TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES

 

Nothing breeds recognition like high profile success as reflected in team building activities. Our program culminates a total group experience by recognizing the vitality of personal contributions to effective teamwork.

The focal point of our team building activities are to motivate people through the experience of success. Success is recognized and measured through developing individual talents which build winning teams.

Team building programs require a high degree of challenge and commitment. The stakes are perceived as high, but the exercises are geared for success thus creating a whole new perspective on personal potential. In a matter of hours, participants experience the difference between what they think they can accomplish and what they can actually do!




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AQUARAMA

Get ready for fun in the sun with this pool olympics event! You will be greeted by "lifeguards" for each team who will cheer you on and advise your teammates of any "tricks" to speed up the events. Your team will only have a little time to organize, so teamwork is a must! Then let the games begin! 3 hour event.

Events to include:

  • Team Cheer
  • Tennis Ball Relay
  • Water Volleyball
    Synchronized Swimming
  • Free Style Relay
  • Inner Tube Relay
  • Rubber Raft Towing
  • Walking with Flipper Relay
  • Water Balloon Toss
  • Water Balloon Slingshot

 

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CORPORATE SURVIVAL

What a way to promote team work among your top executives. They will work elbow to elbow to "survive" the challenging course. There are many obstacles to overcome, and the only way to accomplish these feats is to think together, plan together, and act together! 3 hour event.


Events to include:

  • Team Cheer
  • Acid River Crossing
    CEO Rescue
  • River Boat Crossing
  • Treasure Map
  • Special Teamwork Warm-up Exercises


 

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FOOT RODEO

Your arrival is marked by hoots and hollers from your rodeo staff. Wranglers are hitched up to each posse (team) to help with the challenge of Western athletic fun, and to call foul when you don't hold up the tradition of the West! 3 hour event.

Events to include:

  • Team Cheer
  • Obstacle Course
  • Chicken Chase
  • Goat Dressing
  • Bucket Brigade
  • Single Tree Carry
  • Cross Dressing
  • Boot Race

 

THE CAR DERBY

In this event your group will experience both racing and team building activities. We offer a creative problem solving program combining unique team relay challenges along with the car derby building. Each team receives a kit of supplies all painted for their custom car. Teams develop a blue print for construction and the tools to build their own race car within a set time frame. Finally, the big race. Each team runs the course three or more times for a collective team time. Points are awarded for total time, creativity and design.

Events to Include:

  • Design and Build the Car
  • Pit Crew Rally
  • Tire Roll
  • Fueling Race
  • Taxi Driver Relay
  • Harley Races
  • Car Derby Races



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SAIL FOR SUCCESS

Catch the wave and have fun as we have created a team event designed to Pump up the Spirit and build teamwork, unity and pride. The program is built around "Building a Boat" and racing it against the other teams. Teams will receive a boat kit and must design and construct a boat prior to racing it against other teams. Teams earn points in each activity based on their performance against the clock or goal in the activity, not the other teams.

Events to Include:

  • Blindfold Tacking
  • Mast Building
  • Walking the Plank
  • Walking the Water
  • Bail the Boat
  • Sailor Chant or Cheer

 

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DESERT SCAVENGER HUNT

Your group will enjoy a little friendly competition, a great deal of fun, and an opportunity to experience the Sonoran Desert up close and personal! This Scavenger Hunt is a fun and exciting way to enjoy the splendor of the Sonoran desert while testing the group's sense of direction, ability to follow clues and find hidden items in the desert.

We will pick you up at the front door of the resort in open-air jeeps. Each team (jeep) will be issued trivia questions and directions for them to follow to reach the starting point of the hunt located at an off-road trailhead. Once at the trailhead our "Scavenger Hunt Referee" will issue the all important scavenger hunt list and assigned teams to the trails they will follow. Once on the trail each team member will need to work together to complete their list within an hour. Remember this is a hunt….. by jeep and on foot.

At the conclusion of the one hour hunt, teams will return to the trailhead to turn in their items for tabulation and scoring. GOOD LUCK. A live reptile demonstration will take place at the conclusion of the hunt.

LET THE HUNT BEGIN…...

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4-WHEEL JEEP TREASURE HUNT

The 4-wheel jeep treasure hunt is fun and exciting way to enjoy the splendor of the Sonoran Desert, while testing your sense of direction, ability to follow clues, identify landmarks, and strategically read maps.

The 4-wheel tour treasure hunt can be done with groups of all sizes. Teams of two, three or four jeeps each are determined prior to departure from the hotel. Each team has its own set of directions and questions which guide them to their specific location. Upon arrival, team members need to locate the landmark which hides the map that will ultimately lead them to the exact location of the buried chest of treasures.

The treasure can be individual prizes, pieces of a large puzzle, your company logo, team building items, refreshments and snacks. Or other small items that we can customize to meet your need.

