Throwing Tag Game Gets Everyone Moving & Having Fun - Asteroids
Throwing Tag Game Gets Everyone Moving & Having Fun - Asteroids is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Distribute at least one tossable item to every person, eg fleece-ball.
- Gather your group close to one another with their arms stretched forward so that all of the tossable items are touching.
- When ready, call “GO” instructing everyone to throw their tossable items into the air.
- Invite each person to grab one or more items to toss at others in an attempt to eliminate them.
- If a person is hit by an item below their waist, they are eliminated and must crouch on the spot close to where they were tagged.
- Play continues until one person remains standing.
- Play several rounds and/or try a variation.
- Asteroids Throwing tag game creates active fun with soft objects.
- Asteroid combines elements of a PE game with strategic movement that keeps everyone active and engaged.
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When ready, call “GO” instructing everyone to throw their tossable items into the air.
Invite each person to grab one or more items to toss at others in an attempt to eliminate them.
If a person is hit by an item below their waist, they are eliminated and must crouch on the spot close to where they were tagged.
Play continues until one person remains standing.
Play several rounds and/or try a variation.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Throwing Tag Game Gets Everyone Moving & Having Fun - Asteroids. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: When ready, call “GO” instructing everyone to throw their tossable items into the air.; Invite each person to grab one or more items to toss at others in an attempt to eliminate them.; If a person is hit by an item below their waist, they are eliminated and must crouch on the spot close to where they were tagged.; Play continues until one person remains standing.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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