Circle Ball

Equipment: A football sized ball
Stolen from: Sue Blaylock

The aim of the game is to be one of the last people left standing.

Everybody stands in a circle with their legs spread nearly as wide as they can, touching the feet of the people on either side of them so there's no gaps. People use their hands to try and throw the ball through other people's legs; if the ball goes through your legs, you're out, and the people on either side of you wriggle a bit to close up the gap.

In my experience, the kids who are out tend to busy themselves chasing the ball and throwing it back in when it leaves the circle. Because it's pretty simple, it's a good game to play at the beginning of a session when kids are still arriving because they can join pretty easily.