We hope you like these Leadership Activities. Please be sure to review ahead of time. Some of the activities require “equipment”, like a blind fold or a hula hoop or water glasses. Some are for large groups and some require you to form smaller groups.
Unit 1: Ball Sharing Drill
In order to pass the ball to your teammate you have to say their name first.
See this ActivityUnit 2: Team Show and Tell
Team members bring in a favorite item to share with the team that will tell teammates more about them.
Check Out this ActivityUnit 3: All Tied Up
In this fun team challenge, groups are required to work together to do complete a simple task. The problem is that they are tied together by their wrists.
Learn MoreUnit 4: Water Carry
The goal of this challenge is for the team to try and retrieve 10 cups full of water from around the room and place on a tray without spilling any of it.
Find Out MoreUnit 5: Silent Line Up
Students must line up according to birth month, birth date, how many siblings, the last digit of their phone numbers, etc. without using words.
View this ActivityUnit 6: Perimeter
Keep the ball on the wall while students pass the ball around the gym with their feet.
ExploreUnit 7: Blind Retriever
In this blindfold activity, groups are split into smaller sub-teams and compete against each other to retrieve an object.
Check it OutUnit 8: Hula Hoop Ground Touch
The team has to try and lower a hula hoop onto their extended fingers to the ground.
See this ActivityUnit 9: Only Hands
Team must figure out a way that the entire team touches the ground with only their hands.
Review ActivityUnit 10: Back to Back Drawing
Working in pairs, one person must describe a shape without naming it and their partner must draw the shape they are describing.
Review ActivityUnit 11: The Human Knot
The group forms a circle and each person holds hands with two separate people on the other side of the circle and then the group members try to untangle themselves.
SeeActivityUnit 12: Hula Hoop Pass
Students hold hands to form a circle and a hula hoop gets placed between one set of students. The hula hoop gets passed around the circle while the students keep holding hands.
You Gotta See ThisUnit 13: Video Scavenger Hunt
Working in smaller teams, each team records all the items on the scavenger hunt list within a set time period.
Check Out This OneUnit 14: Balance Ball
A tennis or softball is placed between the backs of students. Students then stand up without dropping the ball or touching it with their hands.
Review this ActivityUnit 15: Human Centipede
Students sit on the floor in a single file line and move to one point from another by walking on their hands.
Explore this ActivityUnit 16: Switch Sides If...
Students are asked to stand on one side of a line. Ask them to ``Switch Sides If...`` the statement you say applies to them.
Learn MoreUnit 17: Snake
A student guides a set of blindfolded students that form a line to pick up objects and put them into a bucket.
View this ActivityUnit 18: Question Ball
Students answer questions about themselves when they catch the ball.
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