Trust-Building Challenge for Group Confidence - I Trust You, But
Trust-Building Challenge for Group Confidence - I Trust You, But is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Ask a volunteer to move at least 25 metres away from the rest of the group.
- The rest of your group forms a line of ‘spotters’ facing the volunteer, side-by-side about arm’s length apart.
- Upon issuing a series of agreed ‘Are-you-ready?’ commands, ask the volunteer to close their eyes, place their hands in front of their face, and run at a three-quarter pace directly towards the line of spotters.
- Runners should aim to maintain a constant pace and only stop when the spotters make contact with their hands.
- Spotters aim to stop the runner from passing through their line, by meeting the runner’s hands with their own.
- I Trust You, But… Trust-building challenge to develop confidence & spotting skills.
- I Trust You, But… encourages participants to place their trust in peers by running blindfolded toward a line of spotters.
- A carefully managed, controlled risk environment allows individuals to explore trust boundaries while the group learns the importance of supporting team members in a meaningful, impactful activity.
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Ask a volunteer to move at least 25 metres away from the rest of the group.
Upon issuing a series of agreed ‘Are-you-ready?’ commands, ask the volunteer to close their eyes, place their hands in front of their face, and run at a three-quarter pace directly towards the line of spotters.
Runners should aim to maintain a constant pace and only stop when the spotters make contact with their hands.
Spotters aim to stop the runner from passing through their line, by meeting the runner’s hands with their own.
I Trust You, But… encourages participants to place their trust in peers by running blindfolded toward a line of spotters.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Trust-Building Challenge for Group Confidence - I Trust You, But. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask a volunteer to move at least 25 metres away from the rest of the group.; Upon issuing a series of agreed ‘Are-you-ready?’ commands, ask the volunteer to close their eyes, place their hands in front of their face, and run at a three-quarter pace directly towards the line of spotters.; Runners should aim to maintain a constant pace and only stop when the spotters make contact with their hands.; Spotters aim to stop the runner from passing through their line, by meeting the runner’s hands with their own.. 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.
- Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.