Management Games and Icebreakers Add Tremendous Value to Your Event

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Management Games and Icebreakers Add Tremendous Value to Your Event
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This article will be of great interest to everyone and every professional who organizes and conducts any kind of event where people participate. Some of these events we know are:

• Training programs
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Induction programs
• Business, management, social, political or any other presentations
• Class room lectures/sessions
• Get-togethers
• Wedding functions, birthday parties, anniversaries
• Tourists groups
• Business, corporate or any other kinds of meetings

and so on.

Each one of such events is attended by many people. The organizers and conductors of these events want these events to be highly successful. Therefore they need to design and execute these events in such a manner that they provide high value to the participants/audience.

The value the participants of an event can derive from it could be because:

• The event puts them at ease.
• The event is full of fun as well as substance.
• The event generates great interest.
• The event allows them to easily and playfully interact, socialize, make friends, network with others.
• The event allows, encourages and facilitates their full participation.
• The event imparts them rich experiential learning.
• The event simulates the actual conditions of what the event is trying to communicate about.
• The event energizes them and motivates them.
• The event provides opportunities for them to show off.
• The event imparts knowledge in an entertaining and easy way.

and so on.

For achieving these objectives, it is imperative to include and embed appropriate icebreakers, exercises, games and energizers etc in your event. It is vital that you choose the right kind  of all of these.

Our ace management consultants and gurus Shyam Bhatawdekar and Dr Kalpana Bhatawdekar who have trained around 150,000 persons from over 250 organizations and institutions through their training programs, seminar, workshops and presentations have come out with a very valuable resource of these games, exercises, energizers and icebreakers  in the form of two volumes of book titled "Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers". These two volumes of their book contain 98 high quality games, exercises, energizers and icebreakers fully explained in great details. The books are available as ebooks as well as in printed format (online from Amazon). You can also obtain from Amazon the third book titled "Classic Team Building Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers".

Get Hold of the Related Books

You can order the following books on "management games and icebreakers" as printed books and eBooks from Amazon online:

1. Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers
2. Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers (Volume 2)
3. Classic Team Building Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers
4. 101 Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers

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D
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(Decision Making) http://decision-making-role.blogspot.com/
(Delegation) http://delegation-skill.blogspot.com/

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E
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(Effectiveness Management: HSoftware) http://humansoftware.blogspot.com/
(Efficiency Techniques: Work study: Motion and Time Study) http://work-study-measurement.blogspot.com/
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(Email Etiquette) http://email-etiquette-manners.blogspot.com/
(Emotions) http://emotion-feeling.blogspot.com/
(Emotional Intelligence) http://emotional-quotient-intelligence.blogspot.com/
(Empowerment) http://employee-empowerment.blogspot.com/
(Enterprise Resource Planning- ERP) http://erp-management.blogspot.com/
(Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur) http://entrepreneurship-entrepreneur.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment Management- English Movies) http://popular-movies.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment Management- Hindi Movies) http://hindi-movies-choice.blogspot.com/
(Executive Etiquette and Manners) http://executive-manners.blogspot.com/
(Exit Interview) http://exit-interview.blogspot.com/

F
(Financial Ratios and Financial Ratio Analysis) http://financial-ratios.blogspot.com/
(Financial Services) http://finance-related-services.blogspot.com/
(Free and Authentic Notes on Management) http://authentic-management-notes.blogspot.com/
(Functions of Management) http://functions-of-management.blogspot.com/
(Food Management: Recipes, Easy to Cook) http://easytocook-recipes.blogspot.com/
(Food Management: Recipes, Exotic) http://tastetherecipes.blogspot.com/

G
(Games and Icebreakers for Trainers) http://training-games.blogspot.com/
(Gemba Kaizen) http://gemba-kaizen-improvement.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge Management- GK) http://general-knowledge-gk.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge Management- Top 5/Top 10 of Everything) http://top-five-everything.blogspot.com/
(Genuine Professional- Long Article) http://professional-genuine.blogspot.in/
(Global Mindset) http://global-mindset.blogspot.com/
(Goal/Target Setting) http://goal-target-setting.blogspot.com/
(Good Boss) http://good-boss.blogspot.com/
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(Group Discussion) http://group-discussion-gd.blogspot.com/
(Group Discussion for Job Seekers and Students) http://group-discussion-gd.blogspot.com/
(Group Dynamics) http://group-dynamics-process.blogspot.com/

