Playing for Life
Fun and active games to develop children's skills, confidence and lifelong interest in sport
Playing for Life activity cards are designed for everyday use by teachers and coaches.
Aligned with the Australian Curriculum and the Australian Physical Literacy Framework, these game based activities are easily adapted to different sports and help create a safe, inclusive and challenging environment for children.
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- 2 Square Bounce[196.51 kb]
- 3 Hands 2 Feet[102.7 kb]
- Frost and Thaw[256.94 kb]
- Target Throw and Run[341.27 kb]
- 4 Square[495.68 kb]
- 5 Point Player[358.35 kb]
- 6 or Safe[112.72 kb]
- All in Tag[88.04 kb]
- Back to Back Pass[108.91 kb]
- Balancing Act[77.47 kb]
- Base Run[108.94 kb]
- Bat Tapping[83 kb]
- Beat the Ball[105.87 kb]
- Beat the Bucket[106.34 kb]
- Birthday Groups[125.13 kb]
- Blanket Ball[124.65 kb]
- Boccia[171.05 kb]
- Bombard[230.9 kb]
- Boundary Pass[120.59 kb]
- Bowler Goaler[76.42 kb]
- Bucket and Hoop[130.4 kb]
- Bullseye[161.15 kb]
- Buroinjin[146.37 kb]
- Catch Me[76.83 kb]
- Catching Challenge[96.53 kb]
- Circle and Push or Retreat[109.02 kb]
- Circle Sit[98.12 kb]
- Collect 3[86.07 kb]
- Continuous Cricket[120.5 kb]
- Continuous Tennis[136.32 kb]
- Cork Screw Tag[76.09 kb]
- Corner Bowls[121.65 kb]
- D1 and D2[78.44 kb]
- Defend the Zone[137.11 kb]
- Defenders of the Line[123.58 kb]
- Dribblers and Robbers[123.48 kb]
- End Ball[169.58 kb]
- End to End[117.62 kb]
- Engage All[139.66 kb]
- Everybody[80.8 kb]
- Find the Goal Line[123.08 kb]
- Fish in the Net[78.05 kb]
- Flip it[80.71 kb]
- Follow the Line[77.24 kb]
- Footy Golf[139.82 kb]
- Form a Group[97.06 kb]
- Four Bowler Cricket[70.66 kb]
- Four Corners[80.81 kb]
- Freeze Frame[96.08 kb]
- French Cricket[89.1 kb]
- Frogs and lily pads[80.03 kb]
- Frozen tag[91.89 kb]
- Fun on the spot[100.3 kb]
- Get the bean bag[78 kb]
- Gorri[499.01 kb]
- Great work[84.24 kb]
- Group balance[79.75 kb]
- Hearts-clubs-diamonds-spades[85.18 kb]
- Here, there, nowhere[94.86 kb]
- Hit 4 and go[104.12 kb]
- Hit the target[134.65 kb]
- Hoop races[84.63 kb]
- Hoop stretch[79.57 kb]
- Hospital tag[78.27 kb]
- How high?[73.07 kb]
- How many bean bags?[150.17 kb]
- In the zone[112.78 kb]
- Keentan[150.09 kb]
- Keep the ball[121.08 kb]
- Keep the ball up[82.16 kb]
- King/Queen of the court[118.94 kb]
- Koolchee[304.79 kb]
- Left, right and more[98.92 kb]
- Let’s see it![84.25 kb]
- L-o-n-g throw[79.75 kb]
- Look out for others![87.94 kb]
- Loose carriage[206.65 kb]
- Low 5s – High 5s[92.57 kb]
- Mexican wave[95.8 kb]
- Mini golf[142.1 kb]
- Mini pyramids[79.98 kb]
- Mini tee-ball[94.54 kb]
- Mini volleyball[138.94 kb]
- Moving fun[76.18 kb]
- Musical statues[79.79 kb]
- Names[325.86 kb]
- Newcombe ball[261.62 kb]
- Newspaper hockey[70.51 kb]
- No-go[122.68 kb]
- Nose and toes tag[101.41 kb]
- Number change[92.7 kb]
- On-court off-court rapid pass[125.66 kb]
- Over the pit[119.72 kb]
- Pairs passing[139.94 kb]
- Partner tag[82.01 kb]
- Pass and run[118.14 kb]
- Pepper[86.66 kb]
- Pick some spots, join the dots[74.76 kb]
- Pirate’s gold[78.8 kb]
- Put it away![84.26 kb]
- Rally around[157.66 kb]
- Rebound ball[89.43 kb]
- Relaxation[109.02 kb]
- Run the circle[337.33 kb]
- Shapes in space[78 kb]
- Shuttle ball[86.51 kb]
- Skip to my lou[101.1 kb]
- Snakes alive[83.79 kb]
- Spaghetti bodies[79.41 kb]
- Speed gate[81.39 kb]
- Splitting pairs[113.8 kb]
- Spot turns[71.08 kb]
- Stone, bridge and tree[86.31 kb]
- Stork tag[95.9 kb]
- S-T-R-E-T-C-H[98.12 kb]
- Take a seat![94.04 kb]
- Target and intercept[179.73 kb]
- Target relay[130.59 kb]
- Team alphabet[84.96 kb]
- Throw, throw, throw![93.55 kb]
- Treasure[162.61 kb]
- Triangle roll[83.5 kb]
- Trust me![109.04 kb]
- Tunnel and laps[124.45 kb]
- Underarm return relay[90.14 kb]
- Untie the knot[83.55 kb]
- Video ref[80.8 kb]
- Wall tennis[255.72 kb]
- Wana[188.01 kb]
- Warriors and dragons[85.37 kb]
- What did you learn?[84.24 kb]
- What did you like?[79.3 kb]
- What happens?[69.29 kb]
- What’s ahead?[96.07 kb]
Playing for Life Activity Cards