Purpose
This is a fun exercise which demonstrates the importance of communication and feedback in the success of a team.
Objective
Participants to guide their team mate in throwing some balls into a waste basket.
What You Need
- 10 Tennis/Golf balls
- A waste or any other similar basket
Setup
- Ask for a volunteer to stand in the front of the room.
- Place the basket about half a meter behind the volunteer.
- Ask the rest of the delegates to sit down facing the volunteer.
- Explain that the volunteer has to drop as many balls as he can into the basket using the directions and feedback given by the rest of the participants.
Timing
Explaining the Test: 2 minutes.
Activity: 5 minutes
Group Feedback: 5 minutes.
Discussion
Ask the volunteer which types of messages were most helpful? What would the volunteer suggest on improving the type of feedback given?
Comments
By Muhammad Ahmed @ Tuesday, February 2, 2010 10:38 PM
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By sonal karani @ Wednesday, February 3, 2010 10:58 AM
really a good one
By Sumanto @ Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10:28 AM
simple yet good one
By Rohith Bharadwaj @ Wednesday, June 2, 2010 1:02 PM
I found this web page very very useful.
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Good one. :)
Rohith
By Subrahmanian BS @ Monday, June 7, 2010 8:31 AM
I appreciate this simple but effective game.
By amar @ Wednesday, August 25, 2010 2:34 PM
The exercise is specific, clear and requires least material. Its simply NICE.
By Abhiram Dubey @ Friday, September 24, 2010 1:17 PM
these are really a interesting & fruitful one
By Vamsi Krishna @ Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:27 AM
This website is really good and it has very good activities which can be used for any age group
Thanks a lot to Skills converged teams
By Chelsea Elm @ Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:44 AM
Thanks Vamsi for your kind comments about our exercises and the site. We appreciate your continued interest and will do our best to provide more valuable content.
By EssBee @ Friday, June 17, 2011 2:40 PM
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By adrian @ Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:11 PM
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By Sridevi @ Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:20 PM
Mind Blowing. This site is excellent !!!!
By Anurag Aggarwal, Public Speaking Trainer @ Friday, December 14, 2012 5:19 PM
Excellent exercise for communication skills.
By Rano Nurmanova @ Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:08 AM
The site is really great. I was looking for such activities for Personal Development classes for quite a long time. Glad that found this site. Thank you very much
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