29. The blown ball
0 / 5.0
Competition
Outdoor game
All
Blow on a ball to move it from one water-filled cup to the next.
Activity details
Duration: 15 minutes
Participants: 2 - 12 people
Cost: $ 3
Age range: 7-25 years old
Equipments
- cups (4-5 per team)
- ping pong ball (1 per team)
Goal:
- Team cohesion
- Being confident in one's self
Steps
Install cups filled with water in a line on a flat space at the height of the young people (a table will do the trick):
- 3 cups per line (approximate number)
- As many lines as desired players, ideally spaced 50 cm apart
Drop a ping pong ball into the first cup in each row
- If you want to do a team relay, place each team in line in front of a series of cups
- If you just want to do a round, place a player in front of each set of cups
- Without touching the ball, pass it from cup to cup, until you reach the last cup in the series
- If the ball falls out of the cup, put it back in the cup from which it came out and the player starts blowing again
For older players, the ball can be put back in the first cup in line when it is out
- At the starting signal, each player blows on his ball to pass it into the next cup.
- If it is a relay, all the players of the team must successively perform the same action
- The first player (or the first team) who manages to get their ball through to the last cup (as many times as there are players) wins
If you have teams or players of very different ages, do not hesitate to vary the number of cups:
4-8 cups in line for the older ones / 2-4 cups for the little ones
When the rules are well understood, add others, for example:
- play the game with your hands behind your back
- receive a penalty if the ball advances two cups with a single blow
- put the ball in the center and the two opposing players must each advance it towards their opponent
- ...
CONCRETELY :
- Do you know a famous character who blew as hard as he could without reaching his goal?
Tell the story of the 3 little pigs
The three little pigs and the big bad wolf blowing as hard as he can to blow away their homes. Reread here : Les Trois Petits Cochons: The Three Little Pigs in French and English (thefrenchexperiment.com)
FOR FURTHER :
- Is it the one who blows the strongest who will necessarily win?
#virtues #good
- A lot of noise for nothing: In life, in the same way, some people make a lot of noise but their actions are sometimes useless, despite all the energy they put into it. Do not confuse speed with precipitation.
- The small steps' virtues: In order to achieve your goals, it is better to follow the road that opens up in front of you step by step, without running in all directions, as the Tortoise explains to the little boy in this tale. . You have to focus on your goal, bring the necessary strength to it, in a measured way
It is characteristic of virtue to allow our actions to surely and effectively achieve the goal, the good.
What are the 4 main virtues:
- This efficiency requires our actions to be thoughtful (not to rush), which corresponds to the virtue of prudence.
- We must act in a measured and balanced way: neither too much nor too little. It's the virtue of temperance
- Perseverance, which is the highest form of the virtue of strength, is a useful virtue for the whole of life, which helps us as much for the small objectives of our lives (passing an exam, progressing in a sport, climbing to the top of a tree, ....) only for big goals (love, family, choosing a job, , ...)
- Finally, respecting the rules, not trying to cheat in order to advance faster than the others, requires the virtue of justice.
Train first through small things, never aim directly for huge success
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