Team Building Activity: Minefield
Trust has
always been a key factor to success in every team. The presence or absence of
trust makes or breaks a team.
One team
building activity that has been proven and tested to enhance trust in teams is
known as Minefield. Since Minefield originally involves blindfolding and trust in one’s
team mate, this isn’t for the faint of heart. Of course, the activity can be used as a learning experience for topics such as communication and leadership.
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| Silver Dragon Construction, May 2016 |
Here is
everything you need to know to conduct this engaging team building activity:
PARTICIPANTS:
10 - 30
participants
MATERIALS:
1 Blindfold
per pair (CTFN now discourages blindfolds)
Recommended
obstacles
-plastic
balls
-hula hoops
-plastic
chairs
OBJECTIVE:
The
objective of the activity is to allow your blindfolded partner to cross the
“Minefield” without stepping on any obstacles.
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| Petron, July 2014 |
Instructions
1. Before the activity proper, you must
scatter the plastic balls and hula hoops generously across the venue. This
constitutes the “minefield”.
2. Assign each participant by pairs, and
give each pair one blindfold each.
3. Each pair has one blindfolded ‘crosser’ who
crosses the minefield, and one ‘communicator’ who guides the crosser verbally.
4. Each crosser has to pass through the minefield
without stepping on any obstacle.
5. Stepping on obstacles will result in going back
to the starting point.
6. Once each crosser has gone through the
minefield, you may now reverse each pair’s roles. The crossers may now become
the communicators, and vice versa.
Some debriefing questions to stimulate insight from the
activity include…
How much
did you trust your partner during the activity? Was it easy or difficult?
How did
your partner make you feel as he/she instructed you on the activity?
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| AIM Global PSGW 1 team, December 2014 |
You may
conduct many variations of this activity depending on your circumstances. If
you are lacking in time, you may allow all pairs to cross the minefield in one
setting. Also, please be sensitive to participants who may have severe issues
with trust. Other than that, I hope you enjoy this fun team building activity!
Notes:
- The instructions for this activity was recreated by the Learning and Development Division of the Cebu Teambuilding Facilitators Network . Led by Philipp Chen Tan, other members of the division are Kevin Johnrey Sosas, Paulo Frangelyco Magallon, and Marc Julius Rizada.
- CTFN does not claim ownership of this activity. For a list of references used to recreate activity instructions, please visit our Directory of Activities page.
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