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Faculty 4
Chair of Social work Prof. Dr. Daniela Cornelia Stix

Rail slider Team game for coaching, seminars and school

The photo shows the "rail glider" material that can be borrowed from the Laboratory for Didactics and Methods.
Laboratory for didactics and methods

Schienengleiter is an active team exercise that brings team members together in several small groups to achieve a common goal. The team is confronted with a challenging task: A ball must be transported. Each team member is given a piece of "track" to accompany the ball on its journey. What is particularly important here is communication at the interfaces! Planning and coordination must be perfectly harmonised in order to achieve the goal. Through the active and action-packed process, participants not only learn how important precise communication is, but also how important it is to solve a task together as a team and continuously optimise processes. The exercise can also be adapted so that the approach is either fast and dynamic or more strategic and considered. The exercise is suitable for promoting teamwork as well as for working on leadership skills and improving stress management in challenging situations.

Number of participants

6 to 25

Age recommendation

from 16 years

Duration

from 15 minutes

Set-up and procedure

  • Divide the group into smaller teams (depending on the total size).
  • Each team member receives a piece of "track" and each small group receives a ball.
  • The ball must be transported from one point to another. The team members must skilfully join the rails together so that the ball can be passed on effectively.
  • The route is chosen so that each team member transports the ball several times.
  • The exercise can be adapted according to different rules to fund different learning objectives.