Free Team Building Game
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Frenzy
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INDOOR or
OUTDOOR
"Frenzy"
Objective:
A
relatively fast session that highlights the value of
cooperation rather than competition.
Development
Areas:
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Organizational Skills
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Cooperation
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Problem
Solving
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Leadership
Time & Space:
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You will need a flat
open space of at least 30 feet square.
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Time - 20 minutes for the game;
5-10 minute debrief (more, based
on number of participants and length of debrief
desired)
Participants:
Materials:
Preparation
and Notes for Facilitator:
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Arrange 4 hula hoops on the ground
spread out from each other at the four corners of an
imaginary 25 foot square; place with the one in the
middle (imagine the dots on the five side of a
dice). Divide
the group into teams of equal numbers
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Place all
tennis balls in the middle (neutral)
hoop.
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Divide into four even random
teams. Have each team pick a hula-hoop and stand
by it.
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Explain the object of the game:
each team is trying to place all of the tennis balls in
its hoop; once you have all the balls, you
win.
Rules:
Facilitation
Notes:
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Let the game play for 3-5 minutes,
at which point the participants will be out of breath
and no nearer to winning. Signal a time-out and
ask them to regroup with their teams and strategize for
two minutes. One group or another may come up
with the creative solution (see step 3 below); most
groups, however, will try to position the people
"strategically," plan for faster ball transfers,
etc. After two minutes, signal time, have them
return to their starting positions.
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After another fruitless 3-5
minutes, participants will still be no nearer winning
and starting to become a little frustrated.
Signal another time-out, and ask them to circle up as a
group and perhaps "learn from each other." This
will usually produce better results; if they need
prodding, restate the object of the game and the
rules. Some person will think to suggest that the
groups work together; another might ask if the hoops
can be moved (YES). In either event, you know
that the group is on the right track.
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With some planning and thinking
about what you've told them, they should realize that
the only way to win (other than all of the other groups
agreeing to lose) is for them all to win, i.e., place
all of the balls in the middle hoop, then place their
hoops around the balls.
Debrief
questions:
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What
was the initial reaction of your team after the
first time-out in the game? After the second
time-out?
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How
well did the team cope with this
challenge?
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What
skills did it take to be successful in figuring out
the solution?
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What
creative solutions were suggested and how were they
received?
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What
would an outside observer have seen as the strengths
and weaknesses of the team?
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What
did each team member learn about him/her self as an
individual?
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What
other situations in life or at work are like
Frenzy?
to more team building programs for change
management:
The Amazing
Race
The
Apprentice
Survivor
Millionaire
Are You
Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Deal or No
Deal
The Idol
Pyramid
Jeopardy
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