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# Paper Frisbee

Participants write their names on paper plates and toss them from a line, trying to land as close as possible to a target plate across the room.

**Time:** 10 minutes. Matches the 10-minute duration recorded in the source material.
**People:** 4 to 24. Individual turns from a shared line, throwing in waves of 4 to 6 people, with a smaller final wave if the total does not divide evenly.

## Choose this exercise

**Purpose:** Re-energize a group and shift physical focus through a low-stakes tossing challenge.
**Use it when:** Use during an afternoon lull or between intense work blocks when people need physical movement and light play.
**Skip it when:** Skip when the room is too cramped to provide an open 5-meter throwing lane or when flying objects would disrupt nearby working groups.

## Materials and tools

- 1 dessert-sized paper plate per participant
- 1 brightly colored or marked target paper plate
- 1 roll of painter's tape to mark the throwing line
- 1 marker per participant or shared set of markers

## Before participants arrive

1. Clear a straight, unobstructed floor space at least 6 meters long and 3 meters wide.
2. Place a strip of painter's tape on the floor as the throwing line.
3. Place the target plate on the floor approximately 5 meters away from the line.

## Say this to open

Let's take ten minutes to stand up and move. Each of you has a paper plate. Write your name on it. Your goal is simple: throw your plate like a frisbee from behind this tape line and try to land it as close to the target plate as you can. This is just for fun.

## How to run it

### 1. Distribute and label plates (2 minutes)

Hand one paper plate and a marker to each participant. Direct everyone to write their first name boldly on the center of their plate. Point out the target plate placed 5 meters across the room. Explain the throwing line rules.

### 2. Run throwing waves (4 minutes)

Call participants to the tape line in waves of 4 to 6 people, with any remaining 1 to 3 participants forming a final wave. Spacing out along the line, all participants in the active wave throw their plates simultaneously on your count of three. Plates stay where they land. Repeat for each wave until everyone has thrown once.

### 3. Measure and announce closest plate (2 minutes)

Walk to the target area with the group. Identify which plate landed closest to the target plate. Acknowledge the thrower. Have each participant collect their own plate so the floor is left clean.

### 4. Debrief and transition (2 minutes)

Gather the group back in their regular seating. Ask one or two quick reflection questions to close the physical break before returning to the main agenda.


## Debrief questions

- What technique did you discover worked best to control an erratic paper plate?
- How did shifting from screen or table work to physical movement affect your energy right now?

**Finished output:** Every participating individual completes a throw and all plates are cleared from the floor.

## Remote

This activity relies on physical aerodynamics in an open room. Running it online turns it into a home-based novelty task. To run remotely: invite participants to find a flat plastic lid or cardboard disc and place a target on their floor 3 meters away. Each participant tosses their disc on camera. Showing camera results to the group remains entirely optional.

## Hybrid

Hybrid delivery splits the experience. In-person participants throw at the room target. Remote participants replicate the setup at home and throw during their own wave. Point a dedicated room camera at the target plate so remote participants clearly see room throws, and have remote participants aim their webcams at their own floor target.

## Access and participation choices

- Participants may throw from a seated position, an adjusted closer distance, or simply choose to act as the target judge and measurer.
- Anyone may opt out of throwing entirely without giving a reason and observe from the sidelines.

## If the session gets stuck

**Paper plates flutter unpredictably or flip backward.**

Remind participants that dessert-sized plates are light. Suggest throwing with a level, gentle spin rather than heavy force.

**Participants bunch up along the throwing line and risk bumping each other.**

Ensure participants space out at arm's length along the tape line, and enforce throwing only in designated waves.


## Terms used here

- Throwing wave: A small group of participants stepping up to the line together so everyone has space to throw safely.

## Sources and adaptation

Observed in the Participatory Methods catalog (2025).

Preserved the core mechanic from Participatory Methods (throwing paper plates at a target plate 5 meters away as an energizer). Structured the 10-minute duration into four clear operational steps, specified wave handling for groups not dividing evenly into waves of 4 to 6, clarified simultaneous throwing within waves on a facilitator cue, and detailed hybrid camera alignment.

[Participatory Methods](https://participatorymethods.com/activities/paper-frisbee/)

Current run sheet: https://unitedwetransform.com/exercises/paper-frisbee/