===Objectives===
[[Category:Name Games]] [[:Category:Name Games| Name Games]] |
[[Category:Icebreakers/Warmups]] [[:Category:Icebreakers/Warmups| Icebreakers/Warmups]]
===Group Size===
* [[Category:Small]] [[:Category:Small| Small]]* [[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
===Materials===
Hula Hoop, 5 – 10 Throwable Objects (Small Balls or Baloons of Various Sizes, Dog Toys, Etc.)
===Set Up===
===Directions===
Have * Stand in a circle. * Go around the group form circle and have everyone share names, one at a time. * Let participants know that its OK to ask someone else’s name if you don’t remember. * Start with one object, like a koosh ball. <br /><br />* Explain: "I'm going to start by tossing this ball to someone else in the circle. The objective is * If you receive it, toss it to pass someone else in the balls (balloons circle not immediately on either side of you. * That person will toss it to another person who has not yet received it and again not immediately on either side of him or hula hoop) around her. * Throwing continues until the circle withoutlast person tosses the ball back to me. using your hands* Remember who you tossed to because we will try to recreate the pattern in the next phase. If * Ask "Any questions?" <br /><br />* This is a good point to encourage people to wait until the person you call looks you in the eye to throw the ball. * When the person catches the ball, he or she thanks the person by name who threw the ball and then states a name and throws to a new person. * Set a pattern so that each person in the circle throws and receives the ball one time. * Explain: "Now we are using balls start with larger going to try to repeat the process, but we are going to see how many balls we can keep up in the air at any one time. Any questions?" * Once any questions have been answered, toss the ball to the first person. * As soon as they toss the ball, grab another one from your stash and utilize increasingly smaller toss it. * Repeat until * a) there is exactly the number of balls going as there are participants (an almost Herculean task) or use multiple balls toadd complexity* b) the process begins to break down. <br /><br />Using * Notice how many balls the hula hoop have group has going, and retrieve them as they come back to you.* Inform the group form a circle holding handsas to how many balls they had in the air when they were doing their best. * Ask two people the group to let go of consider how they might improve their grip long enough performance. <br /><br />* Typical modifications allow for them participants to place move their hands through a hula hoop before rejoining themposition, make agreements as to how they will throw to each other (e. The team task is g., "I'll toss mine to pass you high" or "I'll roll mine across the hula hoop around floor"), agree to pause the circle in aprocess when one ball goes awry, etc. specified direction until it returns to <br /><br />* Begin the starting pointprocess again.
