Smash the Wall 🧱🎾🏰
🎥 Training video: https://youtu.be/h38KZ5lFg28?si=LF5BfbctcfVbI4DQ
📝 Setup & Explanation
Line the children up at a safe distance from the wall.
Sit them down and explain the rules clearly before starting.
Build a “wall” out of traffic cones:
Tallest cones at the back
Quickly build tall towers by using circular cones between tall cones
Smallest at the front
🏓 How to Play
Each child dribbles their big inflatable ball along the ground with their racket towards the wall.
When they reach the wall/ hitting line, they whack their ball to knock down as many cones as possible.
They leave their ball there, collect a new one, and repeat until attention starts to wander. Coach recycles balls to start
To finish: let kids kick or whack down the wall (with or without balls).
🔁 Progressions
Create a hitting line/ move the hitting line further back so children have further to aim
Encourage children pick ball up and let bounce before hitting forehand (in air rather than floor); switch to backhands/ serves
Add a time challenge: how many cones can they knock down in 30 seconds?
Make it team-based: two teams try to knock down their half of the wall first.
🪶 Feathers (Simplifications)
Let children carry the ball to the wall if dribbling is too hard.
Use smaller gaps between cones so they’re easier to hit.
Have parents or assistants help guide the ball with the child’s racket.
Let really little children just hit the cones over without using ball at all.
⚠️ Safety Notes
Remind children to keep a safe distance while others are hitting.
Tell parents to help monitor their child’s spacing.
Be careful of potential bumps from rackets or cones.
🎾 Smash the Wall – Seasonal Themes
🎄 Christmas – Smash the Christmas Chimney 🎅🎁
The wall becomes a chimney made of stacked presents (cones in red, green, gold).
🎯 Goal: Break the chimney so Santa can deliver the gifts!
Swap inflatable balls for "snowballs" (white balloons or foam balls).
Finish with a fun “snowball fight” by letting the kids knock over cones however they like.
🐣 Easter – Smash the Easter Egg Tower 🐰🥚
The wall becomes a tower of colourful Easter eggs (brightly coloured cones).
🎯 Goal: Crack the giant Easter egg wall to reveal the hidden chocolate inside!
Use egg-shaped beanbags or pastel-coloured foam balls.
Final round: kids roll giant eggs (balls) to knock down the "tower."
🎃 Halloween – Smash the Haunted House 👻🏚️
The wall is now a spooky haunted house built of ghostly cones (white + black + orange).
🎯 Goal: Break down the haunted house before the monsters escape!
Add Halloween music and decorate cones with eyes or cobwebs.
Coach can wear a witch or skeleton hat for extra effect!
💘 Valentine’s – Smash the Heart Wall 💘🏹
Make a heart-shaped wall or decorate cones with hearts/stickers.
🎯 Goal: Knock down the "Wall of Hearts" to release the trapped love messages inside!
Use pink and red balls or balloons.
Final round: shout “Love Attack!” and let all children charge and knock down the wall together.
👩 Mother’s Day / 👨 Father’s Day – Smash the Chore Tower 🧹🛠️
Each cone represents a silly "chore" (e.g., “Do the dishes,” “Make lunch,” etc.).
🎯 Goal: Help mum/dad by smashing through all the chores so they can rest!
Add a funny story intro: “Let’s clear all the jobs before Mum/Dad gets home!”
Encourage kids to yell out a chore before smashing each cone.