Challenging Traversing Exercise for Team Development - Hourglass
Challenging Traversing Exercise for Team Development - Hourglass 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.
- Divide into teams of 3 people with one (traversing) participant and a minimum of 2 spotters taking turns.
- Objective : Challenge each individual to traverse (from one end to the other) as far as possible using the two ropes for support.
- 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.
- Hourglass Challenging traversing exercise to develop focus & balance skills.
- As a challenging traversing exercise, Hourglass creates an opportunity for groups to experience personal quests while learning the importance of effective spotting techniques.
- Perfect for all ropes course programs looking to introduce dynamic elements that encourage trust and mutual support.
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Prompts to use +
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.
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Challenging Traversing Exercise for Team Development - Hourglass. 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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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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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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