Get Seven Bounces

A pairs challenge with a ping pong ball. Partners bounce the ball across a table with one more bounce each round, aiming for exactly seven. It sounds easy but is more challenging than you think.

1. 1Pair students up with a ping pong ball and a flat table, bench or deck.
2. 2Player one bounces the ball once on the table to player two, who catches it and bounces it once back.
3. 3If both succeed, repeat with two bounces, then three, and so on.
4. 4The round ends when someone bounces more or fewer times than the number they're up to.
5. 5Aim to get to seven bounces. Play until one player reaches ten wins, then swap groups.

You need: A table tennis or ping pong ball per pair, A flat table, bench or deck