Duration: 20 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: Area with soft ground (for sit-ups) Purpose: To get each Section to accomplish a tiring task together, to highlight the importance of using individuals’ strengths at different points. Overview: To be the first Section to complete x push-ups and y sit-ups. x = 40 X no. of people in each Section y = 40 X no. of people in… Continue reading Pushing the Limit
Category: Team Building
All Aboard!
Duration: 20 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Mahjong paper/newspaper or toggle ropes Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & communication. Overview: To fit the whole team into an ever-diminishing space by supporting each other. Conduct: Create a square on the ground using mahjong paper or groundsheets (laid out in a large square) or toggle-ropes (laid… Continue reading All Aboard!
Titanic
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: Newspaper, toggle rope & masking tape, in an open area Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & cooperation. Overview: To get all members of each team ashore before their ship sinks. Conduct: Set–up. Mark out an area that can accommodate the whole group. Use masking tape to demarcate… Continue reading Titanic
Small Change
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level (min: 20) Resources: Post-it pads & markers Purpose: To emphasize that everyone in a team matters, no matter how big or small a role the person has. Overview: To avoid elimination and be the last few persons to remain in the game. Conduct: Divide the group into 2 or 3 smaller… Continue reading Small Change
Ball Juggle
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: Tennis-sized balls (or crushed paper), equal to the number of participants Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & communication. Overview: To successfully complete various juggling challenges as a team. Conduct: Have the team stand in a circle facing each other. Each member in the team to… Continue reading Ball Juggle
Bull Test
Duration: 10 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Paper, drawing materials, masking tape Purpose: To get to know each other by discovering some common personality traits. Overview: To enable group members to find out which of them share certain personality traits. Conduct: Each person is given a sheet of paper and drawing materials and told to take 5 minutes… Continue reading Bull Test
Team-A-Pod
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
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
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