Team Building Facilitation / High Ropes / Low Ropes & Fixed Initiatives

The Team Building program is about building cohesive teams! Outside of a traditional school setting, children often report that they feel ‘free’ to be themselves; offering ideas and communicating in ways they may not feel comfortable doing at school. The program is designed to ease participants into a progression of hilarious and challenging activities, games, puzzles and high ropes elements, creating a culture of trust, support and laughter through each experience.

Team Building at the YMCA of Western Ontario Outdoor Centre is an exercise in:
Goal Setting, Mature, structured ‘play’, Trust, Creative Communication, Shared Problem-Solving, Coaching, Support, Celebration of individuality within the team, Fun!

Ice Breakers
A typical day starts with icebreakers or a high-energy game to de-stress the group. Setting the tone for the day is important as the atmosphere of “play” is established right off the bat. These are often remembered as a highlight of the day as kids are forced to think outside the norms of what happens at school!

Initiatives & Low Ropes
The group then moves into a series of activities that engage trust, mutual support, physical challenge (adaptable for all!) and creative communication. With Initiatives, the group is faced with physical ‘puzzles’ that require the everybody’s efforts in order to solve. Each person’s input and is needed and valued. Using limited resources, the group may be required to invent a new language, cross a canyon to save an endangered species, or build a tower 20 feet tall. The Low Ropes elements are designed to engage the entire group in physically supporting each other as they balance and wobble their way to success.

Challenge Ropes Course
The Challenge Ropes course is over 30 feet high and designed to incorporate spirited interaction with a high impact experience. Often regarded as the “peak” experience of the day, each participant will have an opportunity to conquer the Spacewalk, work together with teammates to climb the Vertical Playground, or perhaps even do some jousting with a friend on the Catwalk!

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