Simple fun episode 1: 500

Do you want to have fun, but you don’t have a lot of “sports stuff” lying around? In these series, we will present you games that can be played with just some friends and a single ball. Because exercise needs to be fun and simple!

This episode will focus around 500, a very simple counting game. You will need a ball (football, handball, basketball, volleyball, any large ball will do) and some friends. 

Step 1: choose a thrower, and give him a ball;

Step 2: the thrower will throw the ball high into the air (as straight up as possible) and shout a number (any number will do) and either “dead” or “alive”;

Step 3: the others will try to catch the ball, but be careful – if the thrower shouted “dead”, you need to catch the ball after it hit the ground, and if he/she shouted “alive”, you need to catch the ball before it hits the ground;

Step 4: whoever caught the ball correctly (be careful it the thrower shouted “dead” or “alive”) gets the number of points that the thrower said before.

Step 5: Give the ball back to the thrower and let him do it again, but remember how many points each player has after each turn!

The first player who reaches 500 points wins the game and he/she will be the thrower for the next game.