10 Awesome Team Building Activities Your Team Won't Hate

These 10 team-building activities help teams learn about one another — how each person works, thinks, solves issues, and has fun.

10 Fun Team Building Activities That Your Team Would Love To Play

"Not the usual boring company team building activities," says the annoyed employee. Oops. When this thought crosses your teams' minds, you can pretty much drop the advantages of team bonding games out the window. Team building activities and games are made-up to be not only informative but also entertaining. They help the employees learn about one another — how each person works, reflects, solves difficulties, and has fun.

To cheer your team to learn about each other without hearing a chorus of groans, here are 10 team building games your team will love to play over and over again:

Outdoor Team Building Activities

Jumbo Cricket

Description: It's Cricket – Jumbo style.  It’s like nothing you would have experienced before. Everything about this activity is Jumbo Sized – Bat, ball and even the players themselves!!

Activity Time: 10-50 Mins

Group Size: 15-20 per team

Preferred Setting: Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Strategy, Competition, Communication, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Decision Making

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Key Punch

Description: A influential exercise for learning how to work organized, communicate and seek to progress performance. The team must touch all the numbered spots as quick as they can. The team is given four attempts whilst seeking to A/ complete the task and B/ if possible better their time.

Activity Time: 10-50 Mins

Group Size: 15-20 per team

Preferred Setting: Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Strategy, Competition, Communication, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Decision Making

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Spider Web

Description: Get your team to the other side of the web - without touching the ropes or using the same passage. Look how many from your team end up with you on the other end.

Activity Time: 10-50 Mins

Group Size: 15-20 per team

Preferred Setting: Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Strategy, Competition, Communication, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Decision Making

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Water Volleyball

Description: Packed with revelry and childhood nostalgia, this activity as the name suggests is volleyball with an interesting twist of water balloons. Beware of slipping and tripping. You’ll surely have loads of fun just participating – there is a good chance you won’t bother if you win or lose.

Activity Time: 10-50 Mins

Group Size: 15-20 per team

Preferred Setting: Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Coordination, Competition, Adaptability, Effective Communication, Strategic Thinking, Team Synchronization

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Tetris Tower

Description: The Tetris Tower activity is a unique activity that has been planned designed and developed in-house. Team Trebound and its vast network of leading trainers constantly improve our activity inventory to keep our clients engaged with newer team challenges. The Tetris tower is one such game that will get your team to work together on a precision, time-based challenge.

Activity Time: 20-30 Mins

Group Size: 15-20 per team

Preferred Setting: Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Coordination, Communication, Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Strategic Thinking, Team Synchronization

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Indoor Team Building Activities

The Triggertronics

Description: Inspired by Rube Goldberg, Triggertronics is one of the most engaging team building activities that allow the team to work on the automation-based project right from scratch. Teams are challenged to build a chain reaction from the series of tasks making it to a big one.

Activity Time: 3-4 Hrs

Group Size: 20-1000

Preferred Setting: Indoor

Learning Outcomes: Creativity, Goal Sharing, Communication, Resource Management, Collaboration, Boost Morale

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Remoto Challenge

Description: Teams must put on their creative hats and design and build a sturdy bridge that can sustain 2 cars. The weight must be well distributed through all the pillars and columns to ensure stability and strength. This takes planning, testing and a lot of out of the box thinking to make sure no failures or collapse happen. Teams must also collaborate with other teams when building so that the circuit is well laid out without sharp corners or steep drops/climbs.

Activity Time: 3-4 Hrs

Group Size: 20-200

Preferred Setting: Indoor

Learning Outcomes: Creativity, Planning & Design, Thinking Out of The Box, Resource Management, Collaboration, Boosts Morale

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Kontiki Boat Build Challenge

Description: The Kontiki Boat Building highly engaging and fun activity that is set to make your team have a splash of a time! Teams must divide themselves into smaller teams and use the blueprints and the materials given to construct a ‘Kontiki’ boat. The boats must be built to perfection to ensure buoyancy, stability and speed. The teams then test the boat with a good old fashion boat race.

Activity Time: 2-3 Hrs

Group Size: 20-200

Preferred Setting: Indoor

Learning Outcomes: Creativity, Planning & Design, Thinking Out of The Box, Resource Management, Independencies, Boosts Morale

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F1 Car Challenge

Description: This activity is a fun-filled, exciting activity that requires teams to build a custom concept car from given resources. The process, being complex, will include everything from designing to modifying and testing. For the finale of the event, teams will be required to participate in a human-powered race.

Activity Time: 2-3 Hrs

Group Size: 15-20

Preferred Setting: Indoor/Outdoor

Learning Outcomes: Strategy, Competition, Communication, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Decision Making

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Also Read: What Are The Most Creative Team Building Activities To Entertain Your Employees?

Roller Coaster

Description: Roller Coaster Ball is a highly energetic and practical activity that energizes any course or training event. When the teams meet at the end there is high tension – and then euphoria when the ball completes its course! Demonstrates that open communication and trust is the key to project teams working well with one another.

Activity Time: 3-4 Hrs

Group Size: 20-120

Preferred Setting: Indoor

Learning Outcomes: Creativity, Goal Sharing, Communication, Resource Management, Collaboration, Boost Morale

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