Flying ball game – a breathing exercise (Svoora)

🎈 Take a deep breath, blow – and the ball hangs in the air. The Svoora flying ball game looks like a magic trick, but it is really physics: the stream of air holds the ball up, and the child, without realising it, learns to control their out-breath.

✨ What does this game develop?

• Breath control – the ball only rises when the stream is even and long;
• The strength and length of the out-breath – a short puff does nothing, you have to keep going;
• Concentration – the moment attention wanders, the ball drops;
• Self-confidence – the trick can be shown to friends and earn a round of applause.

🎲 How to play at home

Blow steadily, not sharply – that is the main secret. Once your child can keep the ball up, raise the bar: who can hold it longest, who can send it highest, can you talk while the ball is hanging there. Travel-sized – it fits in a rucksack and saves the day when boredom strikes.

🧑‍🏫 Tips for specialists

This is one of the most enjoyable tools for breathing practice in speech and language therapy: controlling the out-breath stream is the foundation of articulating speech sounds and of fluent speech, and here the child practises not because they have been told to, but because they want to repeat the trick. It works beautifully with stammering and with a weak out-breath stream, and also as a calming exercise before a demanding task.

📦 What’s in the set

• The flying ball game set;
• Compact, good for travelling;
• Designed by the Greek manufacturer Svoora.

👶 Who is it for?

For children from 6 years and for adults. Please note: not suitable for children under 3 – small parts.