Challenging Group Initiative For Balance & Trust - TP Shuffle
Challenging Group Initiative For Balance & Trust - TP Shuffle 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, assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
- Ask your group to stand and balance directly atop the telephone pole with both feet.
- Objective: Challenge your group to re-arrange their positions on the pole according to a particular sequence, eg date of birth (not including the year.)
- All movements must be made whilst on top of the pole, preferably with the physical support of others.
- No other part of a person’s body (eg hands or feet) are permitted to touch the ground at any time.
- Apply an appropriate penalty if a rule is infringed (see Leadership Tips tab for options.)
- Challenge your group to complete the task in the shortest time or with as few penalties as possible.
- Allow up to 15 minutes to complete the task (or other time as will challenge your group.)
- TP Shuffle Challenging group initiative requiring balance & coordination.
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Prompts to use +
Ask your group to stand and balance directly atop the telephone pole with both feet.
Objective: Challenge your group to re-arrange their positions on the pole according to a particular sequence, eg date of birth (not including the year.)
No other part of a person’s body (eg hands or feet) are permitted to touch the ground at any time.
Allow up to 15 minutes to complete the task (or other time as will challenge your group.)
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Challenging Group Initiative For Balance & Trust - TP Shuffle. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask your group to stand and balance directly atop the telephone pole with both feet.; Objective: Challenge your group to re-arrange their positions on the pole according to a particular sequence, eg date of birth (not including the year.); No other part of a person’s body (eg hands or feet) are permitted to touch the ground at any time.; Allow up to 15 minutes to complete the task (or other time as will challenge your group.). Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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