Dodgeball variation Have the entire group make a circle and pick 4 or 5 people to be a team. This team goes into the centre of the circle and forms a line by attaching their hands to the waist of the person in front of them (a “dragon”). Those...
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Mindbender: Circle or Spiral?
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Say Catch!
Sent in by Mellisa Hoyt Use an easy to catch ball. Best played with groups of 5 or more people. Before the start of each round choose a subject such as names of movies/films or equipment needed to go to the beach, etc. Players stand in a circle spread...
Tadpole
Named from the shape formed by the players. 2 teams of equal numbers. One team stands in a circle surrounding a central thrower (the head). The other team line up outside the circle creating the tail. The player in the middle of the circle has to throw the ball...
Keep Away
Players stand in a large circle. One player is ‘It’ and is free to move around in the centre of the circle. Players pass the ball either way around the circle and try to stop the person who is ‘It’ from intercepting the ball. If this happens ‘It’ changes...
Limbless
This played in a very similar way to PIG with players forming a circle and throwing the ball between themselves, but instead of gathering a letter for every time they miss. Players have to carry out the actions listed below which makes catching increasingly harder. However unlike PIG every...
Bash ball
A lot of fun and used to be a youth club favourite. Needs a fair number of players to make it work though (minimum 8?). The maximum number of players is more or less determined by what space you have and how far players can roll or punch the...
Puzzled
Sent in by Jessica Lake Due to the nature of the game it probably would not work well with younger children. Teens and adults will probably find this game more fun. The game/puzzle activity helps develop team working skills, brainstorming techniques while introducing or develop the concept of generic...