caught out. Manage that and you are through to the next round. Get caught or fail to hit the ball back over the net and land it in the court then you join the catching team. Todd won the first two games and was doing well in the last game until a great catch by Pranav got him out. It was Theo who won the last game. We finished off the last 20 minutes with a quick game of Handball with the group splitting in to two teams. It was a great, busy, noisy but fun session and lovely to be out in some glorious sunshine! It was also fantastic to welcome Theo back after a six year absence. He has certainly grown and he seemed to have a great time! Our Stars of the Week this week were Charlotte and Anand who both did really well in the Tennis with hitting, balancing and catching. Well done to you both! We hope to see you all back next week when hopefully the weather will be good once more.
We had a great turnout this week and enjoyed a great session including Hockey and Boccia. Ray led the warm up before each kid grabbed a hockey stick and ball and started dribbling. After a while they tried to stick to dribbling along the white lines on the hall floor. Valentina then led a traffic light game before the kids then started dribbling between cones laid out on the floor. The kids then paired up for passing across the hall to each other. Slowly and carefully at first but as they got more comfortable with it they increased the speed of their passing. We then did some shooting practice. This started with dribbling up the hall around the cones before shooting at the goals marked out by the benches. Valentina was the goalkeeper trying to keep out all the shots, with Ollie helping as well. After the main break we put all that practice to good use with some small sided games. The group split in to three teams who each played each other. First up it was the green team against the blues with the green team eventually winning a close contest by four goals to two. The blues then stayed on to face the yellow team but did not fare any better as they lost by six goals to one, with Kerrie scoring a few of the yellow teams goals. That left the two winning teams to face off against each other. The game couldnt be closer and the teams ending up drawing six goals a piece. We finished off the session with a few games of boccia with the group splitting in to two teams at either end of the hall, with the aim of getting as many balls as possible in to the hoops in the middle of the hall. At the end of the session we all sang Happy Birthday to Todd whose special day is this week. Ray then presented the Star of the Week awards to Kerrie and Vikram who both did really well throughout the session, as did all the kids. We hope to see you all again next Saturday when we should have Alan back and we will be playing different sports.  Vikram and Kerrie receiving their awards from coach Ray After what seemed like a very long Easter break it was good to be back at Sportability club this Saturday. We started the session as usual with a warm up led by Ray and then our initial sport this week was football out on the playground. We started off with some dribbling with the ball around cones laid out by Ray and Alan. Valentina then led a traffic light game. We then add some shooting practice to the end of the dribbling. Lastly, we split in to two teams for a game before the break with the yellow team coming out victorious against the blue team by four goals to two. After the break we were back in the hall playing some parachute games and Todd's Buzz Lightyear toy got in on the fun too! We then finished off the session with a variety of Putting games. The group split in to four small teams and to start with they were just trying to pace their putts so that the ball would stop in on of the hoops. Then we started to remove hoops so that they had less to target and had to be better with their aim. Lastly, we started scoring how many each team managed to get in, on each round. At the end of the session the coaches decided on our star performers and this week it was Alexander and Todd - well done lads!
Join us again next Saturday for more fun and games - we will be without Alan as he has the week off to go watch the Rugby at Twickenham but the rest of us will be working hard to provide a great session! As the days get brighter it was nice to have our first session of Tennis for the year. It was a bit cold outside so we used the hall but great to do a variety of Tennis based activities. Ray led the warm up to get us all going then everyone grabbed a racket and ball and started off with moving around the hall whilst balancing the ball on the racket. From there it was trying to hit the ball up in the air and controlling it back on the racket. The kids then paired up to pass to each other across the hall. They would take it in turns with one throwing the ball for the other to hit back. Next it was balancing the ball as they moved down the hall around cones. We then played two tennis based games. Firstly was Build a Burger where the kids worked in teams to build a burger of tennis balls sandwiched between rackets. To start with two people would make their way up the hall with a ball balanced between two rackets. A third person would then add another ball and their racket and so on so that the stack has as many layers as possible without it collapsing. We then played some games of King / Queen of the court. Ollie threw a soft ball over the net for each player to return, on their go. Get the ball to bounce back in the court on Ollie's side of the net and you are through to the next round. Get caught or fail to get the return in to the court and you are out and join Ollie on the fielding side, trying to catch the others out. Last person standing is King or Queen of the court! Hal won the first game and Todd the second with Kealan winning the last game. After the tennis we played some games of Noughts and Crosses with the group splitting in to two teams and having to run to place a coloured bib in one of the hoops. Blue team won the first two games but the yellows came back to win the next two. The next game was tied but the blues then won the next with a diagonal line. The last game was won by the blue team after some tactical moves of the bibs so they won overall by 5 games to 3. We had time for one quick game of Benchball which the yellow team won. It was then time for the Easter Bunny (Alan) to do his thing and give out an easter egg to all the kids! We wish you all a great Easter and look forward to seeing you all back on Saturday 20th April for the start of our summer term.  |
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