Active Team Challenge For Building Coordination - Hot Box
Active Team Challenge For Building Coordination - Hot Box is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, stretch and lay four long ropes on the ground to form a square-like shape.
- Ask your group to stand inside the rope square.
- Challenge your group to pass to the outside of the rope square as quickly as possible.
- To complete the task, every person must jump any one of the four ropes while it is being rotated (without touching it) before stepping outside of the square.
- Any member of the group is permitted to hold and rotate one or more ropes at any time.
- The time starts when the first rope is lifted off the ground and stops when everyone is standing on the outside of the square and all ropes are on the ground.
- Set your group a target time to achieve, or invite them to set one for themselves.
- Allow ample time for your group to plan, discuss and undertake multiple attempts to problem-solve the exercise.
- Hot Box Active team challenge to boost coordination & teamwork.
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Prompts to use +
In advance, stretch and lay four long ropes on the ground to form a square-like shape.
Ask your group to stand inside the rope square.
Challenge your group to pass to the outside of the rope square as quickly as possible.
Any member of the group is permitted to hold and rotate one or more ropes at any time.
Set your group a target time to achieve, or invite them to set one for themselves.
Allow ample time for your group to plan, discuss and undertake multiple attempts to problem-solve the exercise.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Active Team Challenge For Building Coordination - Hot Box. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, stretch and lay four long ropes on the ground to form a square-like shape.; Ask your group to stand inside the rope square.; Challenge your group to pass to the outside of the rope square as quickly as possible.; Any member of the group is permitted to hold and rotate one or more ropes at any time.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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