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Swinging Challenge Activity for Strength & Trust - Swinging Tyres

Swinging Challenge Activity for Strength & Trust - Swinging Tyres 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. In advance, assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
  2. Divide into small teams with one (traversing) participant and at least two spotters as necessary.
  3. Objective : Challenge each participant to move from the first to the last swinging tyre without touching the ground.
  4. When required, spotters should be positioned a half-step back from the front and back of the participant.
  5. As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.
  6. Allow as many attempts as possible within your allotted time frame.
  7. Swinging Tyres Swinging challenge activity to develop strength & courage.
  8. Swinging Tyres is a physically challenging ropes course activity that blends swinging movements with collaborative spotting skills.
  9. It’s the ideal low ropes course activity to develop trust, agility and upper body strength.
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Objective : Challenge each participant to move from the first to the last swinging tyre without touching the ground.

As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Swinging Challenge Activity for Strength & Trust - Swinging Tyres. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Objective : Challenge each participant to move from the first to the last swinging tyre without touching the ground.; As in all traversing elements, spotters will move with the participant.; . 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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  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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