Duration: 30 – 45 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: Masking tape & stop-watch Purpose: To solve a problem as a team, with an emphasis on communication & quality thinking. Overview: To collectively move 7 persons across a 7-metre divide with only 5 body parts in contact with the floor. Conduct: Mark out clearly the start and… Continue reading Team-A-Pod
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Touch the Fox
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: 2 or more Sections Resources: NIL Purpose: To discover how individual proficiency affects teamwork. Overview: To get members of opposing sections to successfully tap the “fox”. Conduct: Facilitator identifies start and finishing lines, about 5 – 10 m apart. Each section identifies a “fox” who will stand at the finishing line, facing away from… Continue reading Touch the Fox
Speed Ball
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: 6 tennis-sized balls (or crushed paper) & stop-watch Purpose: To solve a problem as a team, learning the importance of adaptability. Overview: To figure out, as a team, the quickest way to pass, in a specific sequence, a number of balls from hand to hand. Conduct: Participants form a circle. Participants must… Continue reading Speed Ball
Singapore Map
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: 2 or more Sections or Platoon Level Resources: Chalk, masking tape or rope Purpose: To get team members to know each other better by sharing details about their lives. Overview: To get the team to share personal details by moving around to different locations within a ‘map’ of Singapore. Conduct: Using a rough ‘map’ of Singapore… Continue reading Singapore Map
Trust Falls
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To learn how important trust is within a team situation. Overview: To take turns experiencing a situation in which one is required to have complete trust in fellow team-members. Conduct: Facilitator divides the participants into pairs or threes, and instructs each group to assign 1 Faller and 1… Continue reading Trust Falls
Under the Rope
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: 2 toggle ropes per section Overview: To successfully cross under the rope from one side to another under varying conditions, without touching the rope. Conduct: The rope-handlers join 2 toggle-ropes to make a skipping rope. Team members gather on one side of the rope. Rope handlers swing… Continue reading Under the Rope
Tangled Hands
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To experience group problem-solving and learn how the team functions in executing a task. Overview: To untangle a knot of linked hands, thus forming a full circle. Conduct: Step 1 Divide participants into small groups (4 – 6 people). Form a “tight” circle facing one another. Ask each… Continue reading Tangled Hands
Wallet Game
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To break the ice and get to know each other on a more personal level. Overview: To share 3 personal things about yourself with the rest of the team. Conduct: The team sits in a circle. Facilitator explains the purpose of the activity. Facilitator asks each… Continue reading Wallet Game