Energetic Team Game for Fun, Strategy & Racing - Tic Tac Toe
Energetic Team Game for Fun, Strategy & Racing - Tic Tac Toe is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Lay or draw one large Tic-Tac-Toe hatch on the ground approx 15-20 metres in front of each group.
- Divide each small group into two smaller teams to represent the teams of Noughts and Crosses.
- Assign and distribute one set of four coloured items to identify each team’s mark.
- When ready, instruct a representative from each team to race towards their hatch to place one of their coloured items inside their preferred square.
- Upon this first person’s return, each team sends out their next representative to place their next mark as quickly as possible.
- The members of each team continue to take turns to lay their marks on the hatch.
- The game continues until one team becomes the first to lay three items of the same colour in a straight line (in any direction.)
- Tic Tac Toe Energetic team game combining strategy with racing & teamwork.
- Tic Tac Toe is an energetic team game that builds coordination whilst developing communication and strategic thinking skills.
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Lay or draw one large Tic-Tac-Toe hatch on the ground approx 15-20 metres in front of each group.
Divide each small group into two smaller teams to represent the teams of Noughts and Crosses.
Assign and distribute one set of four coloured items to identify each team’s mark.
When ready, instruct a representative from each team to race towards their hatch to place one of their coloured items inside their preferred square.
Upon this first person’s return, each team sends out their next representative to place their next mark as quickly as possible.
The members of each team continue to take turns to lay their marks on the hatch.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Energetic Team Game for Fun, Strategy & Racing - Tic Tac Toe. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Lay or draw one large Tic-Tac-Toe hatch on the ground approx 15-20 metres in front of each group.; Divide each small group into two smaller teams to represent the teams of Noughts and Crosses.; Assign and distribute one set of four coloured items to identify each team’s mark.; When ready, instruct a representative from each team to race towards their hatch to place one of their coloured items inside their preferred square.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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