Posted on Jan 20, 2014
What type of team building PT sessions have you done?
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I am a firm believer that to build esprit de corps in your unit there should be fun team building events at PT on a regular basis. You can't do it every day or else it loses it punch but done weekly can get everyone involved and looking towards a certain day of the week.
I have done scavenger hunts with teams purposely built around unfamiliar members.
I also did a river PT session where the unit broke into teams then completed multiple tasks and some tasks involved getting into the river to complete a few tasks. Nothing like getting all sweaty then jumping into a nice cool trout stream at the end.
What have you done to make a team building event for PT? What was the outcome?
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I love small unit leadership and push small team exercises in a competitive spirit with races, relays, and sports. Exercises, like squad pushups, fire team pushups, chinese sit-ups, seesaw sit-ups, indian runs (throw a sand bag in it), build the house and move the house, fireman carry, fireman carry squats, ground fighting with team vs team, etc.
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Those are great team building exercises which will help build your unit as a more tight knit group. I try to focus my sessions on team building, physical training and leadership challenges. Nothing like taking the bog dog out of the fight and making the junior Soldiers figure it out. I also like giving a group minimum supplies and have them perform a specific task. You would be amazed at the different views you will get.
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1SG - we do alot of Ultimate Frisbee Football. It's cheap, fun and will gas you out in 15 minutes.
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Ultimate anything is good but the CG at Campbell has put sports off limits during PT. Wish they would change the policy to say allowed once a week. That would be nice.
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I agree that sports would develop team building within a unit, I know I enjoyed sports PT days the most as a joe.
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1SG Michael Blount
Top - my command lets me do what I want, because they know I won't go too nuts. Now one of my XOs? He's another matter.
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HMWWV pushes were always good. I remember the 105MM team tow drills from the days at the Battery. Beach runs at DLI... So many good ones.
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