Simple Team Challenge Builds Group Coordination Skills - Blizzard
Simple Team Challenge Builds Group Coordination Skills - Blizzard is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, cut as many strips of paper (approx 4cm x 1cm) out of a sheet of paper, each representing a snowflake.
- Challenge your group to catch as many of these ‘snowflakes’ as they can in one round.
- In the first round, your group will be given just one snowflake to catch.
- For each successful attempt, they will get one more flake, eg two flakes for the second round, three flakes for the third round, etc.
- For each round, every person who is holding a snowflake will toss it high into the air simultaneously on your signal.
- If all snowflakes are caught, the group progresses to the next round.
- If one or more snowflakes hit the ground, invite your group to try again (with the same number of flakes.)
- Blizzard Simple team challenge builds focus & coordination.
- Blizzard becomes an innovative team-building experience that puts everyone’s ability to work together to the test.
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Challenge your group to catch as many of these ‘snowflakes’ as they can in one round.
In the first round, your group will be given just one snowflake to catch.
If all snowflakes are caught, the group progresses to the next round.
If one or more snowflakes hit the ground, invite your group to try again (with the same number of flakes.)
Blizzard becomes an innovative team-building experience that puts everyone’s ability to work together to the test.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Simple Team Challenge Builds Group Coordination Skills - Blizzard. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Challenge your group to catch as many of these ‘snowflakes’ as they can in one round.; In the first round, your group will be given just one snowflake to catch.; If all snowflakes are caught, the group progresses to the next round.; If one or more snowflakes hit the ground, invite your group to try again (with the same number of flakes.). Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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