Energizers and Ice Breaker Games

This fast, physical and loud energizer, has a high level of silliness and quickly charges up a group. The group repeats a simple chant over and over again, getting louder and louder as they go. By the end, the group is shouting and jumping about.

A quick and effective activity to energize your group at a virtual meeting by adapting the Mexican Wave to an online setting.

A great and simple activity for fostering teamwork and problem solving with no setup beforehand.

This is intended as an icebreaker before a training, but can also work as a  general icebreaker with 3 or more people.

This circle exercise is simple, but challenging and very effective for generating focus and alignment in a group. Participants stand in a circle and send a clap around the circle. Each clap involves two members of the group clapping their hands at the same time. The group tries to move the clap around the circle faster and faster with as much synchronization as possible. The exercise gets even more challenging when the “double clap” is introduced and the clap can change direction.

Here's another jolt that explores one of our favorite themes: You have to unlearn something old in order to learn something new. A nice thing about this brief activity is that you don't need any supplies or equipment.

Whoosh, bangs, zaps etc. are passed around the circle. Great opportunity to introduce failure bow

A simple game that will have everyone running within minutes. Very effective to fight the "after-lunch" dip.

Participants at a training session are often preoccupied with other important things in their life. Here's a simple jolt to wake them up.

In this group game, players stand in a circle and perform a series of loud physical moves, passing from one person to the next. When a player hesitates or makes a mistake, he or she is eliminated and the game continues. The game generates laughter and playfulness in the group.