Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Writing paper, pen & a helmet/cap Purpose: To get the team to know each other better. Overview: To share with everyone in the team something unique or unusual about themselves. Conduct: Form a circle. Each person writes down something unique or unusual about himself (e.g. hobby, character trait)… Continue reading Unusually Me
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Pushing the Limit
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
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
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
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
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