H
(Health and Safety Management) http://safety-health-management.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Cholesterol Control) http://controlling-cholesterol.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Homeopathy) http://homeopathy-medicines.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Exercises) http://exercises-plan.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Quit Smoking) http://quit-smoking-plan.blogspot.com/
(Health management- Swine Flu and Its Prevention) http://swine-flu-precaution.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Walking) http://walking-plan.blogspot.com/
(How to Be a Good Boss?) http://good-boss.blogspot.com/
(How to Get Promoted?) http://get-promoted.blogspot.com/
(How to Save Money?) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(How to Save Money?- Long Comprehensive Article) http://manage-moneysaving.blogspot.in/
(Home Management- Home Page for All Home Tips) http://home-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/
(HR Dynamics) http://hrm-dynamics.blogspot.com/
(HR Strategies and Functions) http://strategic-functions-hrm.blogspot.com/
(Human Capital Architecture) http://human-capital-architecture.blogspot.com/
(Human Relations) http://human-relations-aspect.blogspot.com/
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(Human Resource Planning) http://human-resource-planning.blogspot.com/
(Human Software- HSoftware) http://human-software-hsoftware.blogspot.com/

I
(I Am Liberated- Life Management) http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(I Am OK, You Are OK) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Icebreakers and Energizers) http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com/
(Internal Motivation or Self Motivation) http://internal-motivation.blogspot.com/
(Interpersonal Relations) http://interpersonal-relations.blogspot.com/
(Interview Skills) http://interviewing-skill.blogspot.com/
(Interview Preparation for Job Seekers) http://interview-preparation-jobs.blogspot.com/
(Interview Questions) http://interview-question-bank.blogspot.com/

J 
(Johari Window) http://johari-window-model.blogspot.com/
(Just in Time Management- JIT) http://just-in-time-management.blogspot.com/

K
(Kaizen) http://kaizen-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Knowledge Management) http://knowledge-management-initiative.blogspot.com/

L
(Lead Time Management) http://lead-time-management.blogspot.com/
(Leadership) http://lead-max.blogspot.com/ and http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com
(Lean Enterprise) http://lean-organization.blogspot.com/
(Learning Organization) http://learning-organization-profile.blogspot.com/
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(Life Management- I Am Liberated; Freedom from Shackles and Burdens) http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(Life Management: Success in Life) http://success-complete.blogspot.in/
(Life Management: My Exotic Dream: World Peace and Other Good Things of Life)

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(Life Positions and OKness) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Life Skills) http://life-skills-competencies.blogspot.com/
(Listening) http://listen-skills.blogspot.com/

M
(Management Anecdotes) http://management-anecdotes.blogspot.com/
(Managenent Books- Best Books) http://best-book-list.blogspot.com/
(Management Book- Best Books) http://best-management-books.blogspot.com/
(Management Games, Management Exercises, Icebreakers and Energizers)http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com/
(Managing Life- Freedom from Shackles and Burdens) http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(Management in Life, Profession, Family and Society) http://life-effectiveness.blogspot.in/
(Management Information System- MIS) http://management-information-system-mis.blogspot.com/
(Managing/conducting Meetings) http://managing-meetings.blogspot.com/
(Management Notes- Free and Authentic) http://authentic-management-notes.blogspot.com/
(Marginal Utility) http://marginal-utility-concept.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Management Overview) http://marketing-management-overview.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Orientation) http://marketing-orientation.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Management Tasks) http://marketing-management-tasks.blogspot.com/
(Market research) http://market-research-function.blogspot.com/
(Market Segmentation) http://market-segment.blogspot.com/
(Mentoring) http://mentor-mentorship.blogspot.com/
(Money Management: How to Save Money) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(Money Management: How to Save Money- Long Comprehensive Article) http://manage-moneysaving.blogspot.in/
(Motivation) http://motivation-people.blogspot.com/
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N
(Negotiation Skills) http://negotiating-skills.blogspot.com/
(Negotiation Tactics) http://negotiation-tactics.blogspot.com/
(Non-verbal Communication or Body Language) http://body-language-communication.blogspot.com/

O
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(OKness or Life Positions) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Opportunities in Recession) http://recession-opportunity.blogspot.in/
(Organization Development- OD) http://organization-development-od.blogspot.com/
(Organizational Culture) http://organizational-culture-values.blogspot.com/
(Out of Box Ideas) http://wow-idea.blogspot.com/
(Outsourcing) http://outsourcing-contracting.blogspot.com/
(Ownership on Job) http://job-ownership.blogspot.com/

