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Team building activities exist to help employees bond with each other, enhance communication skills, and remain productive in the workplace. Furthermore, they make a great way for employees to de-stress and have some fun especially during a stressful week of work. Choosing the venue is just as important as picking the right team building activities to attain the initial objective of organising one. If you are on the lookout for new and interesting team building activities, here is a list to help you get started!

1. Bubble Soccer Singapore

Bubble soccer is a new team building activity that incorporates the concept of soccer and rugby. Participants will be wrapped in a bubble suit throughout the game and bumping against each other. This is where all the fun begins! Dare yourselves to bump your colleagues and what happens next will bring you around the world. There are multiple gameplays to choose from – bubble bump soccer, bubble bump invasion, and bubble bump music. No matter the game mode, you are guaranteed to have an enjoyable time with your colleagues! Suit up, get bumping, and repeat!

2. Laser Tag

Ever wanted to feel like you came out of a James Bond movie? Here’s your chance at it! Laser tag is a gameplay that involves the use of lightweight infrared ray emitting guns played amongst a group of people. Unlike laser quest, laser tag can be played indoors or outdoors and at anytime of the day. Strategically hide from your opponents and protect your laser tag guns or you will risk getting tagged! Be warned that the laser tag guns are pretty sensitive. Just ensure that you watch your backs and every other direction for oncoming opponents. When it is time, pull out your guns and shoot!

3. Combat Archery Tag

Whether young or old, archery tag is a great team building activity that everyone will love! Participants will stand a chance to use a bow and special foam padded arrows during this game. It may be a little tricky to master the act of shooting the arrows at first but you will get the hang of it after a few tries. Archery tag encourages participants to strategise on how to counter their opponents and work towards winning the game as a team. It truly is a game that engages everyone as each person has an important role to play.

4. Poolball

Poolball is a perfect team building activity for those who prefer a more laid-back game. This game is being played similar to the concept of pool except that the pool table and balls are enlarged. Also, you will be using your legs to kick the balls. It can be quite a challenge to get all of the balls out but it is possible to finish the game! One of the favourite game modes for poolball is the sabotage version where players will need to draw cards and complete the act while kicking the ball. Some of the sabotages are silly but it makes the whole atmosphere livelier. Be prepared to piggyback your colleague, heading the ball, or using just a finger to get the ball rolling.

5. Giant Board Games

How about doing a little throwback with games you played as a kid? The Fun Empire offers giant board games such as snake and ladder, aeroplane chess, goli, jenga, pick up sticks, and twister. These classic games will take you back in time as you play them with the company of your colleagues. Assuming that you have all played these games, let’s see who will emerge as the champion!

Forget about going to the gym or Zumba classes to clock in your workout. If you are looking for new ways to get fit, bubble soccer is the way to go! This unique game of being encased in a bubble suit and bumping around is a great form of workout for everyone – including kids too. A game of bubble soccer is so much fun and that is how a workout should be. So here are 4 tips to get fit with bubble soccer!

1. Learn how to engage all the muscles in your body

Often times, you find yourself doing the same exercises with a particular machine at the gym. You get better at it and your muscles get used to the weight too. However, other parts of your muscles that are not engaged will be ‘dead’ if you do not use them. With bubble soccer, it works on all parts of your body – upper and lower body. This sport requires a lot of running about and upper body strength to bump others. Thus, it strengthens those muscles that you have been lacking on and learn a few new moves.

2. Pace yourself

It is true that you might feel funny and weird when you first don the bubble suit. And like many others, you just need to run about to get used to the feeling of having something over you. It may seem easy to the eyes of others but it is actually a lot harder than it seems. Running around with a bubble suit can tire you out in 5 minutes. If getting fit with bubble soccer is still your goal, pace yourself so you do not feel burned out in just a short period of time. Remember to take it slow first before going at full speed in short spurts.

3. Bump everyone

Similar to the concept of bumper cars, bubble soccer encourages you to bump others. The only way for you to score a goal for your team is to bring down your opponents. How? Just bump them! Most people are afraid to go hard but this is when they are wrong. The fun happens when you bump into each other. Use all of your upper body strength and might to charge. It does not hurt to fall as the cushion from the bubble suit protects you. So go ahead and bump but be prepared to see the world in many different ways.

4. Get up quickly

It is impossible for you to leave the game of bubble soccer without getting bumped by others. If you do get bumped, it is perfectly fine. All you have to do is to roll over to your tummy and get back up on your feet! This, in itself, already feels like a workout as you will be squatting to get up. After a few rounds of getting bumped, your muscles will get accustomed to the move and you will figure out the best way to be on your feet. Do not feel bad about hitting the ground for it is all part of the process!

