The Year 8 pupils have been working on team building activities, gaining confidence from working together on rock climbing and orienteering sessions. On 4th June Chris and Adam visited the group to teach them in the 'Way of the Frisbee'. 

The standard of play was excellent and all were able to demonstrate how to play with 'spirit'.

 

Navid Mehraban     Adil Dad      Lee Phillips      Peter Cook      

Kareem Subkhi       Tristan Fiddes      David Gowing    Lee Yearnshire

Andrew Knighting        Todd Meldrum        Tony Fairbairn        Craig Spence

Naheem Khan      John Hedley       Kyle Dickson

 

The lads gained valuable leadership skills in preparing for their Frisbee Festival, which took place at Wingrove Primary School yesterday.

The young leaders even adapted and invented their own games, such as this multi-target game using a football goal, hoops and Disc Golf targets.

 

The program was coordinated by Paul Donaghy, SSCo for West Gate College: 'The event went really well yeasterday the lads were brilliant - one even turned to me and said: "Sir I want to be a PE teacher - this is great!" ' Paul added: 'I would like to thank the boys for all their hard work in preparing, organising and running the Frisbee Festival. Thanks also to Chris O’Brien - Frisbee Guru - for his coaching and enthusiasm and to John Rutter and the pupils at Wingrove Primary school for allowing us to host the festival at their school.'

 

Frisbee Tag      

-        Play like “Stick in the Mud”

-         4 Taggers have a Frisbee

-         Taggers throw Frisbee to each other

-         Tag other people while holding the Frisbee

-         Once tagged the player then becomes a tagger

 

FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

 

Hit the Target 
-         2 Frisbees required

-         2 Frisbee golf targets

-         Players line up in two queues

-         Each player takes it in turn to hit the target

-         1 point for hit, 2 points for top of target

-         How many can you score in 1 minute

-         Try throwing from further away

 

(B)  CRAIG and ANDREW:

Target Frisbee 

-         3 Dog Baskets on floor

-         2 teams with one Frisbee per team

-         Try to land Frisbee in the target

-         1 point for nearest, 2 points for middle

-         5 points for furthest target

-         How many can you score in one minute

 

(C)  KAREEM and LEE and JOHN:

Catch in 30       

-        One Frisbee per pair

-        With a partner stand about 10m apart

-         Throw Frisbee to each other

-         Use crab catch or crocodile catch

-         How many in a row can you do in 30 seconds 

-         Try throwing from further away

 

(D) TRISTAN and NAVID and PETER:  

Frisbee Premiership  

-         Use a football goal, hoops and targets

-         Divide group into 2 teams

-         Throw Frisbee from the penalty spot

-         1 point, 2 points and 5 points for targets 

-         Take penalties for different positions

-         First team to 15 points wins

  

(E)  LEE and KYLE:

Dodge the Frisbee

-         In pairs, one Frisbee per pair and one cone each

-         Stand in two lines about 10m apart

-         Stand opposite partner behind your cone

-         Throw Frisbee and try to knock over your partner’s cone

-         Then you can knock over other cones

-         Last team with a cone standing wins   

 

(F)  NAHEEM and ADIL and TONY:

One Step Back 

-        In pairs, one Frisbee per pair and one cone each

-         Stand opposite your partner

-         Throw Frisbee to your partner

-         If you catch the Frisbee take one step back

-         Put your cone down where you are throwing from

-         Keep going to see how far back you can go

-         If you drop Frisbee take one step forward