P
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(Parental Responsibilities- family management) http://parental-responsibilities.blogspot.com/
(Pareto Analysis or ABC Analysis or 80/20 Rule) http://abc-pareto-analysis.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.net/index.php/2011/07/20/abc-analysis-or-pareto-analysis/
(Participative Processes, Participative Management- Democracy) http://democracy-liberation.blogspot.com/
(Performance Management: Wholesome HR System) http://performance-management-appraisal.blogspot.com/
(Performance Management and Appraisal) http://performance-appraisal-management.blogspot.com/
(Personality) http://human-personality.blogspot.com/
(Personal Branding) http://professional-branding.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/
(Positive Strokes) http://positive-strokes.blogspot.com/
(Presentation Skills) http://presentation-effectiveness.blogspot.com/
(Problem Solving) http://problem-solving-skill.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge: Home Page for All Products) http://products-all.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Cars) http://cars-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Chocolates) http://chocolates-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Flowers) http://flowers-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Greeting Cards) http://greeting-cards-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Cell Phones) http://mobilephones-products.blogspot.com/
(Professional- Genuine Professional) http://professional-genuine.blogspot.in/
(Professional Branding) http://professional-branding.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/
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(Project Management) http://management-of-project.blogspot.com/
(Psychological Strokes) http://positive-strokes.blogspot.com/
(Public Speaking) http://public-speak-skill.blogspot.com/

Q
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(Quality Circles History) http://quality-circles-history.blogspot.com/
(Quality Circles) http://quality-circles.blogspot.com/
(Quality Function Deployment- QFD and House of Quality) http://quality-function-deployment.blogspot.com/
(Quality Gurus) http://quality-gurus.blogspot.com/

R
(Recession: How to Avert Recession, How to Combat Recession and Then, How to Move Ahead?) http://recession-global.blogspot.in/
(Recession Management) http://recession-management.blogspot.com/
(Recession: Opportunities in Recession) http://recession-opportunity.blogspot.in/
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(Research Methodology) http://research-work-methodology.blogspot.com/

S
(Safety and Health Management) http://safety-health-management.blogspot.com/
(Sales/Selling Process) http://selling-process.blogspot.com/
(Sales Promotion) http://sales-promotion.blogspot.com/
(Save Money) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(Self-awareness: Getting Introduced to Self) http://self-concept-awareness.blogspot.in/
(Self-concept) http://self-concept-image.blogspot.com/
(Self-concept) http://self-image-concept.blogspot.com/
(Self-confidence) http://self-confidence-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Self Development) http://managing-self.blogspot.com/
(Self Motivation or Internal Motivation) http://internal-motivation.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar's articles, blogs and knols: Home Page) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar's Effectiveness Model- HSoftware) http://humansoftware.blogspot.com/, http://human-software-hsoftware.blogspot.com/
(Six Sigma) http://six-sigma-system.blogspot.com/
(Six Thinking Hats) http://six-thinking-hats.blogspot.com/
(Soft Skills) http://soft-skills-competencies.blogspot.com/
(Soft Skills/Competencies: Details of Each Competency) http://soft-competencies-skills.blogspot.com/
(Spiritual Quotient/Intelligence) http://spiritual-quotient.blogspot.com/
(Stories for Children for Child Development) http://stories-children.blogspot.com/
(Statistics- Basics) http://statistics-basic.blogspot.com/
(Strategic Management) http://strategic-managing.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://managing-stress-strain.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management: Stress Freedom: Long Comprehensive Article) http://stress-freedom.blogspot.in/
(Sub-contracting) http://outsourcing-contracting.blogspot.com/
(Success) http://success-achievement.blogspot.com/
(Success in Life: Life Management) http://success-complete.blogspot.in/
(Supply Chain Management) http://manage-supply-chain.blogspot.com/
(Supply and Demand) http://supply-demand-laws.blogspot.com/
(Swine Flu and Its Prevention) http://swine-flu-precaution.blogspot.com/

