VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
Crossing the line. Stand facing your partner at an equal distance from a line.
Hold hands and try to pull each other over the line between you. For blind
participants, a magic string (with bells) can be stretched between the students or
tactile markers can be placed on the floor (e.g., several jump ropes next to each
other).
Back push. Sit with your back against your partner's back. You are sitting
in the middle of a mat (i.e., on the seam between two mats that have been placed
together). When an acoustic signal sounds, you try to push each other backwards
(maintaining constant back contact!) off the mat. The winner receives one point,
and the game starts again.
Measuring and Communicating with Each Other in Physical Confrontation
Once the students have tested their strength in the previous tasks, the next
step focuses on combative confrontation. Due to the direct combative confrontation
between the students and the highly competitive nature of the tasks, it is necessary
to establish clear rules within which the wrestling may take place. The rules should
be developed and agreed upon together with the students based on their initial
experiences in the previous game formats. The use of a rules poster has proven to
be effective for this purpose (see Figure 1).
In addition, stop signals should be agreed upon. A signal (clapping on the
mat or on the partner) helps the students to end the fight immediately. Another
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