The Ball-Squash Game is a fun and intense warm-up where players must protect their own ball while trying to stomp or knock down others’. Played in a defined space, this game builds agility, awareness, and reaction speed, all while promoting coordination and competitiveness. It’s ideal for younger players or for bringing energy and laughter to the start of practice.Note: The game itself is a variant of the Steals-Balls.
Objectives
- Automate the pot.
- Improve the coordination dynamics.
- To dissociate the look of the ball.
Recommended age
- From 6 years onwards (School and Minibasket: categories pre-benjamin, benjamin, and fry).
Number of players
- From 3 players forward.
Recommended time
- Total duration of the game 7-10 min.
Equipment and facilities
- 1 Basketball player.
- Pitch entire Basketball, half court or an open space.
Initial layout and description
All with the ball, spread across the space.
The goal is simple: each player must keep your ball to the couple that makes others lose control of their balls, either putting your free hand to ‘annoy’ the boat is bothering you only with the displacement.
Variants
- Dribble with the hand non-dominant.
- Bounce to a specific height (at the height of the knee, hip, shoulder, at the height of the head, above the head, etc…).
- Divide the players in the 3 circles (recommended when the players total is 9 or more players, but you can make 6 to 12 players) and keep them for as long as possible. Choose between:
- Whoever loses control of the ball should go for the ball and return to the circle. Who out less times of the circle in a given time, wins the round (2-3 minutes and 3-4 players per circle).
- Whoever loses control of the ball is eliminated.
- Not enough chafar. If you can have 2 balls at the same time… that’s much better!
- You can chafar the pot of the opponent by placing the foot on the site where you are going to dribble the ball (it is forbidden to kick the ball out of the companion, for risk of injury and by respect for the material).
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
