PE Games for Superheroes | 12 Large Group Games

Bring a superhero theme to large-group PE. Game plans include instructions, court diagrams, and safety notes to help organize movement activities.
Grades
Grades 2–5
Pages
40
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Aug 15, 2022

Subject
Physical Education
Topic
Superhero PE, Large group games
Resource types
Games, Activities
Preparation
Print ready

Product description

From the author

Plan twelve superhero-themed large-group PE games with a forty-page PDF. Each game includes a title page, court diagram and lesson plan with equipment, setup, play directions, learning outcomes, safety notes and modifications. An additional page illustrates hula-hoop construction.

Select a game for your group, available space and equipment, using its stated grade range and safety guidance. Equipment is supplied separately.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Perform proper throwing and catching technique in a large-group game setting.

  • Apply traveling, fleeing, and dodging technique while playing a fast-paced team game.

  • Develop teamwork by using offensive and defensive strategies during large-group team play.

Teaching tips

  • Substitute tape or cones for court boundary lines when playing outdoors or on a field, as the creator's notes suggest.

  • Swap any listed equipment (mats, balls, hula hoops) for similar items already in your equipment closet, since the games are designed to be modified to available gear.

  • Stop the game frequently to redirect students or reinforce a strategy or rule, and consistently emphasize good sportsmanship, per the creator's general guidance.

Skills covered

  • Throwing and catching — students practice these core skills across multiple games (City Avengers, Fast-Flash-Freeze, Incrediquest) using foam balls, gator skin balls, or flying discs.

  • Dodging and fleeing — Fast-Flash-Freeze requires students to travel through opposing territory while avoiding being tagged.

  • Team strategy and defense — students develop offensive and defensive tactics, such as guarding a scoring zone in Incrediquest or defending buildings in City Avengers.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Can the games be adapted if a gym doesn't have the exact equipment listed?

Yes — the creator's notes say equipment like mats, balls, or cones can be swapped for similar items already in a school's equipment closet, and tape or field markings can replace court boundary lines outdoors.

Are the games only appropriate for elementary students?

The plans give different grade ranges: many are 2–8, while Sky Zone is K–8, Power Rangers is 3–8, Saved by the Web is 2–6 and Triumph of the Gladiators is 1–8, and the creator notes they have also been used successfully with middle and high school groups.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Large-group PE games

  • Throwing/catching/dodging skills

  • Team strategy

  • SHAPE America Standard 2

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