EQUIPMENT
16 short cones
4 short cones (red, yellow, blue, green)
4 flags
OBJECTIVE
Today we are playing 4 Way Capture the Flag. In this game, there are four teams each with a flag. The objective is to get all four flags into your part of the field.
INSTRUCTIONS
- I will divide you into four teams. Each team will begin with a flag towards the back corner of their rectangle.
- You are safe while you are in your rectangle.
- If you enter another team’s rectangle, you can be tagged. Only proper tagging techniques are allowed.
- If you are tagged, you must go back to your rectangle within three seconds. If you are in possession of another team’s flag when you are tagged, the flag must be returned.
- Flags cannot be passed or thrown.
- When guarding your flag, you must remain three feet away from the short cone.
- There are no safe zones around the flags.
- We will begin a new game when one team has captured all four flags.
Game 1: Play as indicated above.
Game 2: Allow alliances between teams.
Variation: Allow a “Five Seconds of Invincibility Rule”. When the teacher calls out “Five Seconds of Invincibility!” students are invincible for five seconds and cannot be tagged during this time (count aloud down from five so students know how much time they have).
TEACHING TIPS
- Approach: Do not put short cones and flags all the way in the back corner of rectangles or it will be too difficult to steal.
- Approach: Allow one minute for teams to formulate a strategy or plan.
- Discussion: Ask students to share examples of how they could set a screen for a teammate in this game.