A Judo guy who used to teach my eldest had this game playing stuff down to a fine art. His classes were basically structured around 10 minutes of practice, and then 10 minutes of games, etc etc. He was a strict disciplinarian during "training" time, but had a laugh at game time.
But the great thing was this, many of his "games" actually developed attributes for Judo - so the kids were training without knowing it.
Heres a few -
"Jockeys up" - the kids pair up. Half the kids form a large circle with their partners standing behind them. As the instructor shouts "Left", the outside kids all run to the left, around the ring. He shouts "change" a few times to get them to change direction, and then shouts "Jockeys up!". The the kids have to run round the circle back to their partners and then jump on their backs. Last one up is out. Then the kids swap over and play again until only one pair is left.
Another game involved to lines of kids, kneeling down, facing each other. Each side is numbered, from 1 to how many are in the line. The instructor toses his belt into the middle of the two lines, and then shouts a number. The kids with that number race into the middle and have to do what they can to get the belt back to their side, so lots of rough and tumble ensues. He sometimes shouts more than one number, and they fight like little bastards.
"Bulldog" - people here may have played it already. All the kids (except 1) are at one end of the room. They have to run across (or crawl for a safer game) whilst the remaingin kid has to catch one and hold him down for a 3 count. Anyone held down is then helping to catch ids until, eventually, only one is left.
Unfortunately for me this cool instructor left, and a right bimbo dip shit took over. SXhe just let the kids run wild, so I took my kid out.
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