The Exploding Ball Game is a fun and dynamic progression from the classic Dizzy Tag game.
In this version, the central “dizzy” player must not only tag another player but also intercept the pass before the ball reaches its target—if successful, roles switch.
This variation sharpens passing precision, communication, receptions, and court vision, while adding urgency and unpredictability to the play.
Objectives
- Strengthen the foundation of the Pass.
- To promote communication between players.
- To improve the reception of passes.
- Encourage the vision of the game.
Recommended age
- From 6 years onwards (School and Minibasket: categories pre-benjamin, benjamin, and fry).
Number of players
- Small groups. 3-4 players. You can also do with more players. What is important is that the attackers are always as a little person more than the defenders.
Recommended time
- Total duration of the game 7-10 min.
Equipment and facilities
- 1 ball of Basketball by each group.
- In a diaphanous space and extend. You can use half court with a basket or pitch whole with their respective two baskets, but it is not imperative that you have baskets. The surface to use for each group would equate to a quadrant of field (the area bounded by the line that joins the ring with the center circle, half court, the band and the background).
Initial layout and description of the Exploding Ball Game
Once you have made the groups, in each of them there will be a person who is in the league. It is placed in the middle of the circle formed by the other players.
The game is simple. The player who is the league, which is in the middle of the circle, you must catch the player in possession of the ball. To do this, the circle formed by the other players should not be too large (3 meters between each player).
When the defender touches the attacker with the ball, it will change the roles, being the last player who touched the ball who is the flirt, placing the player who recovered the ball on the perimeter of the circle.
This game is ideal to teach the pass with a slap or pass a volleyball.
Note: it is important to take into account the ratio of defenders with respect to attackers. The key is that the team of attackers always have at least one more person to the team the defenders.
Variants
- Prohibit some type of pass (skip for example).
- Force the pass because it is different from the previous.
- Oblige to give the passes in any specific way (only passes chopped or passes a hand for example).
- give a certain number of bounces before passing the ball.
- make one or more changes of hand before passing the ball (facilitates the work of the person that league).
- You can play in a larger group may make more than two people or even 3 that is the link based on the total number of participants (a group of 4, 1 is the league; a group of 5-6 , 2 is the bound; a group of 7-8, 3 is the link).
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
