Team Building Activities and Exercises |
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Team building activities are a great opportunity to increase the success of the team, motivate participants and keep everyone a lot happier! Test your group today by trying some of our team building exercises below. Everyone will benefit from the activities suggested on this site and you'll be surprised at how much your group can learn from the experience. The activities on this site are aimed to be an inexpensive way to offer alternative activities for your group, which will help them bond as a team and grow as individuals. Whether you are facilitating a conference event for managers or teaching a group of primary school children, then there is an activity for everyone to experience and enjoy. |
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Description of Team Building Activities and Exercises |
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Participants will be given a ‘magic cane’ which they must lower to the ground, using just their index fingers, making sure that they all remain in contact with it at all times. Sound easy? It’s not! The ‘Magic Cane’ stick is only interested in going up, not down, so only first class communication skills will help you with this challenge. |
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Traffic Jam is a real, "Brain Buster" that requires much thinking and communication. This exercise is very similar to a human chess game. Group members are split in 2 groups and have to cross each other in this challenge based Team Building activity. Cooperation are essential to complete this task. |
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Standing in a circle, group members reach across and grab other participant’s hands. The group then tries to unravel the "human knot" by untangling themselves without letting go of each other’s hands. |
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The group have to try and cross the line at exactly the same time. If one person is out of sync, then they must start over again. Concentration, listening and communication are essential for this fun challenge. |
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Physically engaging, strategic group game. Easy exercise to play with groups of all ages. The team have must try and fit inside a small area but every time they achieve their target the area then becomes smaller and smaller. |
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Participants face away from each other and they have to count as high as they can out loud with only one person saying a number at a time. This challenge encourages active listening skills and helps participants build in confidence. |
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The team have come to a battlefield that has been laid with mines. One person at a time must attempt to cross the battlefield without stepping on a mine. Once a team member steps on a mine, they must return back to the start. |
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Birthday Line-up |
Participants line up in a straight line side-by-side. Ask them now to get in order of their birthdays (month and day, year isn't necessary). The challenge is they cannot talk at all. You'll find they resort to sign language, nudges, someone might try to start leading. You can also adapt this so they a couple of group members are blindfolded to make it more difficult. Variations to this game include: names, shoe sizes, height etc. This exercise is great for improving communication and leadership skills |
Blind Football |
Mastering Football is difficult enough, but doing it blindfold is a completely new story. Blindfold half the group, while the remaining participants are to guide them in the game. Can your group cooperate and use their communication skills to score some goals. Lots of fun, but takes more planning, than most groups plan on. |
Scrap Tower |
Split the group into smaller teams (3-5 people). The team are given a newspaper and a roll of tape to build a freestanding tower to hold a weighted item off the ground. The team with the highest freestanding tower wins the challenge. Careful planning, identifying roles and responsibilities as well as creative thinking are essential for this exercise. |
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Loop-De-Loop |
Group members stand in a circle and hold hands. Start one hula-hoop hanging over one pair of joined hands. Each person in the circle must pass the hoop/loop over him/herself and on to the next person without letting go of hands. |
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Blind Shapes |
Blindfold your group and give one of the group members a rope. Have them form different shapes with the rope starting with a square. Everyone must be holding on to the rope to complete the challenge. This exercise is great for developing leadership skills, improving communication, demonstrating just how much we rely on our body language. This activity will improve the group’s active listening skills and ability to work together. |
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