T
(Talent Management) http://managing-talent.blogspot.com/
(Team Building) http://team-building-working.blogspot.com/
(Telephone Etiquette) http://telephone-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Three Sixty Degrees Appraisal System) http://three-sixty-degrees-feedback.blogspot.com/
(Time Management) http://time-life-management.blogspot.com/
(Total Productive Maintenance- TPM) http://total-productive-maintenance.blogspot.com/
(Total Quality Management- TQM) http://total-quality-concept.blogspot.com/
(Training and Development) http://training-function.blogspot.com/
(Training Games) http://training-games.blogspot.com/
(Trainers’ Qualities) http://trainers-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Train the Trainers) http://train-trainers.blogspot.com/
(Train the Trainers) http://train-trainer.blogspot.com/
(Training of Trainers- Comprehensive at One Place) http://training-of-trainers.blogspot.com/
(Transaction Analysis- TA) http://transaction-analysis.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Travel and Sightseeing Management- India) http://india-tours-sightseeing.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Travel and Sightseeing Management- World) http://sightseeing-guide.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Trave and Sightseeing Management- World Heritage Sites) http://world-heritage-spots.blogspot.com/
(TRIZ: Inventive Problem Solving) http://triz-problem-solving.blogspot.com/

V
(Value Engineering/Analysis) http://value-engineering-analysis.blogspot.com/

W
(Winners and Losers) http://winners-losers.blogspot.com/
(Work Study: Method Study and Work Measurement) http://workstudy-measurement.blogspot.com/
(Work Methods or Practices: Efficient) http://efficient-work-methods.blogspot.com/
(World Class Manufacturing) http://world-class-manufacturing.blogspot.com/
(Writings of Shyam Bhatawdekar on Management) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Written Communication) http://written-communication.blogspot.com/

Z
(Zero Based Budgeting) http://zero-based-budgeting.blogspot.com/

Innovative Introductions

In any program or seminar, introduction of each participant of the program to program leader and to rest of participants of the program is a great etiquette and an appropriate program kick- off. It is also a pretty decent icebreaker.

Here we present to you an innovative way of these much needed introductions. The method of introductions suggested here can be used particularly for a group where most of the participants do not know each other or know each other only slightly. Also the group size should not be too large since this creative method of introductions may end up taking lot of time of the total program duration and you may be seen as whiling away the limited available time of the seminar.

In this method of introductions, rather than requesting each participant to introduce himself to the rest of the group as is usually done, you as the program leader will request one participant to introduce the other participant to the rest of the group.

At the beginning of the exercise, make pairs of the participants- each pair will consist of two participants. Make pairs randomly. For doing this, you may ask the participants to count themselves from serial number 1 onwards. First participant will shout out his count as 1, the person next to him will shout out 2, the next to him 3 and so on till all participants shout out their serial numbers. Instruct the participants to remember their own serial numbers. Then you will declare that the person with his count no as 1 will pair up with the person with count no say, 11. Serial number 2 will make pair with serial number 12, serial number 3 with serial number 13 and so on.

The persons forming one pair will sit together. Tell them that in each pair, the two persons will exchange information about themselves with each other. It will be preferable that they do not write that information but keep it in their minds. That way they will show more interest in each other and will be more attentive to what the other is saying. The exchange of introductions may include complete name of the person, his educational qualifications, names of the schools where he took education, about the other close family members, his achievements, hobbies and interests and any other thing that may be interesting.

When all the pairs are ready, request them to start the introduction exercise. Call on the two persons of the first pair to the dais or towards the front portion of the hall. Suppose the names of the two persons in the first pair are "A" and "B". Request "A" to introduce "B" to the rest of the group. Similarly after introduction of "B" by "A", now "B" will take the turn to introduce his partner "A" to the audience. After both the introductions are over, request the audience to clap for the pair and you will welcome them to your seminar.

All the rest of the pairs will carry out this kind of mutual introductions for the benefit of the audience and the program leader.

The seminar hall is sure to fill with a kind of dynamism that will prove useful for the rest of the seminar.

Get Hold of the Related Books

You can order the following books on "management games and icebreakers" as printed books and eBooks from Amazon online:

1. Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers
2. Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers (Volume 2)
3. Classic Team Building Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers
4. 101 Classic Management Games, Exercises, Energizers and Icebreakers

Related Reading: (Repository of a large number of articles in management and leadership): http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com and http://management-universe.blogspot.com

Adjectives or Boast as Much as You Can

This management game or management exercise is an icebreaker. It also helps the facilitator or the program leader to connect himself well with the participants and the participants get introduced to each other in a very creative manner. It is a beautiful introspection tool and a motivator. It can be played at the beginning of any program.

You, as the program facilitator, will brief or instruct the participants to take out their note pads and pencils or pens and to start giving themselves some adjectives based on their strong points. Give them adequate time to scoop out their good qualities which they readily know and even those qualities which they possess but never thought about or cared about. Tell them to list out as many qualities as they can. Emphasize that here is a chance for them to boast about themselves as much as they want.

