Salinda Long

Activity 2

Activity Title: Uphill, Downhill

Sources for your activity and for your adaptations (APA citations):
Playsport.net. (2014). Uphill, Downhill. Retrieved March 12, 2018, from
http://www.playsport.net/activity/uphill-downhill
Philadelphiainclusionnetwork.edu. (2005). Adaptation and accommodation. Retrieved March 12,
2018, from
http://jeffline.tju.edu/cfsrp/products/materials/pin/Adaptations_and_Accommodations.pdf
Equipment needed: 2 objects (e.g., rubber chickens, bean bags, flying discs)
Activity Description - How will you explain to your participants how the activity will go?
Task Analysis guidelines will help you with this part of the assignment.
1. The leader will call out a number to begin the game.
2. The participants with that number from each group run to the objects. Each participant
picks up one of the objects and throws it to an open space in the activity area.
3. The participant who threw the object then runs to retrieve the object that the other
participant threw. Once the participants are holding the objects they retrieved, the
remainder of the group members line up behind their group member who is holding the
object.
4. The participants in each group pass the object down the line using an over/under passing
motion. The first participant with the object passes the object overhead to the next
participant in line. The second participant in the line passes the object under their legs to
the next participant. This pattern continues through the group until the object reaches the
end of the line. Participants are challenged to be the quickest group to move their object
from the front to the back of their line.
5. When the end participant has received the object, he or she places it back in the centre
and all group members return to their starting location. The game starts again with a
different number being called out.
6. The leader asks open-ended questions to help participants refine their movement
strategies and tactical solutions during the activity. Examples include: What skills do you
and your group need to apply to successfully receive the object the fastest? If your
number is not called out, what can you do to help your team be successful in this game?

Primary interaction pattern(s) (activity analysis) – Explain why you chose the pattern or
patterns you chose.
The primary interaction pattern for this activity is intragroup. Intragroup is the action of a
cooperative nature by two or more person intend to reaching a mutual goal. For this activity, one
participant will pick up the object and the remainder of the participants will line up behind the
person. Together everyone passed the object over to the next participant in line. The motion of
passing the object will be over the head and under the knee as the object gets pass from one
participants to another until they reach that mutual goal. Another primary interaction pattern is
intergroup. Intergroup is a competitive nature between two or more intragroups. This pattern best
fit this activity because there will be two different groups competing against each other.
Adaptation: One researched adaptation specific to a disability group. Be specific. For
example, saying someone has anger issues is not a disorder. However, a person with anger
issues might be diagnosed with conduct disorder. You may not use a particular disability or
disorder more than one time.
This form of activity can be adapted to participants with cerebral palsy that could be using a
wheelchair. Cerebral palsy is the loss of impairment of motor functions. It affects the body
movement, muscle control and coordination. A way to adapt this activity for participants with
cerebral palsy that could be using a wheelchair is decide different ways to pass the object to the
back of the line. Instead of passing the object in an over and under passing motion, the object can
be pass in a different way like over their heads, and pass it alongside their bodies. This will be
easier to pass since it would be difficult trying to pass the object under while sitting in a
wheelchair.
Another adaptation would a change in the environment setting. This type of activity can be done
preferably in a large setting, like a gymnasium for example. Space is arranged so that
participants using a wheelchair can navigate in and out of space as well as being able to turn
around in space.