Ping Pong String Relay

Procedure

• 1. Split the participants into equal teams of 3 - 6. 2

  2. Give each team a ring with enough strings attached for each person.

  3. The teams will all gather at the starting point, and after the facilitator signals to begin, they will transport one ping-pong ball at a time to the end goal and deposit them in a container 3 until the time is up.

  4. The facilitator(s) should be in charge of placing the ping-pong balls onto the ring.

     1. Each team should have a facilitator/helper to do this job.

  5. Each member of each team must hold the end of one string (they shouldn’t be holding the strings somewhere in the middle or close to the ring).

  6. If the ping-pong ball ever falls off the ring, that team must return to the starting point for the facilitator to give them a new ball.

  7. Participants should never touch the ping-pong ball nor anything else but the end of their string.

1. Once the time is up, all teams must stop. The facilitator will then count up the number of balls, and the team with the most balls win.

Variations

• • Instead of having the teams deposit their ping-pong balls in one place, designate around 5 - 9 stations (depending on how much time you have) for all the teams to deposit in. Only one ping-pong ball per station is allowed.

  • The team that has the most stations with their ping-pong balls in them wins.

    • Ping-pong balls can either be differentiated with color or design, or have a facilitator go with each team to referee.

    • Two versions:

      • When using larger-sized containers (very easy to just drop the ping-pong ball in) as stations: if the ping-pong ball drops anywhere that’s not a station, that team will have to return to the center where the facilitator will place the ping-pong ball back on the ring.

    • When using smaller-sized containers (it would require great teamwork skill to get the ping-pong ball in) as stations: if the ping-pong ball drops anywhere that’s not a station, have the facilitator for each team handle putting the ping-pong ball back.

Notes

• • 1 The rings should be large enough to hold a ping-pong ball

  • 2 It’s fine to have more than six participants in each team, but anything above six is not recommended.

  • 3 Every team should have a separate container

• Having a box or somewhere to hold the ping-pong balls before they’re transported will be helpful.