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Post by coachdmyers on Feb 2, 2023 12:51:14 GMT -6
Looking for things that aren't necessarily only football, and especially things that can be done in a classroom or gym. One of my favorites I stole from a basketball coach. He put kids in teams of four, each kid in the group had to assemble their own puzzle (so four puzzles per group). However, the pieces were mixed up, none of the kids had all the pieces they needed. The rule was you can't take any pieces, you could only give, and there was no talking allowed.
Clearly, teams that figured out that their job was to figure out what their teammates needed "won". Lesson about how being a good teammate makes the unit stronger, and how no one could actually win on their own.
What are some of your guys' favorites?
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Post by bulldogsdc on Feb 2, 2023 13:00:02 GMT -6
Hanging half a hundred on a team and getting everyone in the game!
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Post by Defcord on Feb 2, 2023 13:44:20 GMT -6
Last school I was at we did a competition everyday. We had a ton of different stuff. Either everyone participated or if only a few kids participated then those not participating had to wager on who would win the competition and if their team lost they had to do a couple of pushups or updowns.
I made up dozens of those competitions and tried to never use the same one twice in a month.
We used the time to teach them about not making excuses for losing, for supporting their teammates and to have fun.
We were on a bad stretch off football one year and stopped doing it for a couple weeks to use that time for football specific periods and it hurt more than it helped.
Examples:
Tug Of War
Tackle Bag Relay Race
Split double team relay race
Pass rush gauntlet
1 on 1s
Deep Snap target shoot
Trivia on something we are trying to emphasize
Gatorade chug races when needing to hydration
Most had a football component but not all
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Post by tripsclosed on Feb 2, 2023 17:22:42 GMT -6
I'm sure it's mostly just me lol, but I've always been kinda blah about team building activities, especially with today's generation. IMHO, for a lot of reasons, today's generation is a tough crowd, maybe toughest crowd coaches have ever coached...For the most part, in my view, team chemistry isn't something you can manufacture/force, it happens organically. The team chemistry is either there, or it isn't. I think the best team building is just reinforcing to them with how you talk to them, the idea that they are a brotherhood and to fight for each other. Same idea as the military or law enforcement (yes not everyone's favorite crowd in this country right now, but just thinking about the upside/positive aspect of a brotherhood).
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Post by blb on Feb 2, 2023 17:48:36 GMT -6
Best "Team Building" activities are working-sweating together in the Off-Season and practice.
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Post by larrymoe on Feb 2, 2023 17:57:55 GMT -6
Best "Team Building" activities are working-sweating together in the Off-Season and practice. The weight room is 100% the best team building environment possible. |
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Post by larrymoe on Feb 2, 2023 17:59:35 GMT -6
Whenever someone says "team building exercise" I think of trust falls and dumb first day of school activities. Immediately ruins the concept for me.  |
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Post by cqmiller on Feb 2, 2023 18:30:20 GMT -6
We ordered some of those murder mystery in a box off Amazon and put the kids in groups of 4-5 and they had to solve the murder together while racing the other groups.
Kids had more fun than they thought and they had to work together, explain their thoughts and come to a group decision.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
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Post by bulldogsdc on Feb 3, 2023 9:21:32 GMT -6
We ordered some of those murder mystery in a box off Amazon and put the kids in groups of 4-5 and they had to solve the murder together while racing the other groups. Kids had more fun than they thought and they had to work together, explain their thoughts and come to a group decision. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. What was that team's record? |
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Post by coachcb on Feb 3, 2023 10:41:25 GMT -6
We ordered some of those murder mystery in a box off Amazon and put the kids in groups of 4-5 and they had to solve the murder together while racing the other groups. Kids had more fun than they thought and they had to work together, explain their thoughts and come to a group decision. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
That's a great idea. And, I'm impressed; the kids didn't lose their minds. I've tried to play those with my family and it makes me angry.. Like "You Made Me Go Golfing Angry".
