Place a rubber band over your first and second fingers, as per the first photograph.
You:
Are you a betting person? Let’s find out.
Finger Jumper
Is the hand quicker than the eye, or is it the other way around? Put this to the test with nothing but two rubber bands and your hand.
Use the other rubber band to link the top part of your fingers together, as per the photo.
You:
Now I reckon I can move the lower band from my first and second fingers to my third and fourth fingers without moving the top rubber band… think it’s possible?
Stretch the bottom band outwards, place your fingers against your palm and stretch the lower band onto the top of your fingers. When you open your hand, the band will have incredibly jumped across.
Some extra lines you can try
- You’ve got to hand it to me, that was pretty good.
- It’s not all in the wrist, it’s in the fingers.
- Lucky you didn’t take a cash bet with me.
Show them that you’re ambidextrous by using the same technique to make the band jump back to your first two fingers.
Is this all about having fast hands?
More like rubber joints.
How does that work?
Very well.
What can we learn from this?
That rubber bands are here to stay.
Hold in Hand would be a good one to follow up with here as well as Bands Split Up. And while your hands are in the spotlight you may want to show them My little friend.
- When you want to let your fingers do the talking.
- When you want people to unfold their arms.
- When you need to get people involved.
- informal gatherings
- brainstorming sessions
- team building events
- mentoring
- socializing
- Some rubber bands
- Place two rubber bands on your fingers like in the photographs and you are good to go.
- Try this once or twice by yourself and you will be a rubber guru.
- Just have some fun with your fingers.
type type
Do It Yourself (DIY)
material material
a couple of rubber bands
size size
they fit in any pocket
durability durability
have some spares
source source
the ether
time to impact time to impact
pretty much there and then
size of audience size of audience
one-on-one or a small group
possible health risk possible health risk
we are talking rubber here
reusable how many times you can use it
a few times
training needed training needed
try this by yourself first – it is dead easy though
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