The “If You Were” Ball game is a meaningful training game. The “If You Were” ball contains 32 phrases that help participants to discover themselves and identify others. The “If You Were” Ball game is a collective exercise in which the participants throw the ball to each other and each participant, when catching the ball, should answer the question: “If I were a _____, what would I choose to be?” The blank is filled in with the phrase that is under the player’s right thumb. After answering the question, the participant tosses the ball to another participant who, in turn, when catching the ball, answers the question that is under their right thumb, and so on.