Nigeria (West Africa), widely played across Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa communities
Ten-Ten
Also known as Ten Ten, Tenten
A face-to-face foot-and-clap mirroring duel where matching your partner's leg earns a point.
2 playersAges 6-14OutdoorsActiveSmall spaceNo kit
The rules
How to play
1
Two players stand face to face.
2
They clap hands together rhythmically while lifting their feet alternately in a synchronized pattern, a clapping-lifting sequence.
3
The aim is NOT to lift the same leg as your opponent at the same moment.
4
If both players raise the same leg simultaneously, the other player scores a point.
5
If one player raises a leg when the other does not, the non-lifting player scores.
6
Play continues through a chant or song; first to 10 points wins.
7
Traditionally played by girls but enjoyed by all.
Keep it fair
Both players must keep their hands visibly clapping between leg moves, hands stop, the point is void and replayed.
Good for building
coordinationrhythmreflexesconcentration
What you need
Nothing at all, just the kids.
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