Where are we?

This is a Game. It is in the following categories:

• Concentration

• Energy

• Exercise

• Warm-up

Pass Clap

How it Works

Classic warm-up. Everyone in a circle. One player starts by throwing a hand clap to her right neighbor, and the neighbor passes the clap to his right neighbor.

Play this till the clap really flows nicely around the circle. Then tell the group that players may decide to pass the clap back to the neighbor they got it from. Try it and notice how disruptive this can be.

Variations

Try these for variation:

• when receiving a clap, first clap back to the sender, then turn to your neighbor to pass it on;
• pass claps either high (bending down) or high (above your head)
• combine both of the above.
• Try clapping twice, three times or 4 times when you pass the clap. Make movement doing that (like clap 4 times, low to high as you pass the clap)
• Try clapping (simultaneously) in pairs, 3 or even 4 players at a time.

Yelling en masse is good for the soul --- Keith Johnstone