exercise · all tools

Yee-haw!

Depth · what it can open○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Four calls with four gestures — yee-haw passes round the circle, rattlesnake reverses it, hoedown skips a person, lasso throws it across — learned one at a time and then played at speed. The sheet is explicit that the leader has to demonstrate the energy they want back.

Hold with care
  • Asks for visible enthusiasm in front of the group, which is a bigger ask of some people than the rules suggest
  • Players are eliminated as the game speeds up, and the sheet's suggested criteria include hesitation and not showing enough energy

Practical

Time
15 min
Group
5 · small-group, large-group
Settings
in-person
Mechanisms
attention-training, behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
Change scope
state · repeatable

Instructions

Where
resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Trinity%20Drama%20Games%20… Drama Games (Trinity College London), 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

Trinity College London, 'as suggested by drama teachers' — Drama teaching

In this directory via Drama Games (Trinity College London)

status: checked · added 2026-08-31