Spiders Web Team Building

Time: 30 40 minutes
Participants: 6 15
Materials: 1 large ball of string, Strong Tape (Duct), 1 pair of scissors
Purpose:
Problem soling actiit! for teams, "#ic# re$uires t#e entire team to manage
t#eir %ifferences (si&e, %isposition, strengt#, intelligence, etc'), it re$uires
commitment, it(s er! p#!sical "it#out being strenuous, an% it)s fun'
T#e ob*ect of t#e game is to score points b! passing eer!one t#roug# #oles in a
spi%er "eb "it#out touc#ing t#e "eb' (+emember t#is "#en buil%ing t#e "eb'
,a-e openings %ifferent si&es' ,a-e sure t#ere is a #ole large enoug# for
eer!one to go t#roug#')
T#e problem brings up all t#e stan%ar% group.team problem soling issues,
$ualit! issues, ("#at is a "eb touc#/), et#ical issues (calling a touc# "#en !ou
see one), an% strategic issues ("#en %o "e cut our losses)'
Safety:
Do not allo" an! one to %ie t#oug# t#e "eb' 01 234D56+ST7 Stop t#e action if
t#is is about to #appen'
8#en t#e! are lifting someone, remin% t#em to protect t#e participant(s nec- an%
s#oul%ers'
Stop action if t#e! are %oing an!t#ing t#at !ou %eem %angerous'
6f t#e "eb brea-s !ou ma! stop t#e actiit! an% ma-e repairs or start t#e reie"'
Building the Web:
9#oose a location "it# t"o fi:e% ob*ects (suc# as t"o trees, "alls, a #all"a!, a
sta-e an% a tree) ; < 14 feet apart' 6f outsi%e, ma-e sure t#ere are not a lot of
branc#es #anging oer t#e site an% t#at t#e groun% is free of #a&ar%s'
Sometimes !ou nee% to use a metal pole an% a tree' 6f !ou are buil%ing a "eb in<
%oors, use %uct tape on t#e "alls an% floors' 8atc# t#at it is not pulle% loose
%uring t#e actiit!'
Tie an% "eae t#e string.!arn bet"een t#e items !ou #ae c#osen in a "eb li-e
fas#ion'
,a-e at least t"o more #oles t#an !ou #ae participants in t#e group' =ou s#oul%
ma-e some easier #oles (li-e un%erneat# t#e "eb) an% some more %ifficult #oles
(smaller or #ig#er)' 6t(s also goo% to #ae t"o or t#ree e:tra #oles so t#at t#e
participants #ae some %ecisions to ma-e' 4%% a fe" e:tra eas! #oles' 6f t#e "eb
is too eas!, !ou can tell t#em t#at some #oles are off limits'
,a-e t#e general structure of t#e "eb "it# one piece of string instea% of man!
pieces tie% off' String t#e "eb from one ob*ect to anot#er, bac- an% fort# until !ou
#ae a structure'
8#en stringing t#e "eb, !ou %o not nee% to tie a -not at eac# cross of t#e !arn'
=ou %o nee% to "rap t#e actie string aroun% eac# stationar! string it crosses'
3ac# time !ou ta-e a turn aroun% t#e ob*ect or stationar! string, pull it tig#t'
T#ere s#oul% be no slac- in t#e "eb' >se s#orter pieces of t#e string to %ii%e
t#e large #oles into smaller ones'
Team Instructions
GO!: To get t#e #ig#est final score !ou can'
The specifications:
4 point is score% eac# time a person passes entirel! t#roug# an opening in t#e
"eb "it#out touc#ing it'
1nce a person goes t#roug# an opening, t#e #ole is close%' 0o one else can go
t#roug# t#at #ole'
6f eac# person in t#e group scores, all t#e #oles reopen an% can be use% again to
score a%%itional points, if time permits'
=ou ma! use t#e openings bet"een t#e groun% an% t#e string, an% bet"een t#e
"all an% t#e string'
6f an! person touc#es a string at an! time, all must return to t#e starting si%e of
t#e "eb, t#e score returns to &ero, an% all #oles are open for scoring'
4ll members of !our group must start from t#e original si%e of t#e "eb'
0o one ma! go oer or aroun% t#e "eb, e:cept "#en returning to start oer'
=ou ma! not alter t#e "eb in an! "a!'
?ot# t#e coac# an% t#e team members are responsible for monitoring touc#es of
t#e "eb'
3ac# member of t#e team is responsible for t#e safet! of all ot#ers members of
t#e team'
?e sure t#at t#e #ea% an% s#oul%ers of an! person being lifte% an%.or passe% are
"ell supporte%'
=our team(s final score is t#e number of points it #as at t#e en% of @5 minutes'