Drama Games: Invisible Energy Field
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Aim and Purpose
- Trust and team building.
- Focus and concentration skills.
- Building respect.
Materials/Resources
- None.
Order of Activity
- Have the group line up from shortest to tallest.
- Go along the line designating partners (those closest in height).
- Have partner groups spread out around the room and face one another.
- Have each partnership designate a Partner A and a Partner B.
- Have partner A raise their right hand and partner B raise their left, so that their hands are close to each other but not touching.
- Explain that there is now an invisible energy field connecting their hands and that their hands must never touch but must never be more than about an inch apart.
- This means that wherever one partner goes the other must follow always keeping that invisible energy field in place.
- Instruct partner A to lead partner B around the room, not bumping into anyone or anything and keeping them safe at all times.
- After about 3 - 4 minutes switch leaders so that B gets a chance to lead.
Notes on the Game
- You can devise a penalty for any group that bumps into anyone or anything, a time out is always good.
- Partners should be challenging one another, going up high or down low but never putting anyone in danger or at risk.
Extensions to the Game
- Instead of a "force field" This game can also be done with a "personal bubble" where partners cannot get too close or stay too far away form one another.
- After giving both partners a chance to lead you can connect groups into groups of four, eight or even bigger.
Drama Games Unit C: Confidence Building and Social Development Games