exercise · all tools
Throw the Ball
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
A ball goes round the circle, and the rule is that whoever holds it must make eye contact with the person they are throwing to before it leaves their hands. More balls are added as the group copes, and eventually everyone walks the room while still catching each other's eyes first.
Hold with care
- The exercise exists because sustained eye contact is hard for some people; the author names shyness as the thing being worked on, so the difficulty is the point rather than a side effect
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- Two or three small balls
- Mechanisms
- attention-training, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- dramatips.com/lesson-plans/drama-exercises-to-build-confidence — DramaTips, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Carlijn (DramaTips) — Drama teaching
In this directory via DramaTips
Related: Knife Baby Angry Cat (alternative-to)
The author's own framing: works on — Safety, Collaboration; goals — Making contact, Collaborating.
status: checked · added 2026-09-01