33er
Freshmen Member
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Post by 33er on Dec 8, 2008 19:28:57 GMT -6
I am wondering what you all do for team building activities? I am thinking about doing a practice next season were we going bowling as a team. What are some things that you all do?
Thanks!
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Post by coachweav88 on Dec 8, 2008 19:31:53 GMT -6
I'm thinking about doing a team retreat early in the summer. High ropes courses, team building games. Still in the brainstorming phase
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coachgeorge51
Sophomore Member
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Post by coachgeorge51 on Dec 9, 2008 14:20:19 GMT -6
Last summer we took our team paintballing and to a high ropes course. Both were awesome outings. The kids and coaches really bonded and it made the transition to my first year much easier. I wanted to use it as a catalyst for the season even though I knew we would struggle to win games. We finished 1-8 but the summer program combined with the team outings created a team that cared and didn't quit and that was my goal more than winning games in the first year.
You can't put a price tag on the team outings. I believe it is really important for developing the relationships necessary to bring you through the grind of a season. We are going to have a Madden tournament, movie nights at school, and some community service in the off-season.
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Post by cltblkhscoach on Dec 10, 2008 3:17:14 GMT -6
Right now we're having Madden Tournaments in the offseason, but in the Spring I'm looking to do something like bowling or a movie - we're going to call them MTA's or Monthly Team Activities - we're at an inner city school so these kinds of things the kids really get excited about because usually they don't get to do things like that too often.
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 10, 2008 6:51:58 GMT -6
MADDEN TOURNAMENT, BIG COOKOUTS
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Post by kboyd on Dec 10, 2008 10:56:29 GMT -6
We do the bowling thing and at the year end banquet give out trophies to the bowlers on the winning team. We also do some volunteering around town - this season our kids went and helped out with a big food drive for our local food bank. They were a big help and really came together and seemed to enjoy it.
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Post by cjamerson on Dec 11, 2008 10:59:42 GMT -6
I feel nothing builds a team better than accomplishing a goal, no matter how big or small. We try to have team activities that have a set purpose that we have to work toward achieving. To go off of kboyds comments on the food drive. We've worked on food drives in the past. We split the guys into teams. We would set a goal of a certain amount of food for them to collect. It had them working toward a common purpose. Another activity we do is host a "tailgate" for the basketball teams. We gather the football guys not participating in b-ball and do a cookout. It gets them together working toward raising money for our team. Then they all gather up in a section of the bleachers and show some school spirit. Togetherness and purpose build teams...IMO.
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