By Bo Hanson – 4x Olympian, Coaching Consultant & Director of Athlete Assessments
Make the most of your team’s travel time with these valuable sports team travel tips and activities to deepen their understanding of each other and build team unity.
‘Speed Dating’ Game
Rotate in pairs, and within one minute have athletes discuss:
- The most important thing you need to know about them for them to perform at their best
- The two points to get right when communicating with them
- What they find most motivating
- How they best prepare for competition
- How they ‘recover’
- The worst thing you can do to put them off their game
And for those who use Athlete Assessments’ DISC Profiling:
Pick a song for your DISC Profile
Group your team according to their highest DISC Style. In these ‘like groups’ instruct them to come up with a theme song that represents their DISC Style (this brings a fun-factor). Then on a more serious note, in their ‘like groups’, instruct them to identify what they ‘bring to the team’ – what their strengths are, and what they need to be conscious about in working with others.
Watching a movie on the bus?
Don’t just watch the movie. Get your team to identify the DISC Profile of each lead character. Also ask them to articulate specific examples of the character’s behavior, which demonstrate their DISC Profile. This helps reinforce their understanding of DISC and ‘real life’ examples. As an advanced level of this exercise, ask your team to identify when someone is ‘adapting’ their natural behavior.
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