Anyone for tennis?
Featured in the Team Triumphs training manual
By John Maynard
Category: Team Building
Credit price: 2 download credits (Single user)
Clear, concise communication within a team/department is vital if the team wish to meet their targets/objectives efficiently. This means that each member of the team must be aware of what the others are doing and what part they play in the process. The issues around lack of communication are most evident when a crisis emerges and the whole team have to react promptly and efficiently to develop a solution. Benchmarking, sharing knowledge, clear communication of plans and processes, and so on, need to be considered so that the whole team are working to their best ability and all moving in the same direction. This training activity addresses the issue by showing that anything can be achieved quickly to the desired quality if everyone’s knowledge has been tapped and an efficient process has been clearly communicated.
In teams of three or four, participants manoeuvre a tennis ball over and through a series of obstacles without physically touching the ball. Each team is armed only with four small lengths of cotton on which the ball must balance. Each team member will hold at least one end of a length of cotton.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers as either an indoor or outdoor training activity, and shows that almost anything can be achieved when a team works together creatively to find a solution.
- Themes:
- Communication,
- Problem solving,
- Reaching consensus,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 6 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 00:55:00 |
| No of Pages: | 9 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: Ruler, 2 plastic cups per team, 1 tennis ball per team, 4 x 30cm lengths of cotton thread per team, 4 obstacles.
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers as an indoor training activity, with teams who generally work together, to meet a number of objectives including: communication; problem solving; and reaching consensus.
Download the training activity, Anyone for tennis? as featured in the Fenman training manual; Team Triumphs