Catching

Technique:

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Hold your hands up as a target.
• Move feet to where the ball is thrown.
• As the ball hits your hands, squeeze them together to stop the ball.
• You can also catch with one hand by closing your hand around the ball.

Skill Activities:

• Throw a ball in the air and catch it. See how high you can throw it and still catch it.
• Have a partner throw a ball to you to catch.
• Catch the ball with one or two hands.
• Bounce the ball as high as you can and catch it.
• Toss or bounce the ball, and try the following activities before you catch it:
• see how many times you can clap your hands
• spin in a circle to the right
• touch the floor
• sit down on the floor
• move to another place to catch the ball (run, hop, skip, slide)
• catch behind your back