  • 3:00pm - Group will assemble on the Resort Front Drive
  • Entire Group will be divided into teams of (18) guests. Each team consists of (3) jeeps of (6) passengers.
  • Jeeps will depart the Resort Front Drive
  • Each team will be given a clue to a specified location
  • After arriving at the specified locations throughout the event, guests will be asked a question, when the answer is correct, the team will be given a piece of a puzzle and a clue to the next location
  • Following the last clue, the team will re-group and put the pieces of the puzzle together displaying a map they will follow to their dig site where they will dig up their buried treasure.

Note: Each team has their own dig site and treasure box. Team members will use two-way radios for communication. Beer and Squirt Guns can be provided. Questions can be customized.

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TEE PEE BUILDING

Participants will enjoy this experience where teams must construct a Tee Pee using 10' high poles, canvas for the cover and then paint a story message around the Tee Pee. Teams are provided with poles, canvas, paints, brushes, planning form, leather, scissors and twine. Teams are judged based on the story line they have created and the chant used to tell the story of the company which is painted on the Tee Pee. Teams must create the story line with pictures identifying the past, present, and future of the team. This process allows others to share in the history of the company and most of all creates a cohesive unit in the future of the team.

Events to Include:

  • Construct the Tee Pee
  • Create a Story Message with Pictures
  • Create a Chant Based on the Story Message


 

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CHILI COOK OFF

We will divide your group into teams who will attempt to create an award winning chili. Our Chef provides the main ingredients, as the teams work together to create a recipe and plan of action. Each team creates its own chant and decorates their own aprons with their team name and design for this unique and tasty event. The Chili Chant and Apron helps the team sell their creation. While the chili is cooking, the teams send members to participate in Audience Games. Awards are presented to the Best of Class, Spiciest and Most Creative "edible" Chili.

Events to Include:

  • Create Chili Recipe
  • Prepare / Cook Chili
  • Create Chant and Design Apron
  • Coyote Calling
  • Seed Spitting
  • Steer Milking
  • Tortilla Toss
  • Taste Testing

 

PAINTBALL

You are on the front lines of a real battlefield. Your only chance for survival is your marksmanship with your paintball rifle and how well you work with the other team members in your squad. This is a rugged, urban guerrilla environment that lends itself to fast action and no time outs. Can you capture the other team's flag and return to your headquarters? Will you be able to infiltrate enemy lines without being "eliminated"? This is the day you will enjoy planning, playing, and reminiscing about. The camaraderie created from relying on your buddies for your survival will transcend the battlefield to give an extra punch to that next corporate acquisition. 3-4 hour event.


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DESERT JEEP RALLY

Do you want to involve your group in a little friendly competition, a great deal of fun, and an opportunity to experience the Sonoran Desert? Our desert jeep rally is the answer. We will pick you up at the front door of the resort in open-air vehicles. En-route to the starting point each vehicle selects a captain. All team members participate and this rally is not about speed "so pay attention" everything you hear and see is important. Our jeep rally can be customized to incorporate corporate logos and clues. Jeep tours and rallies have been acclaimed by many Tucson visitors as one of the most interesting, exciting and memorable highlights of their trip. 3.5 hour event.


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LOW ROPE ACTIVITIES

Low rope activities are the core of the team building program. Teams are presented a series of challenges and obstacles in which the only way to accomplish the task is as a team with good communication and leadership.

Events to Include:

  • All-A-Board
  • People Mover
  • Trust Series
  • The Nitro Crossing
  • Mohawk Traverse
  • Alligator Pit
  • Spider Web



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HIGH ROPE ACTIVITIES

High rope activities build on the trust and communication of the low elements and allow participants to expand their comfort zones while harnessed and attached to a belayer on the ground. The Giants ladder and High Y are two person elements while Catwalk, Vine walk King cross, Postman's walk and the Trapeze leap and Pamper Pole is individual elements

Events to Include:

  • The Giant's Ladder (Dangle Duo)
  • High "Y"
  • Postman's Walk
  • Vine Walk
  • Cat Walk
  • King's Cross
  • Pamper Pole
  • Trapeze Leap

 


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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Looking for that perfect team building experience, or way to impact the Tucson community? Offer your guests the opportunity to volunteer and sponsor part or all of a day working on a house that will become a home for a low income working family. No need to have previous construction experience. Habitat supervisors assist in correct procedures and safety measures.

What sets Tucson's program apart?

  • A first of its kind partnership was undertaken between Habitat and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Twenty homes over a five-year period are being built.
  • Of 1,720 affiliate programs around the world, Tucson was the seventh.
  • Under the High School Building Program, Santa Rita High School was the first in the nation to build a Habitat house on their campus and then move it to its permanent site.



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