The Pac-Man Game recreates the arcade classic on a basketball court using cones to create paths. Players move within the “maze” and try to avoid being tagged by designated “ghosts.” It boosts footwork, court navigation, and decision-making under pressure, while keeping a fun and thematic dynamic.
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 whole of Basketball.
- Some material that help you differentiate the (or the) person(s) to league(n) can be as a breastplate, a cone, or a mushroom.
Initial layout and description of the Pac-Man Game
There is a player who is league (the pocha or leads). This can have a ball (or not, depending on the difficulty level you want for the game).
In case of carrying the ball, you should wear a cone or any material striking that serve to differentiate themselves from the others. The others each have a ball. The league starts in the center circle, and the others are spread across the side lines and the background. The limits are those of the home court.
The players beyond that of the league, they can only be moved by stepping on the lines of the Basketball court. At no time can give you a support in an area in which they do not have contact with part of the line of the field. The signal of the start of the game. The league must touch a player (no need to grab). At that time, they exchange roles (in case you have the two balls, the one that was caught, to change your role, you must also take the cone or material striking differentiator).
In case of out of the set limits, the amount to be captured.
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…).
- ComeCocosLoco: a Variant of the game that are worth all the painted lines on the pitch. There are usually other sports such as football-room, volleyball, handball, tennis, etc…
- Pacman for sport: The coach goes by naming different sports and the players need to locate the lines of that sport in a maximum of 5 seconds (recommended for large basket).
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
