Lindsay Efkowitz

a.) The Game Twister

b.) Sources
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c.) Equipment Needed
Large playing area inside or outside
Twister Mat- mat has six rows of large colored circles on it with a different color in each
row: red, yellow, green, and blue
Twister Spinner- divided into four labeled sections: left foot, right foot, left hand, and
right hand. As well as colored circles red, green, yellow, blue
A person who will be the spinner and two other individuals on the matt playing
the game (two or more players)
d.) Activity Description
The object of the game Twister is to stay standing without falling and having your hands
and feet on a color circle. The person who falls first or is unable to do a move loses the
game.
1. Take the box and left all material out, mat, spinner
2. First unfold the Twister mat by taking the two corners and pulling it open until you see
color dots
3. Place the mat on the ground with the dots facing up to the ceiling or sky
4. Have all individuals remove their shoes
5. The two individuals that are playing and are not the spinner stand on the mat, on the
words Twister, not on the color dots.
6. The other player who is the spinner sits on the floor close enough so the people on the
mat can hear them.
 7. The person who is the spinner places the spinner in hand and uses their pointer finger of
their other hand to flick the spinner.

8. The person spinning the then calls-out a body and color that the players must follow. For
example, if the referee calls out "Right hand, red," each player must try to place a right
hand on any vacant red circle.

9. The spinner keeps repeating step eight until someone falls

10. If your called-out hand or foot is already on a circle of the called-out color, you must try
to move it to another circle of the same color.
11. There can never be more than one hand or foot on any one circle. If two or more players
reach for the same circle, the referee must decide which player got there first. The other
player(s) must find another vacant circle of the same color.
12. Never remove your hand or foot from a circle If all 6 circles of a color are already
covered, the referee must spin again until a different color can be called out.
13. The strategy is to stay balanced and not to fall
e.) Primary interaction Patterns
1. Interindividual- they are playing against each other and directed by another person the
person spinning
2. Intragroup- both players want the main goal of winning and not falling
f.) Researched Adaptation
Paraplegia
Paraplegia is the result of a spinal cord injury due to an accident or other trauma. Most
common accidents include motor vehicle accidents and falls in those aged over 65. Areas
of the spinal cord that result in paraplegia are the thoracic, lumbar or sacral regions.
Which results from loss of motor function in both the lower limbs. Individuals have no
lower body function and typically use a wheelchair. Individuals with paraplegia do have
upper body strength and can use hands arms and shoulders. I would adapt this
game to these individuals could play. The way I would adapt is to use an eight by eleven
piece of paper that has a printed twister mat on it. Which is taped to a waist length table.
I would then tell the players that we are going to use our fingers (middle, index, pointer
ring finger). There would be three individuals playing one being the spinner. The object
of the game would be the same but instead their fingers cannot fall or palms cannot touch
the board. In addition, there would be two make shift spinner that tells you what hand you
are using Right or Left and the color. When the other spinner will tell you what finger to
use.