Speedball is a game that combines the sports of football, basketball and soccer. The objective of the game is to score more points than the other team. Students are split into two teams. Each team is given a different colored jersey to distinguish between the two teams. Students play on a regulation basketball court, trying to either shoot a basketball 3 pointer (using the basketball court lines) kicking the ball into a mat (or goal set up) or throwing a touchdown to a teammate (across the basketball endline). Students may move the ball one of two ways. They may either pass it to a teammate, or air dribble. An air dribble is when a student throws the ball up in the air and moves to catch it again. Students get 3 air dribbles each time they touch the ball. If the ball falls to the ground, then students must kick the ball. They may kick the ball back up to their hands, or to a teammates hands, but if a ball touches the ground, students may not pick it up directly. Picking it up directly results in a turnover. Each teams gets one goalie. The goalie is the only player that may pick the ball up directly from the ground. After all scores the ball starts in the hands of the other team's goalie. Goalies are not limited to any area. They may go anywhere in the gym, but will have to risk leaving their goal open for a long soccer kick. The teacher is in charge of keeping score on a scoreboard.
EQUIPMENT: 1 nerf soccer ball, a basketball court, a soccer goal (or mats, or even tape on the wall), 2 different colored jerseys, scoreboard.
SCORING: basketball 3 pointer= 3 points, kicking a soccer goal= 2 points, throwing a touchdown= 1 point.
AGES: Middle School and up
MODIFICATIONS: if it's a co-ed class and girls aren't getting the ball very much, make any score a girl scores worth double the points. Score does not have to be kept.
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