Teamwork is critical to the success of any group--students, athletes,
businesspeople, community members, and others. Team Building Through
Physical Challenges: A Complete Tool Kit, Second Edition, takes a
proactive approach to building teams as it explains the concepts of team
building, shows how to set up teams to facilitate growth, and provides
67 mentally and physically challenging games and activities that will
foster team building and the development of numerous social and
emotional skills. These activities are an ideal way to start the school
year, a sport season, corporate training, an adventure trip, or any
endeavor that requires working together.
New and updated materials for this resource include the following:
- Updated content on how to implement the activities
- A new emphasis on social and emotional learning
- A new web resource with video demonstrations, reproducibles, and a
sample team-building course outline
Team Building Through Physical Challenges features 67 ready-to-use,
field-tested activities and challenges for introductory, intermediate,
and advanced levels. They are presented in a clear and practical format
that addresses setup, rules, equipment needs, and variations for each
challenge. The web resource offers video clips showing team building in
action, as well as reproducible forms to make implementation easier. The
web resource includes challenge and organizer cards for all challenges;
these cards give the teams all the information needed to begin the
activities.
Another important feature of the book is the rationale it offers to
obtain support and funding for the implementation of team building in
schools, organizations, and businesses.
Participants will focus on and build a variety of skills and character
traits:
- Trust building
- Conflict resolution
- Leadership
- Self-control
- Collaborative problem-solving
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking
- Creativity
- Optimistic thinking
- Listening skills
- Appropriate risk-taking
- Resilience
- Growth mindset
Team Building Through Physical Challenges assembles the best team- and
character-building resources developed by the authors since the first
edition of this popular book was published, plus new activities and
supporting material. The authors are recognized experts in the field who
have been creating, compiling, and experimenting with team-building
activities for nearly 50 years.
Team Building Through Physical Challenges is the only comprehensive
book of team-building activities that focus on physical challenges.
Through the clear instruction and guidance on team building, the useful
web resource, and the exciting and challenging activities, participants
will learn to become respectful competitors, valuable problem solvers,
selfless leaders, and high-character members of their school, team,
company, or community.