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Post by coachdmyers on Feb 3, 2023 11:15:17 GMT -6
Whenever someone says "team building exercise" I think of trust falls and dumb first day of school activities. Immediately ruins the concept for me. Yeah, those suck. But there are some good options out there. |
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Post by tripsclosed on Feb 3, 2023 11:24:35 GMT -6
We ordered some of those murder mystery in a box off Amazon and put the kids in groups of 4-5 and they had to solve the murder together while racing the other groups. Kids had more fun than they thought and they had to work together, explain their thoughts and come to a group decision. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
That's a great idea. And, I'm impressed; the kids didn't lose their minds. I've tried to play those with my family and it makes me angry.. Like "You Made Me Go Golfing Angry".
Time to bring out Monopoly!!! 😄 |
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Post by cqmiller on Feb 3, 2023 18:42:43 GMT -6
We ordered some of those murder mystery in a box off Amazon and put the kids in groups of 4-5 and they had to solve the murder together while racing the other groups. Kids had more fun than they thought and they had to work together, explain their thoughts and come to a group decision. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. What was that team's record? 4-6... best record at the school in a decade. Not amazing football talent in the area. |
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Feb 4, 2023 10:55:19 GMT -6
Let them bring their TVs and game systems to team camp and in between practices let them just hangout and play.
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Post by MICoach on Feb 8, 2023 10:30:57 GMT -6
We helped build a habitat for humanity house one year - obviously not in school, but it was fun and the kids enjoyed it. I think it was like an 8 hour work day in the summer. We bought them lunch and kept a bunch of water/gatorade on hand.
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Post by tripsclosed on Feb 8, 2023 10:49:39 GMT -6
We helped build a habitat for humanity house one year - obviously not in school, but it was fun and the kids enjoyed it. I think it was like an 8 hour work day in the summer. We bought them lunch and kept a bunch of water/gatorade on hand. That's awesome coach |
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Post by MICoach on Feb 8, 2023 11:28:20 GMT -6
We helped build a habitat for humanity house one year - obviously not in school, but it was fun and the kids enjoyed it. I think it was like an 8 hour work day in the summer. We bought them lunch and kept a bunch of water/gatorade on hand. That's awesome coach Yeah it was pretty cool, there were enough different tasks that needed to be done in the house that we'd change every hour or two which helped keep them interested. Lots of guys fighting over who got to work the nail gun. |
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 11, 2023 7:35:27 GMT -6
Best "Team Building" activities are working-sweating together in the Off-Season and practice. 100% That said, I've found encouraging players to get together to go be hooligans supporting our athletics program has been a solid way to create some of those bonds. |
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Post by bulldogsdc on Feb 13, 2023 8:15:04 GMT -6
Best "Team Building" activities are working-sweating together in the Off-Season and practice. 100% That said, I've found encouraging players to get together to go be hooligans supporting our athletics program has been a solid way to create some of those bonds. AD-"Coach, your boys were at the volleyball game and really caused a ruckus...Some of the parents on the other team were upset" |
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Post by cqmiller on Feb 13, 2023 9:16:47 GMT -6
100% That said, I've found encouraging players to get together to go be hooligans supporting our athletics program has been a solid way to create some of those bonds. AD-"Coach, your boys were at the volleyball game and really caused a ruckus...Some of the parents on the other team were upset" My response... "Good. That's what home-court advantage is. The added noise/pressure of the crowd made the other team uncomfortable. Tell Karen she can watch the stream if she doesn't want to attend the game in-person." |
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 13, 2023 9:20:11 GMT -6
100% That said, I've found encouraging players to get together to go be hooligans supporting our athletics program has been a solid way to create some of those bonds. AD-"Coach, your boys were at the volleyball game and really caused a ruckus...Some of the parents on the other team were upset" Had this convo almost verbatim, but the AD was smiling while he said it. |
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