How Group Games Can Help With Team Building

Team building group games are very effective at breaking the ice between new teams, endearing members to each and creating a family unit, and motivating members to give their best efforts for the team.
Games For Large Groups
One team building game for large groups is known as Team Skipping which accommodates large groups, usually twenty or more. The manager splits the group into five or more teams and then gives each team a piece of rope. Each team is given a series of skipping exercises with two team members holding the ripe and other members skipping. Caution should be used in all physical games when planning safety procedures.
Unless your team is directly affiliated with sports however, it's likely that your team building plans will lean towards a more intellectual challenge. Some physical games, even traditional sports like company sponsored baseball, tennis or football games, are effective ways to teach team cooperation and motivation. But word games and logic games not only build team spirit and mutual respect, they can also teach company policy and can be effective activities for managerial study.
An Example Of A Logic Group Game
One easy but fun intellectual challenge is Point and Counterpoint (or called many different things when adapted for circumstances). This is not always labeled as a game though it is a stimulating activity, as motivational as it is fun. In the exercise two teams compete against each other, both teams with a slanted message in direct conflict with the other. The subject could be company or business oriented or could be a funny issue, such as I Hate Christmas and I Love Christmas. After selecting the topic for point and counterpoint, both teams will work together to prepare a case supporting their point; one team would present why Christmas is an awful holiday and the other team would present why it's a great holiday.
Usually the team manager allows the group to organize its own teams, though for strategic purposes he or she might directly assign teams and captains. The larger the group, the more teams are created, possibly under the direction of the lead team who is organizing all of the pros and cons of their point. This game is flexible to practically any situation and offers plenty of interaction. Time limits are set to about 5 to 15 minutes for presentations.
How do you decide the winning team or more important point or counterpoint? Usually a secret ballot works, which produces better results since the votes cannot be changed and remain anonymous. The manager advises teams that the winner should be the team that presented the best arguments supporting their point. It's comparable to a court trial case, and may actually be adapted for use in that context.