Some one in the audience may ask, "What about our disqualifications- the weaknesses?"

You should reply to clarify, "While everyone has weaknesses too, at this moment we do not wish you to remember them. If at all they interfere with your thinking about your strong points, jot them down on a separate page and do not mix up with your qualities."

Tell them that after each person has noted down all of his strengths and he has no more to add, he should put his pen or pencil down on the table. When you observe that all the participants of the program have stopped writing, instruct them to pick up the quality or strength that is best in them or which describes them the best. Give them some clues by explaining them that if some one feels that the major reason for most of his successes in life so far was his analytical capabilities, then he should pick out that quality as something special of him. Or say, other person thinks that his honesty has paid him in a big way, he could choose "honesty" as his adjective.

Once they tell you that they have picked up their best strength or adjective, tell them to write it on a name plate. Ask them to prepare a make-shift name plate by tearing out one page of their note pad and folding the paper so that it can stand on the table surface in a stable manner. Give them the colored markers that you have with you in the seminar hall to write down, in bold letters, their chosen adjective on the name plate along with their name- the name by which they would like to be addressed by you and other participants. They could choose their first name or surname (family name) or even their nick name if any.

Tell them to rhyme their names with their chosen adjective. Give an example that if someone has her name as Anita and she has chosen "good analytical capabilities" as her strong point, she could write on the name plate "Analytical Anita" as her title on the make-shift name plate. Other example could be: if person's "smartness" has been the major reason for his success and his name is Shaquir, his name plate could bear his title as "Smart Shaquir". Or say "Creative Katy" etc. Tell them to write their such titles without discussion with anyone and keep the title absolutely confidential unless you tell them to talk about it.

After all the participants finish writing their titles on the name plates, request the first participant who is nearest to you to show his name pate bearing his title or adjective to the rest of the participants and to you. Request him to shout out his adjective or the title and rest of the participants will clap for him and you will welcome him to the program. Carry this out with each participant.

The environment is sure to become vibrant and the participants start looking smart with beaming faces. A great start.

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Volleyball

It is a good energizer and even an icebreaker and can be played after the participants of a program start knowing each other a bit and start registering and remembering the names of their fellow participants.

Divide the group into two subgroups. For grouping, ask each participant to shout out his serial number. For example, the first participant will shout out his serial number as 1. Second one will shout out 2, third one 3 and fourth one 4 and so on till all the participants are covered. Then announce that all odd numbered participants will constitute subgroup 1 and all even numbered participants will form subgroup 2.

Give participants of each subgroup couple of minutes to give subgroup a nice name or title by way of an internal discussion. They will also appoint their captains.

Now the two subgroup start playing the game of volleyball in the conference room itself.

You will act as referee. You will start the game with toss of coin. The winning captain's team is awarded the first service. You will hand over the imaginary ball to the toss winning team.

A player of the toss winning team does the first service and throws the imaginary ball by doing an action of throwing the ball by shouting out the name of the player of the opposite team. If the name of the player at whom he is throwing the ball is correct, the service is judged as good service otherwise the player of team 1 is out of the game because he committed a foul.

The player of the opposite team 2 receiving the service ball takes the ball in his hand by doing the acting of catching the ball and has to pass the ball to any one player of his own team by doing an action of throwing the ball to him. If he directly throws the ball to the opposite team 1, it is treated a foul and he is out of the game. If he passes the ball to his own team player without shouting the name of the receiving player, then again it is a foul and he is out of the game. So, while passing the ball to his own team's player, he has to shout out the correct name of the payer of his team to whom he is passing the ball. If he does so correctly, he continues to play the further game or otherwise he is out of the game.

Thus, shouting out incorrect name of one's own team player or the team player of the opposite is always a foul. Not passing the ball first to one's own team player and sending it directly to the opposite team in the running game (except for the service ball) is also a foul.

Whenever there is foul by one team as mentioned above, the opposite team gets to serve. Only during the serve, the player does not pass the ball to his own team player and sends the ball directly to a player of the opposite team. In rest of the game, the ball has to be first passed on to one's own team payer and then in turn, that team player sends the ball to the opposite team by shouting out the name of the payer of the opposite team to whom he is throwing the ball.

At every foul, the player committing the foul has to leave the game and sit outside as an observer.

The team whose all the players get out of the game first, loses the game. The other team wins.

It's quite a fun game.

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