Playing the "Pass the Ball" Improv Icebreaker

Video Transcript

"Hi guys we are here today learning how to do some improv icebreakers. And the next icebreaker we're going to play is called "pass the ball". Now, pass the ball is a pretty straight forward icebreaker, that a lot of you probably have played it. Especially if you are familiar with improv. The focus on the game is to learn to interact with space work, to visualize how big and object is, how heavy an object is. And then also to learn how to interact with each other by passing the ball around. Now when we start this game off, we are first just going to imagine that there is one ball. But the longer the game goes on the more complicated you're going to get by introducing new balls of different sizes, and different weights. So, to begin this you are going to want all of your improvisers, once again, to stand in a giant circle and to have their arms at their sides and at their ready, to be able to pass around what ever is introduced. The host is then going to introduce a ball of weight that he is going to describe by his physical attributes. He doesn't need to say anything, he just needs to show how big and heavy this ball is. And then he is going to make eye contact with another player and ask them if they want the ball. "Dan, do you want this ball"? "Yeah". "Great". I'm either then going to hand it to them or throw it to them. Now since Dan and I don't have a lot of room, I'm just going to pass it back and forth. "Here you go". "Oh, thanks". "Absolutely". "Matt would you like this ball"? "Yeah, sure"! "Oh, thank you, thank you". Alright, now while we are handing this ball back and forth with one hand, I'm going to introduce another smaller ball. "Dan would you like this ball"? "Yes, please". "Great, there you go". "Hey, would you like this ball"? "Oh, ya, sure". "Great, there you go". "Hey, Matt, would you like this ball"? "Sure, which one, oh, ok that will work". "Sure". "Would you like this ball". "Oh, yea, I'll take them both, great, thanks". And that's how you play, "pass the ball"."