Skip to main content

Table 3 PYSP general rules, specific game rules, and equipment

From: Improving reflective evaluations of sport through repeated experiences of fun—rationale, design, feasibility, and acceptability of the PlayFit Youth Sport Program

General PlayFit game rules

• Players will focus on maintaining arms-length distance from other players to avoid contact (i.e., follow the personal 'bubble rule')

• Players may attempt to pass or score from any location (i.e., no offside rules, etc.)

• Players may hold ball for up to 3 s before attempting to pass or score

• Out of bounds passes/shots are turned over to the other team

Specific sport game rules

Equipment

Soccer

• 100' × 50' Field boundary markers (e.g., cones)

• Molten™ lightweight volleyball inflated to approximately 2.0 pounds per square inch (PSI)

• Two (2) 4' × 6' collapsible goals

Ultimate football

• 100' × 50' Field and end zone boundary markers

• Nerf™ foam football

Handball

• 100' × 50' Field boundary markers

• 5" rubber dodgeball at approximately 1.8 PSI

• Two (2) 4' × 6' collapsible goals

Ultimate Frisbee

• 100' × 50' Field boundary markers

• ChuckIt! Zipflight™ foam Frisbee

Netball

• 100' × 50' Field boundary markers

• Two (2) 8ft portable or permanent basketball hoops

• Youth basketball (size 5) at approximately 8.0 PSI