Benjamin Aw

Moonball

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Moonball is a fun challenge to create team-work an encourage strategic thinking and resilience with the participants.

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Goal

Using only their bodies, participants will have to keep all balloons in the air for a duration of 1min without any balloons coming to rest. 

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    Instructions

    1. Each participant is given 1 balloon and have the blow up the balloon to a minimum size designated by the facilitator. 
    2. Once everyone is ready, all participants must keep all balloons in the air for a duration of 1minute. 
    3. Should any balloon come to rest on any surface (holding on hand, land on chair/table, tie balloons together), the entire team needs to restart the timing.
    4. After every restart, facilitator is to ask the team ‘Do you need time to strategise or does anyone need to say something?’
    5. Should there be any individuals who want to, give them the air time to do so or some time to strategise. 
    6. (For increased difficulty) If necessary, you can increase the difficulty by increasing the amount of balloons each person needs to handle from 1 to 2 with a maximum of 3 balloons. 
    7. (For decreased difficulty) You can give additional lifelines (chances) for the game or only catch them should teh balloon come to rest on the floor. 
    8. The activity comes to end when the timing of 1minute of achieved. 

    Link

     https://youtu.be/dOzzQmMsN2Q

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    Points of Consideration

    • Look out for safety hazards around the play area as participants might miss hazards such a s ledges, stairs or objects as they focus on the balloons.
    • Check-in with the participants if anyone is afraid of balloons or balloons popping. Should they be overwhelmed, create a safe space for them where they can stay away from the gameplay.
    • Some participants may not be able to blow up or tie the balloon. Offer assistance or ask participants to support one another. 
    • Ensure participants do not share the balloons due to hygiene concerns. 

    Debriefing Questions:

    1. How did the team go about solving the problem? 
    2. Was there any discussion or strategising or do they just commit into action and keep trying?
    3. What opportunities did the team take try to improve their situation or try to solve the challenge? Who rose up to do so? How did they do that?
    4. How did the participants handle failure and what actions/behaviours/words came up due to the failure? What did the team choose to do after that?
    5. (Regarding their situation/context) How can the team apply these concepts or points discussed into their particular challenge or context?

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