Many coaches are searching for team building activities for their teams. Here is a football coaching tip that Mike sent in. Very creative!
From Mike
Teambuilding Activity –
I took a 10 ft long, fairly heavy duty chain to football practice last year. All the boys were wondering what the chain was for!
I asked for two members to grab an end of the chain and stretch it out to full length. Then I asked them to pull like tug of war, the next step was to put a few of the bigger boys on each end and repeat the tug of war with more players.
The point to make here is this; the chain is very strong and cannot be broken even by the strongest players. Each player represents a vital Link of the chain. The chain is the team. Point out that no matter where you pulled the chain it was equally strong and can not be broken. Explain that if for some reason a link did break another Link (player) can be substituted to reattach all of the links. If everyone acts as a link in the chain, pulling his own weight, the result is winning.
This made a pretty good impact on our players as they recalled the Chain several times during the season!
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