Train Station Greetings
An hilarious, silly exercise to energise your group.
At A Glance
Two people spy each other on opposite sides of the group and approach one another in ‘slow-motion’ until they are within a metre of each other, and then suddenly they each turn away and look for a new person to start the process over again.
What You Need
- Large group, of say 30+ people
- 5 mins
What To Do
Your sequence and framing of this exercise are very important, so approach with care. If you present when the group is not ready to ‘play’ and act a little silly, it could bomb.
With your group huddled around you (or standing in a circle, doesn’t matter), suggest that you would like everyone to imagine that they are waiting on a train platform in the good old days to meet a long lost friend.
By demonstration, you see them (on the other side of the group to where you are standing) and start waving madly and moving towards them – BUT, in slow-motion. All movements, gestures and sounds are in slo-mo.
By way of a volunteer, ask someone (you have spied) to adopt a similar slo-mo approach to you. Then, suddenly when the two of you are about a metre apart, you discover to your mutual horror that this person is not who you thought it was, and quickly look away.
Eah person then randomly spies a new ‘long lost friend’ (on the other side of the group to them) and they resume the same slo-mo approach toward one another, etc, etc.
Variation
- As above, but perform all of the slo-mo greetings without sounds.
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Comments
3 Comments on Train Station Greetings
- sridhar on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 6:36 pm
brilliant article, Mark. I coined BREAD acronym and use it everytime a play training games, icebreakers and energizers. it stands for brief,rehearse,engage,answer and debrief. I feel all these elements are vital for every trianing game.
- Mark Collard on Wed, 9th Nov 2011 8:44 pm
I like the acronymn Sridhar. Good prompts to help guide the delivery of many activities – is it yours, or did you pick it up from somewhere/one else?
- sridhar on Thu, 10th Nov 2011 5:33 pm
I coined it myself. I love coining acronyms
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