Dr. Keith Fulthorp, Ed.D. California State University, Long Beach Idris Jassim Al-Oboudi Manhattan Beach Parks and Recreation

Introduce and participate in 5 different experiential duct-tape activities that you can use when you return to work. Review use a three step process for facilitating positive team building outcomes

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Activity Set-up: Create two (2) lengths of duct tape (per group), and place parallel on the floor, sticky side up. Depending on the group size, allow more/less tape. Activity Rules: The entire group must step onto the tape, ensuring that each group member has each foot on a separate length of tape (like skis). The group must travel from a starting point, to an end point without coming unstuck from the tape, without breaking the tape, and without losing any group members.

Activity Set up: Create 4’ long strips of duct tape Place tape on the floor in a star-shape ( * ) Each strip = two people, so for a group of 10 you’ll need 5 strips Activity Rules: Each student is asked to take one end of the tape and hold onto it. Without letting go of their end of the strip, the group is to tie a knot Tell them to make the largest, meanest knot they can in 1 min. After groups have made their knot, have them exchange knots with another group- this time they attempt to untie the knot

Activity Set-Up: Use the same lengths (4’ strands) of duct tape that were used for “inhuman knots” Tape one end of all the strips onto a marker Place a piece of paper under the marker Activity Rules: Using only the materials given the team must attempt to write a series of words, draw shapes, follow a maze, etc. on paper Each student must take one end of the tape, and may only hold onto that end. Group members may not move the paper, or touch the pen

Activity Set-Up: Tape a large rectangle on the floor. Create and label 10 numbered pieces of duct tape (about 6” long, number each strip individually so you have 1- 10, and place them inside the rectangle in random order. Mark a start/finish line on the opposite side of the room from the rectangle

Activity Rules: The object is for everyone in the group to touch the numbers 1-10 in order in the shortest time possible. The stopwatch begins with the first person crosses the start/finish line, and stops when the last person crosses back over the start/finish line. Only one person can be inside the boundary area with the numbers at a time. 5 seconds are added to the total time for each number touched out of order. The group can make as many attempts as they wish. The group may not move the start/finish line or the boundary line for the numbers.

Activity Set-Up: Tape off a large rectangle on the floor. Fill the inside of the rectangle with duct tape balls, strips, etc, but leave room to walk. Activity Rules: In partners, students take turns leading each other through the pitfall zone- one will be blindfolded, the other sighted. The sighted partner may not walk inside the pitfall zone. If a student steps on the tape, (falls into a pitfall) they must start over from the beginning. Once a student makes it through the zone, have the blindfolded partner switch places with the sighted partner.

Letting the experience speak for itself Speaking for the experience Debriefing the experience Directly frontloading the experience Framing the experience Indirectly frontloading the experience

Brief-Activity-Debrief What? So What? Now What ?

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Dr. Keith Fulthorp, Ed.D. California State University, Long Beach Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA Mr. Idris Jassim Al-Oboudi City of Manhattan Beach Parks and Recreation 1400 Highland Ave Manhattan Beach, CA