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Kowabunga! Beach Balls
Allow your students to learn fundamental volleyball skills without the sting! A strong yet lightweight cover ensures lasting, safe game play. Vibrant colors and unique styling allow you to easily track balls in flight.
An extra-thick vinyl cover offers maximum durability! Kowabunga! gives players lasting play thanks to a reinforced cover that improves air retention—even after repeated hits to ensure shape retention.
These beach balls are easy to inflate in just seconds—just open the valve and use the ball inflator to keep air levels optimal. With Rainbow or Screamin' Orange options available, it's easy to track these balls during flight, which in turn improves hand-eye coordination and spotting. Students will find it easier to focus on the ball and anticipate their next move!
15 Fundamental Movement Activities Using Kowabunga Beach Balls
Kowabunga Beach Balls are oversized, colorful, and lightweight inflatable balls that add instant fun and energy to any PE class. These oversized balls are perfect for cooperative group games and activities that promote gross motor development, coordination, and teamwork. Their bright colors and enormous size make them highly engaging while their soft construction ensures safety during play. Below are 15 creative and skill-focused activity ideas that use Kowabunga Beach Balls to help students master a variety of fundamental movement skills in exciting and inclusive ways.
1. Beach Ball Boogie Bash: Students keep the Kowabunga Beach Ball in the air using only dance moves—think swaying, spinning, and twisting—promoting non-locomotor control and coordination.
2. Giant Volleyball Vibes: Teams use a volleyball-style setup to bump, set, and hit the Kowabunga Ball over a net, working on striking, teamwork, and spatial awareness.
3. Kowabunga Carry Chaos: Teams carry the ball across the gym using only elbows or knees without letting it drop, promoting balance, team coordination, and core strength.
4. Rolling Relay Rodeo: Students in teams roll the ball down a lane and back, tagging the next player in line, practicing rolling, turning, and locomotor skills.
5 Windy Day Walkers: Students use large fans made from cardboard to “fan” the ball from one end of the gym to the other, focusing on manipulative skills and team coordination.
6. Synchronized Slide & Strike: Teams slide laterally while keeping the Kowabunga Ball in play using palm strikes, working on sliding and striking.
7. Hoppin' Hoverball: Students hop around the gym trying to keep the Kowabunga Ball in the air using only their heads, improving hopping, timing, and balance.
8. Kowabunga Balloon Keep-Up: Students must keep the beach ball off the ground using any body part except their hands, encouraging creativity, reaction time, and coordination.
9. Parachute Popcorn Party: Place the ball on a parachute and have groups pop it into the air with coordinated movement, building teamwork, rhythm, and cooperation.
10. Mighty Monkey Roll: Students move the ball across the gym only using their feet while in a seated position, reinforcing core strength and lower-body control.
11. Sprint & Swat Challenge: Students sprint to the beach ball, swat it with an open palm, and then tag the next runner, developing running, striking, and timing.
12. Beach Ball Bumper Cars: Students gently bump each other’s balls out of a designated circle using body pushes while maintaining control of their own, teaching pushing, dodging, and balance.
13. Island Hop Hot Potato: Students must hop between poly spots while passing the Kowabunga Ball, promoting hopping, throwing, and quick decision-making.
14. Bubble Bounce Balance: Students balance the ball on their back while crawling across the gym, working on core control, balance, and spatial awareness.
15. Kowabunga Freeze Dance: Students bop the ball while dancing to music and freeze when it stops—if the ball drops, the whole group restarts—enhancing rhythm, focus, and team collaboration.