Competitive Team Game For Strategy & Teamwork - Think Ball
Competitive Team Game For Strategy & Teamwork - Think Ball 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, write numbers 1 to 16 on tennis balls.
- Place four hula-hoops on the ground to represent the four points of a baseball diamond.
- Nominate one team as the batting side, the other team as the fielding side.
- Instruct the batting team to stand in a straight line behind the first hula-hoop (base.)
- Equipped with all 16 balls, instruct the first batter to throw all of the balls anywhere into the field.
- The batter then runs around the outside of their team as many times as possible until the fielding team calls “STOP.”
- The batting team earns one point for every complete rotation.
- While the batter is running circles, the fielding team aims to retrieve all of the balls and place them in pre-determined hoops as quickly as possible, ie numbers 1-4 in the first hoop, 5-8 in the second hoop, 9-12 in the third hoop and 13-16 in the fourth hoop.
- Think Ball Competitive team game to build strategy & active teamwork.
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In advance, write numbers 1 to 16 on tennis balls.
Place four hula-hoops on the ground to represent the four points of a baseball diamond.
Instruct the batting team to stand in a straight line behind the first hula-hoop (base.)
The batter then runs around the outside of their team as many times as possible until the fielding team calls “STOP.”
While the batter is running circles, the fielding team aims to retrieve all of the balls and place them in pre-determined hoops as quickly as possible, ie numbers 1-4 in the first hoop, 5-8 in the second hoop, 9-12 in the third hoop and 13-16 in the fourth hoop.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Competitive Team Game For Strategy & Teamwork - Think Ball. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, write numbers 1 to 16 on tennis balls.; Place four hula-hoops on the ground to represent the four points of a baseball diamond.; Instruct the batting team to stand in a straight line behind the first hula-hoop (base.); The batter then runs around the outside of their team as many times as possible until the fielding team calls “STOP.”. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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