15 min
8-24 players
Warm-up
Birds of Prey: Ball Race Between 4 Nests
A very playful, easy-to-understand game for the youngest players, using a simple bird story to get them dribbling the ball back to their nest.
Description
Mark out a play area of about 20x20m with a central zone where you place around fifteen balls. In each of the 4 corners, mark out a small nest using flat cones. Split your players (the birds) into 4 teams, one per nest, without a ball to start.
The exercise proceeds as follows:
1. On the signal, ...
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