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Rope Ladder Challenge For Balance Skills - Fidget Ladder

Rope Ladder Challenge For Balance Skills - Fidget Ladder is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)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. Assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
  2. Objective : Challenge one person at a time to use their hands and feet to climb the rope ladder from the bottom to the top without it flipping over.
  3. For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on both sides of the ladder and next to the support structure at the upper end of the ladder.
  4. Alert your group that the ladder may flip rapidly, in which case the:
  5. - Participant must hold onto the ladder tightly and allow their feet and legs to drop to the ground; and
  6. - Spotters must watch for and protect themselves from moving rungs.
  7. Instruct the participant to not lie across the ladder, ie only their hands and feet may be in contact with the ladder.
  8. Allow as many attempts as possible (for each person) within your allotted time frame.
  9. Fidget Ladder Rope ladder challenge to develop balance & problem-solving skills.
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Objective : Challenge one person at a time to use their hands and feet to climb the rope ladder from the bottom to the top without it flipping over.

For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on both sides of the ladder and next to the support structure at the upper end of the ladder.

- Participant must hold onto the ladder tightly and allow their feet and legs to drop to the ground; and

- Spotters must watch for and protect themselves from moving rungs.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Rope Ladder Challenge For Balance Skills - Fidget Ladder. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Objective : Challenge one person at a time to use their hands and feet to climb the rope ladder from the bottom to the top without it flipping over.; For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on both sides of the ladder and next to the support structure at the upper end of the ladder.; - Participant must hold onto the ladder tightly and allow their feet and legs to drop to the ground; and; - Spotters must watch for and protect themselves from moving rungs.. 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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