Spike-Ball

around designing a curriculum to get LGGS students moving again, support mental health and well-being and develop fundamental skills. When deciding on the activities being offered we take into consideration the different needs of all individuals – some love indoor aesthetic sport, some hate it, some love outdoor team games, others dislike it, some have strengths in creativity, some in theory and it is our absolute goal to make sure that the curriculum, across each academic year, key stage, and their LGGS school experience prepares any LGGS pupil; inclusive of race, culture, sexual orientation or gender the opportunity to find a strength and enjoyment in an aspect of physical activity and sport so they have the skills and ability to take part in lifelong sporting participation.

Our aim is to offer as much variety in our extra-curricular programme as possible. Essentially when we offer an extra-curricular programme we are a 3 person department - therefore to maximise our resources and offer a full and enriched programme we have utilised external coaches in dancing, self defence and yoga this term. We also have incredibly willing LGGS staff from other departments that run clubs, e.g. running club, but most importantly we utilise our sports leaders in year 10/11/12 and 13 (we have sports clubs solely run by LGGS sports leaders in dance and table tennis as well as leaders supporting year group clubs at netball, hockey, football and gymnastics).

Currently we offer 14 lunchtime clubs, across 5 days of the week and 6 after school opportunities across 4, not including fixtures against local schools weekly. Those activities that we can’t offer due to time and staffing will be timetabled when we change our programme every term (e.g. tag rugby and swimming).

SPIKEBALL

Have you tried Spikeball, also known as Roundball? Do you want to get more active as a family or with your friends at home? Let us introduce to you a sport that has taken the world by storm and see if it takes your fancy…

It can be played 1v2 or in teams of 2, with 1 ball and a round low small trampoline-like net. The sport is inspired by volleyball and can often be seen on a beach on holiday, but you can also play it outside in the garden! Please find a brief summary of the rules below.

HOW TO PLAY

2 VS 2

Team A starts a point by hitting the ball down onto the net so it ricochets up towards Team B.

3 TOUCHES

Teams have up to three alternating touches (thick bump, set, spike) to return the ball to the net.

360 PLAY

Once the ball has been served, players can move and hit the ball in any direction. There are no boundaries. SCORING

If the team can’t return the ball onto the net with their three touches, their opponent scores a point. A shot that hits the ground, rim, or bounces more than once on the net is no good.