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Post by coachhez on Oct 17, 2010 18:44:02 GMT -6
Looking for help guys and I didn't know of a better place to go. We are in need of some in-season team-building ideas that are feasible and work. I know we are not the first to have an issue like this in season, so who else has and what have you done with it. Anything and everything would be great.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2010 23:42:14 GMT -6
What are the problems you're trying to fix and what do you mean by "team-building" exactly?
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Post by coachhez on Oct 18, 2010 8:21:14 GMT -6
We are having some "grouping" take place in the locker room. We felt we were in a good place after pre-season, especially at the end of our over night camp. Our leaders have brought it to us that they feel like we are lacking the team comradeship that we need to be successful. Some of our kids are pressing on the field because they don't completely trust that everyone is able or going to do their job at times, which leads to them not always able to do their job. We are looking for something that would be a reminder of the team-unity/togetherness we had at the end of camp, and we were seeking advice from others who may have had similar issues.
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Post by shocktroop34 on Oct 19, 2010 18:57:31 GMT -6
I performed this lesson just today and it went off very well. I had the players count off by 3's. I put them in three groups and then had each group focus on a question that I posted on the board.
What do we need to start in order to accomplish our goals?
What do we need to stop in order to accomplish our goals?
What do we need to continue in order to accomplish our goals?
Each group had about 8-10 minutes to discuss their particular question. I had captains serve as the facilitators and scribes.
If possible, try to stay out of the way as they are discussing things.
Call them back (and even though the captains did the writing) let someone else read the list.
Our start list was 7 items long; the stop list was 11 items long; and the continue list was 14 items long (we're 6-1 so it kind of makes sense).
Let them read while you chart them on the board. Then have them go back and explain in detail some of the more intriging things that you hear.
Our point was to give the players a "voice" and let them continue to take ownership of the team. It got down and dirty. One of the things that came up was individualism. I asked, 'ok how do we address that?' One kid said we need to start calling people out. We had kids calling out starters and everything. They responded and made their peace, but everything was out on the table.
We proceeded to go out and have a great practice. I don't know if this will work for you, but it paid great dividends for us. No matter how the remainder of the season goes, this was a true TEAM BUILDING exercise for us.
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Post by shocktroop34 on Oct 19, 2010 19:05:21 GMT -6
typo...it shoud read start doing; stop doing; continue doing..but you get the point.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 21:04:30 GMT -6
Who's the "we" in your example? You talking kids and coaches, or just the kids. Could easily turn into a bash the coaches session, esp. if things are not going well.
Duece
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Post by spartancoach on Oct 20, 2010 11:10:38 GMT -6
I performed this lesson just today and it went off very well. I had the players count off by 3's. This would be a challenging enough teambuilding exercise for our group. |
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Post by jlt on Oct 20, 2010 14:28:15 GMT -6
Our teambuilding is taking place in a couple of weeks. Our seaosn starts late so its still preseason.
We are going paintball. Coaches included. O v D.
Offence going as Rambos (tank tops, combats and bandanas)
Defence are going as Rebels (I expect to see a few dishcloths on heads, a few baskets and some Castro impersinations.
I wanted something a bit more PC from the defence but they were adament thats what they wanted to do and well thats a good thing I suppose.
After a day of that the groups kinda disappear and its quite amusing to see the hundreds of notifications on Facebook where for example freshmen and seniors are becoming friends. Posting stuff on each others walls about funny things that happened, etc.
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