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TP Shuffle: Tell Us Why

5/16/2019

Why do you use the TP Shuffle?

This is the first post in the, 'Tell Us Why' series. Tell Us Why, will be a place to share the pros, cons, risks & rewards of particular team building activities, low challenge course elements and high challenge course elements.

So, how do you use the TP Shuffle? What are your main learning objectives for this low challenge course element, and how do you frame this experience?

Let's learn together!

Chris Cavert, Ed.D.

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5 Comments

Floyd link

5/28/2019 06:35:50 am

When I was taking my first challenge course training at Greenbush, Kylie (my trainer) asked us to present a variation on one of the low course elements we had been trained on. I chose to make up a variation for tp shuffle. This was an important exercise in learning to be creative with the tools I have.

I use to shuffle, now, in a lot of ways and for a lot of reasons. It can be a fun Energizer and ice breaker, a difficult challenge, a centering activity for individuals and groups, and a deep processing tool.

I also love that this challenge can be done anywhere and with limited equipment. If you don't have a telephone pole, never fear, you can use a line in the carpet or a tent pole, or masking tape or a curbside or parking lines or string, and the list goes on...

Tony Waisanen

7/28/2019 12:28:54 pm

What is "centering"? I am becoming painfully aware I am a novice compared to you guys!

Floyd James Hinman link

7/29/2019 10:00:07 am

Hey Tony! First, I also am quite a novice, and I love it. I'm learning so many new things in so many new places! It is an amazing place to be!

I use "centering" to mean many things. It means getting back to the heart, the soul, the value, the deep. Centering can be a way of bringing the group back to focus after a time of chaos or spreading out. Centering can be balance (both figuratively and literally), or a place of homeostasis (also figurative and literal). Centering can be spiritual, emotional, or physical in that you are pulling everything back together and finding a common space for it all to be.

Chris

5/28/2019 03:20:21 pm

Floyd, thanks for sharing. I can see the 'centering' learning outcome with the TP Shuffle. When you have used it for a deep processing tool, what have been some of the deep topics you've explored after (or during) the TP Shuffle? (I'm really interested in finding out the learning objectives people plan for when programming the TPS.)

Floyd link

5/31/2019 07:35:41 am

I really like the tp shuffle for discussing support. How do we recognize the type of support we need and how do we ask for it even when we can't use words? How do we find out when other people need support and how do we determine how they would like to be supported? On this one we see a lot of groups do the squat and step over method. There are people who need other options to perform this task.

Another outcome is goal setting. Based on the idea that participants set goals for the number of times they will touch the ground in the activity, how do we collect all the information needed to set a well informed goal rather than a competitive goal? How many times do we leave people out or add unrealistic expectations to our communities because we miss very relevant information when Setting goals?

Another is the value of voice, and not just verbal? Tp shuffle sets up a really cool environment for communication to be shut down quickly. When I'm standing between two taller people and I struggle to get my voice heard, or pass my message to the correct person down the line, how do I keep from giving up? When/ where/ how does this happen in real life?

I will stop here for now, but I look forward to continuing this conversation!

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