Head Butt Tag
A fast-paced tag in which you are both the chased and chasee.
At A Glance
On “GO,” everyone declares themselves as belonging to one of two teams, and the chase resumes until everyone on the opposing team is tagged.
What You Need
- A large, flat open space
- Minimum of 10 taggers
- 5 – 10 minutes
What To Do
An early highlight of this game occurs right at the start when you roll into, “… Okay everyone, we’re going to play head-butt tag now!…” But don’t worry, it’s not what it seems, but at least you have your group’s attention.
Instruct your group to spread themselves randomly about the playing field / space. Explain that there are two “teams” – heads and tails (or butts) – and everybody gets to choose which team they (initially) want to belong. To be on the “heads” team, a participant must place both of their hands on top of their head, while everyone belonging to the “butts” team will place their hands on their bottom (not somebody else’s!)
From the centre of the field, you announce that you will count to three quickly, at which point everyone must have declared an affiliation with either the “heads” or “butts” team. On three, the chase begins. Heads chase butts, and butts chase heads. When a tag is made of a member on an opposing team – by removing one hand from a head or butt to touch another – the person who is tagged automatically becomes a member of the team that just “caught” them.
Loyalties may swap many times in a game. It continues until everyone swears allegiance to the same team, or it seems that most people are pooped!
Variations
- Toss a coin in the middle of the field, and shout the heads or tails outcome. The team which is announced chases the other team. Play several quick rounds, the game continues until everyone is caught.
- Rather than nominate just two teams, allow each person to choose any part of their anatomy to place their hands on, for example, their chest, shoulders, ears, etc. Same rules apply – the person tagged assumes the “team” position of the person who tagged them. This variation takes much longer, but only if you’re willing to let it run full-time.
Taken from ‘No Props: Great Games with No Equipment’
If you know of a cool variation to this exercise, please add a comment…
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