Trust-Building Activity Develops Group Support - The Gauntlet
Trust-Building Activity Develops Group Support - The Gauntlet is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Form two lines, standing shoulder to shoulder, facing each other about 1.5 metres apart.
- Stand at the opening of one end of the two lines, facing your group.
- Group assumes the agreed ‘spotting’ skills position.
- Upon issuing a series of agreed ‘Are-you-ready?’ commands, walk slowly between the two lines.
- Adopting an unsteady manner, attempt to walk to the end of the two lines, falling randomly at any time.
- Group aims to protect you from falling to the ground, and when you do, it returns you to equilibrium, each time.
- The Gauntlet Trust building activity to develop group support & safety.
- The Gauntlet is both an effective spotting skills exercise and a trust-building activity that builds confidence whilst strengthening team bonds.
- Teams develop stronger relationships that require focused attention and genuine care for others, creating powerful moments of mutual care and responsibility.
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Form two lines, standing shoulder to shoulder, facing each other about 1.5 metres apart.
Stand at the opening of one end of the two lines, facing your group.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Trust-Building Activity Develops Group Support - The Gauntlet. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form two lines, standing shoulder to shoulder, facing each other about 1.5 metres apart.; Stand at the opening of one end of the two lines, facing your group.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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