Difficulty Medium
Duration 30 minut
Type of activity Long term activities
Season Any
Occasion Any
Suitability Physcally fit
Locations Indoor, Outdoor
Tools
One tarpaulin with randomly cut holes (not much wider then tennis balls) and 1-3 tennis balls per group.
Goal
Encourage communication, cooperation, problem solving and reflection.
Intergenerational benefits
Understanding and relationship building
Understanding and relationship building
The activity promotes the understanding and appreciation of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences which different generations bring to the relationships, understanding and avoiding generational stereotypes and fostering tolerance of different lifestyles and an appreciation for cultural heritages, traditions and histories.
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
The activity promotes learning and skill sharing among younger and older generations. It involves the sharing of positive resources that the young and old have to offer each other, especially the experience with novelties of modern times and valuable life lessons as well as cultural and familiar traditions.
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The activity promotes physical and mental well-being. It has a positive impact on the quality of life (feeling of self-worth and a reduction in loneliness and isolation, promotion of physical and cognitive activity).
Personal impact
Personal impact
Developing soft skills (like empathy, confidence, communication abilities, learning skills) and developing their own strengths and talents.
Cognitive skills
Cognitive skills
Supporting mental / brain-based skills we need to do anything from the simplest to the most complex tasks:perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual and spatial processing, executive functions.
Community involvement
Community involvement
The activity increases confidence and involvement within the community. It offers a starting point that could have a positive impact within the community.
Step by Step
- Seniors and children form mixed teams of 4-8 players. Each team takes a turn, holding the edges or corners of the tarp.
- Have another person place the ball on the tarp. This person can also record and write down the time.
- Strategically begin to move the ball along the perimeter of the tarp without it falling through any holes. The teammates must communicate with each other to know when, where to move the ball, as well as how to move the ball (e.g., have a teammate lower the tarp towards his or herself to move the ball in his or her direction).
- The aim of the challenge is for the tennis ball to travel around the tarp for the longest time possible without falling through the holes or coming off the tarp.
- The team, which manages to let the ball travel for the longest time is the winner. It is also possible to leave out the competitive factor and only let each team play freely.
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