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TRAINING GAMES1. APPOINTMENTSGive everybody a few minutes to make 3 appointments - 3 pm,6 pm and 9 pm.After that have everyone stand in a circle.When you shout "3 pm", everybodymeets their 3 pm appointment and find out 1, 2 or 3 things about each other.After a short while shout, "6 pm" and then "9 pm". After that have people sharewhat they find out about each other.This game can be used for introductionwhere people introduce other people, instead of themselves.2. ATLASArrange everyone in a circle. Someone say the name of any country, city, river,ocean or mountain that could be found in an atlas. The person next to him mustthen say another name that begins with the last alphabet of the word that hasbeen given.Example: First person : AucklandSecond person : DenverThird person : RotoruaEach person has a definite time limit (e.g. 3 seconds) and no name can berepeated.3. BALLOON BLOW-UPHave everyone pairs up and give each person a balloon. Each pair designates aleft and a right person. The partners stand facing each other about six inchesapart. When you call "left", the "left" person blows into his balloon. Give him afew seconds, then call "right", the right person then blows into his balloon. Dothis repeatedly. The idea is to literally "blow-up" the balloon in the partner's facebefore he can blow up his.4. BALLOONS IN THE AIRGive everyone an inflated balloon. The balloons should be in different colours orwith identifiable marks on them. Everyone tosses his balloon in the air and triesto keep it in the air as long as possible. In the meanwhile, he must try to geteveryone else's balloons to touch the floor. When a person's balloon touches thefloor, he is out. The person who keeps his balloon in the air the longest, wins.5. BANANA DUELHave everyone pair up and tie their left wrist together.Give each a banana tohold in their left hand. When you say "go", they peel the banana with only theirright hand and try to push it in their partner's face/mouth. You may want to dothis blindfolded to add excitement.6. BATTLE OF THE NUTSGive each person a peanut and have them pair up. They should try to crack their
 
partner's peanuts by pushing their peanuts against one another. Those withcracked peanut are out. Do this in round until only one or a few peanuts are leftnot cracked.7. BIBLE MIMEDivide the group into teams of three to six members. Every team selects onebiblical event to pantomime for the other players. The others try to identify thebible stories being enacted. Variation: Scripture passages are cited on slips of paper and drawn from a box for performance.8. BIG SCULPTUREDivide the group into two teams. Give each team five large garbage bags and asmany blown-up balloons as possible. Have them create a huge human figure byputting the blown-up balloons in the bags and attaching the bags together withina definite time limit. The best sculpture wins.9. BLINDED BY MONEYPair everyone up and form a big circle. Give each pair two coins. One person ineach pair tilts his head back and places a coin on each eyelid with eyes closed(no peeping!). Put a big container in the centre (e.g. a garbage can). The objectis for each person to dump their coins into the container, following the verbaldirection of their partner. No physical guiding by the partner is allowed. If any coin dropped,the person should pick it up and start all over again. The fun comes when all thepairs go at once, crowding around the container, blinded by money, trying tohear their partner's direction.10. BRAIN TEASERSHand out copies of any of the following "IQ Tests". Each block represents a wellknown phrase or saying. You may divide a large group to teams of three or four.Give a time limit. The team with the most correct answers wins.PLASMA - H2O - Blood is thicker than waterArrest You're - You're under arrestHIGH CLOUDS - High above the clouds1 3 5 7 9 WHELMING - Overwhelming oddsPICT RES - You ought to be in the picturesHead/ache - Splitting headacheEMPLOY T - Men out of employmentLESODUB TENNIS - Mixed doubles tennisKJUSTK - Just in “Ks” WRitING - Put it in writingLOV - Endless loveT RN - No U Turn24 Hours - Call it a dayB ILL ED - Ill in bed
 
PETS A - A Step BackwardGettingitall - Getting it all together1 T 3 4 5 6 - Tea for two11. CAMPUS LIFE WORD LIST GAMEGive everyone a piece of paper and ask them to write down as many words aspossible from the letters in the words "CAMPUS LIFE", (e.g. camp, camps, us,came etc.) No proper names or slang words are allowed. You may use otherlonger words and have the people work in pairs or small groups.12. CAN YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONSA READ AND DO TESTS Time Limit: 3 min.Read all that follows before doing anything:1. Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of this page.2. Circle the word "corner" in sentence two.3. Draw five small squares in upper left hand corner of this page.4. Put an "X" on each square.5. Put a circle around each square.6. Sign your name under line 5.7. After your name, write "yes, yes, yes".8. Put a circle around number 7.9. Put an "X" in the lower-left-hand corner of this page.10. Draw a triangle around the "X" you just made.11. Call out your first name when you get to this point.12. On the reverse side of this paper add 6950 and 9805.13. Put a circle around your answer.14. Now that you have finished reading carefully, do only number 1 and 2.PLEASE BE QUIET AND WATCH THE OTHERS FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.13. COORDINATED JUMPHave the entire group get in a circle. Everyone put their arms over the shouldersof the persons on their left and right. On the word GO, everyone must jump (feetoff the ground) at the same instant. The ones who do not (too fast or too slow),go out of the group. Repeat until only a few are left. These are the winners.14. CORE GROUPDivide the group into teams of five or six. Have one person in each team beginwith an apple in his mouth (roast pig style). At the signal, he passes the apple tothe person on the right. As the second person takes the apple with his mouth (nohands allowed), the first person takes a bite out of it. At the end of the timelimit, the team that has eaten most of their apple wins.15. DISCLOSURE
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