Fayetteville-Manlius High School Physical Education Department

 5 High School Physical Education Teachers  Sharing of facilities  Large class sizes ~up to 35 students per teacher  Asked frequently to be adaptive to other school functions (borrowing PE facilities)  Curriculum varies between 9/10 and 11/12 classes (Equipment set up/take down)  The Vision: IT’S OKAY TO PLAY!

 Melonball ◦ Lower net ◦ Standard volleyball  Handminton ◦ High or low net ◦ No net (cones) ◦ Birdies ◦ Badminton racket head ◦ Elastic band to hold  Foot Volley ◦ High or low net ◦ Omnikin football (20”)  Eclipse ball ◦ Tennis rackets ◦ Eclipse balls ◦ High or low net  Speedminton ◦ Speedminton rackets ◦ Speeders ◦ Mini cones  Big Ball Volleyball ◦ High net ◦ Omikin Volleyball (18”)

 Music ◦ Use of popular music ◦ Create mixes ◦ Different genres played ◦ Use for time management  Teams ◦ Allow to be involved in team making ◦ Silent drafts ◦ Give guidelines for team selections  Tournament play ◦ Skill day to start unit ◦ Round robin play for seeding ◦ Single/Double elimination tournament  Eliminated teams still play for “Pride”  Clincher ◦ Winning team gets picture taken and posted on Wall of Fame and website

 Rules: ◦ Game of volleyball with a bounce ◦ 3 or less hits per side ◦ If it hits the boundaries, it is considered in ◦ Indoor play allows the players to use the bounce off the wall ◦ Encourage volleyball skills and strategies ◦ Ball must go over the net in the air, not a bounce ◦ No blocking or spiking the serve ◦ Serve must be underhand ◦ Rally scoring

 Set-up ◦ Can use tennis courts or volleyball courts ◦ Can use narrower and shorter courts ◦ 4-6 people on a team for maximum participation  Modifications ◦ Can include 1 or 2 bounces ◦ Can have serve from a bounce ◦ Can change service line ◦ Change attack line ◦ Can use different ball  Omnikin volleyball  Trainer volleyball

 Rules ◦ Mix of tennis and volleyball ◦ 3 or less hits per side ◦ If it hits the boundaries, it is considered in ◦ Indoor play allows the players to use the bounce off the wall ◦ Encourage tennis skills and strategies ◦ Ball must go over the net in the air, not a bounce ◦ Use a badminton serve for safety ◦ Use rally scoring for ease ◦ **We modify rules to encourage success for our classes. There are a whole list of rules to play the official game at

 Set-up ◦ Can use tennis courts or volleyball courts ◦ Can use narrower and shorter courts ◦ 4-6 people on a team for maximum participation ◦ Can use net at tennis or volleyball height ◦ Make sure eclipse balls are inflated or they will not bounce  Modifications ◦ Can change service line ◦ Can allow 2 bounces ◦ Can allow more than 3 hits per side ◦ Can give points for tennis strokes only ◦ Can use pickleball paddle

 Rules ◦ Use a badminton serve ◦ Birdies hitting the boundaries are in ◦ Can use badminton courts ◦ Can use cone courts ◦ Can use lines and just play 1v1 ◦ Rally scoring

 Set-up ◦ Can use badminton courts ◦ Can use cones to create courts (squares) ◦ Can use one line or a net to play 1v1 ◦ Badminton courts without a net to play 2v2  Modifications ◦ Bigger birdies ◦ Hold the racket head instead of using the band ◦ No service line ◦ A racket in each hand

 Rules ◦ Underhand serve from service zone (back half of the box) ◦ Service alternates every 3 serves ◦ Game played to 15 points (must win by 2) ◦ If tied at 15:15 service alternates every serve ◦ Rally point scoring ◦ Points are awarded same as they would be in badminton

 Set up ◦ Students will set up their own box/square (~4ft- 5ft; whatever your space allows) ◦ Opponent sets up their box in same fashion (~20ft across) ◦ Next set of partners/opponents set up right next door (can share boundaries if space is tight).  Modifications ◦ Different colored speeders for intermural or match play (rubber weights can be added for more speed) ◦ Service can be allowed overhand from behind the box ◦ Doubles can be played by placing two boxes next to each other

 Rules ◦ Rules mimic volleyball ◦ Students must use their feet to pass and send ball over ◦ If indoors, students can play ball off of the wall

 Set up ◦ Volleyball net can be at tennis height or higher ◦ Split class into teams of 6 or 7 (or more) ◦ Determine out of bounds lines before first service  Modifications ◦ Students can use other body parts, still NO HANDS! (i.e. knee, head, thigh, chest) ◦ Could allow a bounce in between contacts by players

 Rules ◦ Serve from inside playing area must be underhand, can serve over hand from behind end line ◦ 3 or less hits to send ball over ◦ Ball can be played off of the wall/ceiling/bleachers (does not count as a hit) ◦ No double hits ◦ Rally point scoring ◦ Team acquiring the service must rotate clockwise ◦ Team celebrations are encouraged!

 Set up ◦ High or low net ◦ 1 Omnikin volleyball per court ◦ Split class into teams of 6 or as large as 10 (to accommodate larger classes)  Modifications ◦ You could allow hits out of the air, or off of the bounce ◦ Can allow one header per rally

 Survivor ◦ Teams of 6 or 7 compete against each other to eliminate the other teams’ members. ◦ Team who loses a member acquires the service ◦ Team with members still in win the game.  King/Queen of court ◦ Team/student rotate as specified by the teacher ◦ Students/teams who win rotate toward king/queen court ◦ Students/teams who lose rotate toward challengers court