Our third unit of the 2015-2016 school year was Tchoukball. Tchoukball was invented in Switzerland by Hermann Brandt, a sociologist, in the 1970's. He invented the game because he was concerned by the numerous injuries that were happening among athletes from sports prone to aggression and physical contact. He believed that sports should not only form champions, but also contribute to the creation of a better and more humane society. He designed tchoukball to contain elements of handball (it is played with hands, and the balls used are similar), volleyball (as the defending team must prevent the ball from falling) and squash (since there is a bounce). Because of this, I added Tchoukball to our curriculum here at Barton Graded school 8 yrs ago. It was a tough sell because players may not defend the ball from person to person, they may only defend the ball off one of the rebounding nets. Watch the video below to get and idea of how to play. This video shows our 8th grade playing, officiating and scorekeeping as part of our culminating activity to end the unit.
As you can see from the video, teams can throw at either of the rebounding nets as a way to try and have the ball hit the floor. The defending team has to try and catch the ball before it hits. IF they catch it, play continues, if not, point goes to the throwing team. Below is a nice video showing all the rules to this great game. One of my all time best PE games!!!!