Challenging Balance Exercise For Team Support - Cross Cross
Challenging Balance Exercise For Team Support - Cross Cross is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- In advance, assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
- Divide into teams of 3 people with one (traversing) participant and a minimum of 2 spotters taking turns.
- Objective: Challenge each individual to traverse as far along the cross-crossed foot cables as possible starting from the widest point.
- A traversing participant must have at least two spotters, one on each side of the cable and positioned a half-step back from the side of the participant.
- As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.
- Allow as many attempts as possible within your allotted time frame.
- Criss Cross Challenging balance exercise to build trust & spotting skills.
- Criss Cross is a challenging balance exercise that provides participants with an engaging experience of personal growth and teamwork.
- Perfect as a traversing activity, it builds confidence and connection while participants practice maintaining balance with the support of their spotters.
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Divide into teams of 3 people with one (traversing) participant and a minimum of 2 spotters taking turns.
A traversing participant must have at least two spotters, one on each side of the cable and positioned a half-step back from the side of the participant.
As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.
Criss Cross Challenging balance exercise to build trust & spotting skills.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Challenging Balance Exercise For Team Support - Cross Cross. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Divide into teams of 3 people with one (traversing) participant and a minimum of 2 spotters taking turns.; A traversing participant must have at least two spotters, one on each side of the cable and positioned a half-step back from the side of the participant.; As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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