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Description

Filler game using soft balls in a circle

Resources

Soft balls

Instructions

Depending on how many people you have, you could play this as one group or in a few smaller groups. Make sure each group as at least one ball.
Everyone should stand in a circle.
Have one person stand in the middle. You may want this to be the person leading the game in the beginning, before switching to have one of the young people take on that role.
The person in the middle will gently toss the ball to someone stood in the circle and will either say ‘catch it’ or ‘drop it’.
The person who is catching the ball needs to do the opposite of what’s been said. For example, if the person in the middle said, ‘catch it’, they need to let it fall. If the person in the middle said, ‘drop it’, they need to catch it.
Once the game has started, if a player does what the person in the middle said, rather than the opposite, then they’re out. They could either leave the circle or sit down. You could have a few practice turns first.
Depending on what works for your group, you can play the game without people being out, too.
After each go, the ball then needs to go back to the person in the middle and they throw the ball again.
The person in the middle could have a few turns of throwing the ball out to people in the circle, then they could switch out with someone else. Alternatively, if anyone does catch or drop it correctly, they could switch out with the person in the middle.

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