SWISH TAC TOE: Fun Basketball Shooting Team PE Game

Score baskets, strategy, and BIG TIME FUN with SWISH TAC TOE – a Super Fun Basketball Shooting Team PE Game!

This engaging PE teacher resource combines the classic game of tic-tac-toe with basketball shooting challenges, perfect for upper elementary, middle school, and high school gym classes, skill-building stations, and team competitions.

SWISH🏀 TAC🏀 TOE

Hi there, it’s so great to meet you! I’m Mrs. T. or you can call me Jen – a Michigan mom, wife, new grandma (aka “Jemma”) and K-12 PE teacher who is on a mission to MAKE SCHOOL FUN AGAIN!

Keep your physical education students active, working together, and cheering as they practice accurate basketball shooting, strategy, and teamwork in this low-prep, high-energy basketball activity!

Swish Tac Toe - Basketball Shooting Team PE Game

SWISH TAC TOE is a total blast! So, if you’re ready, let’s do this!

READY! SET! LET’S PLAY!

How to Play: SWISH TAC TOE

Equipment Needed

SUPPLIES and Equipment Needed for Swish Tac Toe Include:

2 BASKETBALL HOOPS and 2 BASKETBALLS
12 BEAN BAGS (6 of two different colors)
2 SMALL BASKETS or BUCKETS
9 HULA HOOPS

Game Set-Up

FIRST, divide your class into two equal groups and send each team to a different basketball hoop.

NEXT, give each team one basketball and a basket/bucket filled with six (same-colored) bean bags.

THEN, have each team form a line off to the side of their basketball hoop.

FINALLY, set up a 3X3 Tic-Tac-Toe Grid with the 9 Hoops in the middle of the gym, between both basketball hoops.

Game Instructions

OBJECT OF THE GAME: Be the first team to get 3 bean bags in a row – Vertically, Horizontally, or Diagonally.

When the game begins, the first person in line for each team will dribble the ball to their hoop and take ONE shot from wherever they want.

If they MISS their shot, they simply get the rebound and pass the ball (chest or bounce) to the next teammate in line.
If they MAKE their shot, they get to grab a bean bag from their bucket, to the Tic-Tac-Toe grid and place the bean bag on the game board.

*The first team to get 3 bean bags in a row WINS the Swish Tac Toe game!

Game Tips

Here are a few bonus tips to make this awesome game even better.

📌TIP #1: For younger students (K-3) you can use playground balls instead of regular basketballs and have them shoot closer to the basket.

📌TIP #2: I also like to ring a hula hoop around the basket to help younger kids feel successful.

📌TIP #3: This is a great game for practicing free throw shooting – instead of allowing kids to shoot from anywhere around the basket, you can require that they shoot free throws instead.

📌TIP #4: This game also makes a great Basketball PE Station and is included in my 10 Mega Fun Basketball PE Stations Resource.

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