PORTABLE ZIG-ZAG Equipment: three portable zigzag boards, at least fourteen 8 * inch rubber or carpet spots. Each of the three zig zag boards consists of a long 2x 4 board, two eight-inch 2x4 boards, two eight inch in diameter circular boards, and a four-inch 2x4 and with a four-inch piece of board from the same type of wood as the circles. All the pieces are fastened together with dry wall screws. Each long 2x4 board is a different length.
Concept: Cooperation
Objective: Team uses the zig-zag boards to travel from point A to point B on the spots without touching the ground.
Task: Place spots on the floor at intervals that will exactly match your beams. A bit of masking tape under each spot will help it stay in place. The spots will be placed in pairs, side-by-side, except for the single spot at the beginning and the end. A pattern of long-short-medium-long-medium-short-medium (14 spots) works well in most spaces and gives the activity a variety of dynamics such as planning, space issues, individualism vs teamwork, etc. Feel free to place the spots around corners to increase the communication difficulty and make the end of the journey a surprise. The team members cannot touch the ground and the teams cannot touch the ground. The spots protect the beam pads from the ground, but the stationery spots cannot be touched by the participants. Spots cannot be moved. The whole team must cross from here to there maintaining physical contact the whole way.
