Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): GDoP - Make Your Game

Make Your Game

How to Play the Game:

• Multiple groups spread out and come up with a simple game in 3-5 minutes.
• Can use no equipment or whatever is available as long as the game is not traditional sport (i.e. needs to be something new to explain).
• Play that game in your small groups. After ~5 minutes, 1 person from each group finds a new group and the group teaches the new person the game.
• Continue rotating so different people leave their group, join new groups, and learn new games.

Progress the Game:  

• Play again coming up with new games in each group.
• This time, the player that moves teaches the game rather than learning from the group.
• Can change movements of people so groups learn different games. If a group has already learned a game then they can adapt it together.
• Be imaginative. Try your own variations and progressions!

Questions About the Game

• What makes a game more fun or playful?
• Who created the rules?
• Do you like to play with your own rules or someone else’s rules more?