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Competitive team building plays a crucial role in boosting team motivation and engagement by fostering stronger relationships, enhancing communication and building trust amongst team members. When teams engage in collaborative summer team building activities outside their usual work environment, they gain a deeper understanding of each other’s strengths, weaknesses and working styles.
Having a shared experience not only breaks down barriers but also creates a sense of belonging. As team members feel more connected and valued, their motivation to contribute to collective goals increases. Competitive team building can help reignite enthusiasm, align individual goals with the team’s objectives, leading to higher engagement and productivity. Many of our fun summer team building activities leverage the benefits of competition by encouraging collaboration within teams as they strive to outperform other teams.
Delivering over 1,000 events every year, we have a firm handle on what type of competitive team building events clients enjoy. Need some advice or a bespoke event? Contact our friendly team who are here to help.
Here are our most popular 7 competitive summer team building activities to get your team motivated and working together.
Ever fancied the chance to play a huge game of the infamous Monopoly board game? This classic competitive team building event will have your team working together to overthrow the landlords. Our Monopolize event is our take on the world-famous and classic board game, where you will have to tackle a series of challenges, whilst of course avoiding the peril of going to jail!
In this competitive corporate team building activity, you’ll participate in a range of challenge such as Property Development, Get out of Jail, Do not pass Go, In the Balance, Gets Your Facts in Order and On a Roll – which will play to the various strengths (and weaknesses!) of your team members, giving everyone a chance to shine.
Are you hot on the heels of Usain Bolt or would you be out of your depth against Becky Adlington? Whichever sport is your passion, everyone taking part is a superstar in this competitive team building event.
Once allocated into a team to represent an adopted country (complete with a flying flag), you’ll get going with a lively aerobic warm up session. Then the fun begins as competitors from each country compete in a selection of track and field events designed to assess skill, stamina and team spirit. Scores are counted under the watchful eye of our games master, as the winners make their way to the podium for the victory presentation!
Join our ‘Spy School’ and see if you can graduate top of the class, as a secret agent. Becoming a spy for the day, you and your team will undertake a series of challenges befitting of an adept spy, designed to test mental agility with weapons training, to complete an espionage mission. This is perfect for summer team bonding activities. Intelligence, flair and fortune are required to successfully complete the activities contained within the two zones of mental agility and weapons training.
With the challenges complete and the scores collated, the team with the highest total graduates from spy school as the top ‘secret agent’ who is presented with their ‘Medals of Honour! Quick decision making, clear communication and a sprinkle of spy charm, are just some of the skills needed to earn your place amongst the elite.
Inspired by the highly entertaining Wipeout show, this event is perfect for warmer days, making it an ideal summer team bonding activity. Are you ready to take on the inflatables? Energetic and fun to watch, our giant inflatable obstacles test your teams’ ability to climb, scramble, dodge, jump, fall and laugh, whilst trying to earn maximum points against the opposing teams.
Participation, interaction and fun are very much the order of this competitive corporate team building day. Following a gentle warm up, you’ll head out to your first challenge before rotating to the next game, striving to earn as many points as possible on each activity. Each of the inflatable games requires a different skill, so player selection is an important part of team strategy. Wiped Out is a great way to build team spirit, have lots of fun and enjoy a brilliant event together.
One of our most popular outdoor events, Country Sports make an exciting option for summer team bonding activities. This event is designed for you to gain as much ‘hands on’ experience as possible. With a range of traditional sports to choose from, such as pistol shooting, rifle shooting, laser clay shooting – get ready to test your aim. There is also ferret racing (yes ferret’s) and falconry – where you’ll get an introduction to eagles, hawks, owls and falcons, as the birds demonstrate their speed and accuracy in flight.
Alternatively, if you feel like getting vocal, our sheep dog handling could be just the ticket. Our lovely Welsh collies actively respond to “away”, “by” “walk” and “stand” as the ultimate competitive team building activity. We have many activities to choose from in our Country Sports event, so contact us today to learn more.
Another highly entertaining summer team building activities and physical outdoor event, with the emphasis very much on interaction and laughter! Here you’ll compete head-to-head to maximise team points with inflatable, fun games. With something for everybody, Out of Office Olympics will energise and motivate you and your team to work together in an amusing way.
Starting with a lively aerobic warm up session, each team will move to their first game, building up their points by bouncing, rolling and leaping, with the ultimate goal of getting onto the winner’s podium.
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Nothing screams competitive team building more than this! Our Crystal Mazed team-building experience is the ultimate event for stretching your teams to their limits! Inspired by the iconic show, Crystal Mazed is a challenging summer team building activities requiring mental skill, physical ability and dexterity, as you’ll compete to earn as many crystals as possible the timeframe.
Complete a series of activities in four themed – Aztec, Medieval, Industrial, Futuristic -zones. Use your skills wisely and pull to individual strengths in order to store the crystals. The best bit? Is the famous finale – where entering the crystal dome – you’ll face the final challenge to collect as many gold tickets as possible and defeat the maze! Making this a super competitive team building event that will really get your adrenaline going.
We trust you have enjoyed our 7 competitive summer team building activities, designed to motivate your team. Summer team bonding activities are essential because they provide a refreshing and motivating change from the usual work routine, allowing team members to connect in a relaxed and enjoyable setting.
The warmer weather, with outdoor opportunities, can create the perfect environment for fun and engaging summer team building activities that help strengthen relationships and boost morale. These summer team bonding activities help foster a sense of unity as team members collaborate within informal settings.
By building stronger connections and a positive team culture during the summer, teams often return to work more motivated, engaged and better equipped to tackle challenges together.
To learn more about the wide range of competitive team building events we provide, contact our friendly team today.
