Partner Trust Exercise For Building Coordination - Lean Walk
Partner Trust Exercise For Building Coordination - Lean Walk is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Form into pairs, with someone of a similar height.
- Standing side by side, ask each person to lean sideways towards their partner resting on one another’s shoulders.
- Ask each person to shift their own feet away from their partner as far as they feel comfortable.
- When ready, explain that each pair should aim to maintain this leaning stance as they walk together to an agreed point.
- Lean Walk Partner trust exercise to develop balance & cooperation.
- Lean Walk is a partner trust exercise that invites two people to rely on each other for balance, requiring constant communication and adjustment to be successful.
- Suitable for most people, the physical connection naturally builds trust and offers immediate insights into cooperation and mutual support.
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Form into pairs, with someone of a similar height.
Standing side by side, ask each person to lean sideways towards their partner resting on one another’s shoulders.
Ask each person to shift their own feet away from their partner as far as they feel comfortable.
When ready, explain that each pair should aim to maintain this leaning stance as they walk together to an agreed point.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Partner Trust Exercise For Building Coordination - Lean Walk. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form into pairs, with someone of a similar height.; Standing side by side, ask each person to lean sideways towards their partner resting on one another’s shoulders.; Ask each person to shift their own feet away from their partner as far as they feel comfortable.; When ready, explain that each pair should aim to maintain this leaning stance as they walk together to an agreed point.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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