Three-Lines Basketball
Three-Lines Basketball is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Have everyone stand in three single-file lines, one behind each cone.
- The three people that have stepped out are a team of three and will play defense.
- They will play in a half-court game against the next players in line behind each cone, who form another team of three.
- Other players in line wait their turn to play while cheering.
- The defenders get ready as the first offensive player, behind the middle cone, starts with the ball.
- This player passes the ball to one of her/his teammates to start the game.
- The object of the game is to be the first team to score.
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Have everyone stand in three single-file lines, one behind each cone.
The three people that have stepped out are a team of three and will play defense.
They will play in a half-court game against the next players in line behind each cone, who form another team of three.
Other players in line wait their turn to play while cheering.
This player passes the ball to one of her/his teammates to start the game.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Three-Lines Basketball. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Have everyone stand in three single-file lines, one behind each cone.; The three people that have stepped out are a team of three and will play defense.; They will play in a half-court game against the next players in line behind each cone, who form another team of three.; Other players in line wait their turn to play while cheering.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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