INVASION GAMES

Invasion games or territorial games are activities that show the players ability to move into a space to goal, to
occupy opponent’s space, and to defend their space. These games are played by teams within a set of time. Each team
invades the opponent’s territory, scores points and prevents opposing team to score.

TYPES OF INVASION GAMES

Invasion games include stealing the object and running, jumping, or crossing over. They also include sports
where an object or a ball is thrown or shot into a target, hit with a stick or foot into a specific area or target area, or
carried or stopped across a line.

Examples of Invasion Games

Throwing into a target

1. BASKETBALL Basketball is game played by two groups of males or females with an aim of scoring against the
opponent by shooting the ball to the opponent’s basket.
2. TUMBANG PRESO The “It” is chosen as a prisoner who will defend the can. The other players hit the can with
their two slippers. If the can is knocked, the opponents cannot use them anymore. If all slippers have been used,
the “It” can tag the next prisoner.
Hitting with a stick or foot
3. SOCCER This game is played by two teams having 11 players each. Except for each team’s goal-keeper, they need
to goal the ball to score.
4. FUTSAL The game is a variation of football that is usually played indoors and with a smaller ball that does not
bounce high. It is played by two teams having five players each.
Carrying or stopping across the line
5. CHESS The game is played by two players in a board game, with 64 squares. The player is to checkmate the
opponent’s king.
6. GAME OF GENERALS The player influences and stimulates armies to eliminate the opponent’s armies and to
capture the opponent’s flag.
7. DAMA (CHECKERS) Dama is a board game that uses 12 position pitsas at the end points of a diagram. The game
end if all pitsas are captured by a player.
Jumping, running or crossing over
8. PATINTERO It is played on the streets where a team tries to pass through lines while the opposing team tries to
catch them while stepping on the gridlines.
9. LAWIN OR SISIW Two players will act as a hawk and a hen and the other players as chicks whom the lawin will try
to catch.
Stealing and Catching
10. AGAWAN BASE Two teams compete by taking the territory of the opponent by tagging the opponent who tries to
enter their territory.
11. AGAWAN SULOK A tagger stands in the middle of the ground while the other players who are standing in the
bases will try to exchange places to own a vacant base. The tagged player is the next tagger.