Warm-up
What Are You Doing?
One player mimes an activity while naming a completely different one, which the next player must then mime.
How to run it
- Player A begins miming an activity — brushing their teeth.
- Player B asks, "what are you doing?"
- A answers with a different activity entirely: "climbing a rope."
- A steps out; B begins miming climbing a rope.
- Player C asks B the same question, and the pattern continues around the group.
What it teaches
Splitting attention between body and mouth, and abandoning your own idea the instant somebody hands you another.
Coaching notes
Push the pace. Players who hesitate are searching for a funny answer, and the exercise works better when the answers are mundane.
Where it usually goes wrong
Naming activities that cannot be mimed, which quietly turns it into a word game.