Object Lesson - Beach Ball Goals

Object Lesson
- Beach Ball
Goals
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Beach balls are great for the
beach, but you don’t need to
be at the beach to play these
games. The final game
explores both personal
spiritual goals and goals for
the church youth group.

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Games Using Beach Balls
Beach Ball Balloon Basketball –
Use laundry baskets or large waste
baskets as the “goal”. Divide into
teams and play like regular
basketball. Balloons must stay in
the container for points to be
scored.
Beach Ball Dodge ball – Use one
or more beach balls to play a game
of dodge ball. Whoever is hit is
out. The Goal of this game is to be
the last person standing.

Beach Ball Icebreaker – A beach
ball with icebreaker questions
written on the ball. In a large circle,
someone tosses the ball to another
person to catch. The person that
catches the ball calls out the
question closest to their right
thumb. The youth then answers the
question and throws the ball to
another participant. Continue until
everyone has had a chance to
answer a question.

Beach Ball Relay – Create a relay
course with start and finish lines
indicated by tape or chalk. Players
must remove their shoes and then
stand at the starting line in teams.
One member of each team must
wear a pair of sunglasses and hold
a beach ball between his/her
knees. Team members race to the
goal line and back without
dropping the beach ball. The
players then pass both items to the
next team member, and the team
to finish the relay first wins the
game.

Dragon Dodgeball – Have the entire
group make a circle. Pick four to five
people for each team. The first team
goes into the center of the circle and
forms a line by attaching their hands
to the waist of the person in front of
them. The people who make up the
circle throw the beach ball at the
“dragon”, trying to hit the last person
below the waist. Once hit, the last
person returns to the outside circle
and players continue to hit the new
person at the end of the dragon until
there in only one person left and
they too are hit. A new team then
goes into the middle. Time each
team. The Goal is to see which team
can last the longest.

Hunter Ball – A hunter tries to
shoot other players by tossing a
beach ball at them. The player
who is shot is out if hit. If the
player catches it or if the beach
ball hits the ground first there is
no kill. He may then throw the
ball wherever he wishes. Goal is
to be the last person standing.

Moonball – Teams compete with
the goal to hit a beach ball up in
the air as many times as possible
before it hits the ground with the
following rule: a player may not hit
the ball twice in succession. Count
1 point for each hit. To make it
more difficult you can add
additional rules: 1) a group’s score
does not count until everyone has
hit the ball once 2) Players can only
hit the ball with their hands or
head and 3) players cannot “punch”
the ball.

Rabbit and hunter – A player (rabbit)
is in the middle of the circle. The
hunter on the outside of the player
must try to hit the rabbit with a ball.
The time is recorded how long it
takes before a rabbit is hit. The goal
is to be the rabbit who held out the
longest.
Scatterball – In this version of dodge
ball no one ever really gets out.
Throw the ball in the air, and
someone grabs it. They have 5
seconds and can take 3 steps before
throwing the ball. If you get hit, you
sit down. If you are sitting down and
a ball comes near you, you can pick it
up and throw it at someone standing
up. If they get hit, they sit down, and
you are back in.

Speed Ball – Divide the group into
2 equal circles. Give each group 3
beach balls. The object is to pass
the balls around the circle at the
highest speed possible. Whenever
someone drops a ball, they leave
the circle. At the allotted time, the
team with the most players left
wins.

Steal the Bacon – Divide the youth
in half and line them up on either
side of the room. Have them
number themselves off starting at
one and going up. Each side will
have one of each number. Put the
beach ball in the middle. Call out a
number, for instance, 3. The number
three from team one and the
number three from team 2 go
toward the beach ball. Points are
awarded in 3 ways. They can either
pick up the beach ball and run it
back to their team for one point.
They can tag the other person as
they try to run it back, one point. If
they pick it up and drop the beach
ball, one point goes to the other
team.

Tunnel ball – The team makes a
tunnel with their legs spread apart.
A beach ball must be rolled through
the tunnel. The last player collects
the beach ball and runs to the front
to roll the ball through the tunnel
again. You can either have 3-4
rounds where the fastest team wins
or the teams must complete a
certain distance. The first group to
reach the goal line has won.

Ultimate Ball – divide the youth
group into two teams. Find
something you can use on either
side of your room for a goal. This
can be basketball goals, chairs, a
spot on the walls, or the walls
themselves. The goal for each team
is to pass the ball to their team
mates and work the ball down the
room until someone can throw it
and hit the goal. Play just like
ultimate frisbee. A player cannot
dribble, or run with the ball, they
must pass it to their team mates. If
the ball hits the ground, the other
team takes possession and try for
their goal.

If you are limited on time, just use
this game…
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Life-Size Foosball – This game can
be played in any open space and
some indication or marking of a
goal at each end. You can use
stakes and string to mark any field.
Indoors you can use masking tape
to tape the string to the floor. If you
are at the beach, just draw your
lines in the sand!
Played like foosball (also known as
table soccer) this game is a less
strenuous form of soccer that
almost anyone can play

Preparation
If the field is not marked off into
lines do so in such a way that there
is one goalie for each team and the
other players are evenly distributed
across the field. Players must stay
within their marked off boundary.
The more narrow the field, the less
they will have to run from side to
side. If you have a small space, you
can even play sitting down.

How to Play
1. Divide the group into two
teams.
2. Allocate the area between
lines on the field so that the
players are evenly distributed
across the field with 2 or three
players inside each area.
Alternate areas between
teams.
3. All of the members of one
team face toward the
opposing team’s goal. Rows
can be very close or several
feet apart, depending on the
size of the chosen field area.

4. Players may move freely to
the right or to the left, but
they may not move forward or
backward at any time. Players
must remain inside their
designated area between the
two lines.
5. Play and score the game just
like regular foosball. A point is
scored for each time the
beach ball goes over the
opposing team’s goal-line or
hits the opposite wall.
6. If the beach ball is kicked out
of bounds, it is tossed back
into the game by any player.

7. A coin toss decides the 1st
serve.
8. The goalie on the serving
team tosses the ball into play
with his hands.
9. Other players try to kick the
ball into the opponents goal.
10. If a player steps out of his
boundary box, the ball goes to
the opposing team.
11. If a goal is scored, the team
last scored upon gets the
serve.

12. The opposing team also gets
to serve after a ball is out of
play, or after a neutral dead
ball.
13. You can decide whether the
goalie can use hands or not
to block goals. Use of hands
makes it much easier to
block.
14. The first team to score 10
goals wins.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
What is our goal as a church (or
youth group / cell group)
In our group, each of us has areas of
responsibility. Sometimes these areas
are shared. Our area of responsibility
will be based on God’s calling, his
gifts, and even our personal interests.
Whenever something falls into our
area, we are responsible for handling
it.

What is the result of someone not
handling their area in this game?
How does it affect others on the
team? How is this similar or different
to the body of Christ?
In our own group, do we ever step
into other people’s areas of
responsibility? Why do we do so?
What are some of the possible
consequences of stepping into other
people’s areas of responsibility?
(They don’t have the opportunities to
develop their own gifts and skills for
ministry, we may neglect our own
area, we burn out, we lose focus)

MAKE IT PRACTICAL
What are some of the areas we
need to cover in order to achieve
our goal or goals as a group?
MAKE IT PERSONAL
What do you see as an area you
can take responsibility for in our
group? Why do you see yourself in
this area? How will serving in this
area help you to grow and
develop your own gifts?

Action Point
Find your area and commit to
covering that so that as a group we
can achieve our goals!
SCRIPTURE
I Corinthians 12 – The Body of
Christ

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