Plate spinning
| Type: | coordination game |
| Number of players: | 10 or more |
| Location: | sitting in a circle |
| Equipment: | a plate |
| Duration: | arbitrary |
| Preparation: | none |
Plate spinning is a coordination game and attention game for groups of ten participants or more.
Equipment
You need a plate that the players can spin. It should be made of wood or plastic so it does not break easily.
Procedure
Around the circle, the participants count from 1 to their number, so each player gets assigned a different number.
Then, one player moves to the center of the circle, and spins the plate. As soon as it is spinning, he calls a number. The person with this number has to react and catch the plate before it stops spinning and drops on the floor. When he does not reach it in time, he is the next player in the center, spinning the plate.
Whenever a player switches to the center position, the person that previously was in the center gets the number of the new person in the center. So, in fact, the numbers do not stick with the players but with their seating positions.
