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Energetic Team Challenge for Group Coordination & Focus: Moonball

Energetic Team Challenge for Group Coordination & Focus: Moonball is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. The group’s goal is to keep the beachball aloft for as long as possible by hitting it.
  2. Success is measured by counting the number of hits used to keep the ball aloft.
  3. Announce an initial target, of say, 34 for the group to attain.
  4. To govern fair play and to record a valid score:
  5. - An individual cannot hit the beachball twice in succession;
  6. - A point is scored each time someone hits it with their open palm; and
  7. - As soon as the ball touches the ground, the count goes back to zero.
  8. Your group may have as many attempts as you have allotted time for this task.
  9. Moonball Energetic team challenge to explore cooperation & goal-setting.
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Prompts to use +

To govern fair play and to record a valid score:

- An individual cannot hit the beachball twice in succession;

Your group may have as many attempts as you have allotted time for this task.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Energetic Team Challenge for Group Coordination & Focus: Moonball. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: To govern fair play and to record a valid score:; - An individual cannot hit the beachball twice in succession;; Your group may have as many attempts as you have allotted time for this task.; . 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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