Hoopla 🎯 – Target Throwing Challenge
Hoopla 🎯 – Target Throwing Challenge
🕒 2–6 minutes | Ages: 3–9 | Focus: Throwing, accuracy, hand-eye coordination, object control
🧠 Purpose
Improve hand-eye coordination
Develop overhead and underarm throwing techniques
Encourage target-based focus and spatial awareness
Reinforce color recognition and aim
🏗 Setup
Lay out 5–8 hitting tees spaced apart across the court or hall
Add a barrier line (e.g., mini net or row of cones) 3–6 metres away based on age group
Children line up behind the line with a large hoop (or beanbag) each
Place buckets or tubs at varying distances as extra targets
Optional: Add cones that children can throw or "frisbee" into the targets
Use beanbags, soft balls, hoops, and cones as a mix of throwing items
🌀 How to Play
Children take turns frisbee-throwing hoops to try and land them over the tees
Parents and coaches can re-cycle the hoops to keep it flowing
Set out plastic tubs into the throwing space and introduce other throwing objects if hoops are limited (cones, beanbags, balls)
Celebrate success with high fives or silly celebration dances 🎉
🪶 Feathers (Younger Kids / Beginners):
Use closer throwing lines for younger children (2–3 metres)
Allow rolling or dropping the hoop over the tee for success
Use larger, lighter hoops for better grip and easier control
Let parents assist with guiding the throwing action
Play without a barrier if accuracy is very low
Add a points system for each target landed (e.g. 5 points for hoops, 3 for cones, 1 for beanbags)
Introduce different distances or small cones stacked for bonus targets
Have children run and collect the object they hit as a relay
Add time challenges (e.g. “How many targets can you hit in 30 seconds?”)
Make them use non-dominant hand or throw with one foot off the ground
🎃 Seasonal Variations:
🎃 Halloween: Call it “Pumpkin Toss” — hoops are magic rings to trap spooky ghosts (draw faces on tees)
🎄 Christmas: Use green/red hoops for “Elf Ring Toss” — hitting tees are presents to wrap
🐣 Easter: “Bunny Hoopla” — children toss pastel hoops over “giant eggs” (decorate the tees)
❤️ Valentine’s: “Heart Toss” — hoops represent love rings to land on hearts
🌸 Spring: “Flower Ring Throw” — throw hoops onto flower pots or cones decorated as tulips 🌷