Quick Circle Energiser to Stimulate Group Focus - Clap Pass
Quick Circle Energiser to Stimulate Group Focus - Clap Pass is a circle dialogue exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Ask your group to form a circle, including yourself.
- Clap your hands together as they move in the direction of your right-hand neighbour.
- This person will immediately repeat this clapping motion towards their right-hand neighbour.
- Encourage an impulse of claps to continue around the circle as fast as possible.
- Repeat this motion around the circle several times to achieve a nice flow.
- Reverse the direction and/or try a variation.
- Clap Pass Quick circle energiser that builds rhythm & connection.
- Clap Pass excels as a quick team-building activity that requires no setup or special equipment.
- Perfect between longer sessions, it naturally builds group timing and awareness.
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Ask your group to form a circle, including yourself.
Clap your hands together as they move in the direction of your right-hand neighbour.
This person will immediately repeat this clapping motion towards their right-hand neighbour.
Encourage an impulse of claps to continue around the circle as fast as possible.
Repeat this motion around the circle several times to achieve a nice flow.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Quick Circle Energiser to Stimulate Group Focus - Clap Pass. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask your group to form a circle, including yourself.; Clap your hands together as they move in the direction of your right-hand neighbour.; This person will immediately repeat this clapping motion towards their right-hand neighbour.; Encourage an impulse of claps to continue around the circle as fast as possible.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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