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Description

Beavers in circle. Young leader or leader in the middle. Leader throws a soft ball to the beaver and says heads or hands. The beaver has to do the opposite.

Resources

Ball

Instructions

Everyone should stand in a circle facing inward in the middle of the meeting space. The person going first should stand in the middle of the circle with the ball. This person may be swapped at any time during the game.
The person in the middle should call ‘heads’ or ‘hands’ and throw the ball to a person in the circle.
If the call was ‘heads,’ the person in the circle who is receiving the ball should catch it and throw it back. If the call was 'hands,' they should head the ball back. Do a few practice rounds and play slowly at first so that everyone gets it. The ball may touch the floor when it’s being returned.
The person in the middle should then throw the ball to the next person along in the circle, calling ‘heads’ or ‘hands’ each turn. If someone returns the ball incorrectly once, they should go down on one knee. If they do it twice, they should go down on two knees. If they do it three times, they should sit down. Correctly returning the ball when in one of these positions lets players kneeling or sitting revert to the previous position (for example, someone sitting down who returns the ball correctly should swap back to two knees).
When everyone is getting good at the game, the person in the middle should stop moving around the circle and start to throw to people in the circle at random. The game can also be sped up, and you could try playing without letting the ball touch the floor. Keep playing until everyone who wants has had a go in the middle.

Tags

• heads and hands game

Badge Links

• Teamwork - Goal