Many business, especially small and medium enterprises, simply don’t have money to spare on team building. Furthermore, when team building is mentioned in the office, it’s always met with silent mutters and groans. Who would want to “get to know” team members that you already see five days a week? However, contrary to your beliefs, team building activities are not as dreadful as you imagine! In fact, it has tons of benefits for your company. Here are 5 reasons why team building activities are worth your time and money!

1. Friendly Interaction

Team building activities provide you and your colleagues with a chance of interacting outside the office. It also gives you an opportunity to let loose after a tiring and stressful week of work! Getting out of the office for a new experience can breathe new life into a demoralised team and encourage communication. Furthermore, team building games also provide your team with a new environment which can give you a new perspective on how to solve problems in the office!

2. Improve Office Culture

It is difficult to expect that you will be office BFFs with all your colleagues. Most of the time, it’s not that easy to maintain good relations with the people you work together! Working together can undoubtedly cause friction especially when you don’t agree with each other’s way of working. Team building activities come in handy during such office situations, as they provide a medium for your team members to foster teamwork and improve office culture! Through exciting team building games, members will get to understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses as well.

3. Boost Morale

Morale is directly related to work quality. Team building activities can give your team members an opportunity to relax and bond with each other. Games such as laser tag and bubble soccer also give them a chance to work out and take a break from the office, leaving them energised with a new perspective about their work. In the process, morale is also boosted when they get along with their team members and manage to complete tasks together!

4. Goal-Oriented Employees

Do your employees come to work looking half dead everyday? Or do they just breeze through their work and tap their feet while waiting for the day to end? If your employees are unmotivated, team building is exactly what you need to invest in. Team building games such as combat archery tag provide players with a common goal to work towards, and encourage them to work hand in hand to complete these tasks!

5. Encourage Healthy Competition

Competitiveness, at a moderate level, can do wonders for the company. Team building games such as bubble soccer and combat archery tag where players are split into two teams are a good way to increase competitiveness. Such games foster a winning mentality where players will be more motivated to try their best to win the game, and do the same in the office where they will feel driven to reach the targets set for them as well!

You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family, and unfortunately your coworkers too. Although we all strive to be cordial with our colleagues, or maybe have even friendly relationships, this is not something that is likely to happen all the time. Many times, your work may be made way more miserable because of the people you see five days a week in the office. Therefore, here are some tips you can use to improve your relationships and get along with your coworkers!

1. Respect Your Coworkers

Even if your colleagues are nowhere near being your favourite people in the world, they still deserve respect from you. One simple rule of thumb is to avoid doing things that might offend others. For example, when they are sharing an idea that you don’t necessarily agree with, let them finish first and list out the pros and cons of their suggestion. By speaking to them logically instead of shooting their ideas down immediately, your coworkers will feel respected and be more willing to return the favour to you as well. This also applies to common everyday situations such as talking over the phone! If you would not like your colleagues to disturb your work by chattering loudly over the phone, you should practise the same etiquette too.

2. Steer Clear of Gossip

Engaging in gossip, or worse, starting it, can make you an unwelcome presence in the office. It does not matter if the information you talk about is true or false, as even the people you gossip with will fear that they will become your next target for juicy news. When your coworkers try to engage you in their gossip, one easy way to clearly convey the message that you are uninterested in contributing to it is to just nod and smile. However, although you should steer clear of gossip, you can listen to grapevine to make things easier for yourself in the office.

3. Bond With Your Coworkers

This is the fastest way to leave a positive impression on all of your coworkers. Instead of going to them one by one, make things simpler by arranging a team building session that will allow all employees to bond together. Fun and innovative team building games such as bubble soccer and combat archery tag can foster teamwork and coordination among team members! Furthermore, you’ll get a chance to interact with your coworkers outside of the office! Perhaps after these games, you will find that your coworkers may not be as bad as you make them out to be, and you might even enjoy their company in the office a little more.

4. Show Sincere Interest

You may not want to engage in any conversation or small talk with your coworker, but it doesn’t hurt to casually ask them about their plans for the night or weekend. Who knows, maybe you will discover a common topic with that particular coworker while chatting! If you really can’t find a topic of interest, try complimenting something that you like about them – be it their new haircut or outfit they’re wearing today. Receiving compliments will definitely make them feel happy, especially if it’s coming from someone that seemingly didn’t give two hoots about them before. The conversation doesn’t even have to be long, just one or two minutes can go a long way!

5. Honour Your Words

There are always people who promise to get something done by a certain date, but it never gets done till others chase them for it. You wouldn’t want to be remembered as someone like that by your coworkers! If you’ve said that you are able to complete a task by a certain date, make sure you honour your commitments. By doing this, your coworkers will not only find you trustworthy and reliable, but you will also influence your team to do the same.

For more exciting games such as bubble soccer and combat archery tag to bond with your colleagues, book your team building session with The Fun Empire now!