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Here! There! Nowhere!

Hallway or living room listening game for stopping, turning and changing direction on a call.

At home 5 min 2 to 3 players Indoors With a grown-up With brothers, sisters or friends Under 5s and 2016 to 2021

Me and My Ball Work hard

At a glance

  • Clear a hallway at least 4 m long. You stand at one end. Your child starts in the middle with the ball, facing you.
  • Call Here! for small touches towards you. Call There! to turn and dribble away to the far end.
  • Call Nowhere! for toe taps on the spot until your next call.
  • Swap caller after 1 minute.
  • Progress 1: Add Switch! which means practice foot only.
  • Progress 2: Point instead of speaking, so your child has to look up.

If it's not working: Call more slowly, with a pause between each call.

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  • your child
  • Ggrown-up
  • dribble

The cleared hallway, one panel for each call. You stand at one end and your child starts in the middle with the ball, facing you. Here! is small touches towards you. There! is turn and dribble away to the far end. Nowhere! is toe taps on the spot until the next call. Drawn 4 m long but wider than a real 1 m hallway, so the symbols fit on a phone.

Full details: set up, how to play, tips

Set up

  • Move anything breakable.
  • The caller stands at one end of the hallway.
  • The child starts in the middle with the ball at their feet, facing the caller.

A hallway at least 4 m long by 1 m wide, or 4 m of clear living room floor (about 5 giant steps).

How to play

  • Here! means small touches towards the caller.
  • There! means turn and dribble away to the far end.
  • Nowhere! means toe taps on the spot until the next call.
  • Swap caller after 1 minute.

Make it easier

  • Slower calls with a pause between each.

Make it harder, step by step

  1. Add Switch! for practice foot only.
  2. The caller points instead of speaking so the child has to look up.

Three things to say

  • Listen and react quickly.
  • Small touches so the ball stays in the hallway.
  • Be a kind caller when it is your turn.

Colts habit

Work hard: toe taps never stop on Nowhere!

Both feet

Switch! means practice foot only.

Heads up

The caller points instead of speaking.

For your birth year

Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.

2020 to 2021
Use just Here! and Nowhere! to start.
2016 to 2017
Add Switch! (practice foot only) and call faster.
Under 5s
Start with the ball in their arms: Here! means carry it to the caller, Nowhere! means freeze and hug it.

Safety: Use a soft or indoor ball. Move anything breakable.

My best

Calls answered without a heavy touch in one minute. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.