exercise · all tools
Bobsledding Bodies
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Teams of four to six sit in a line, legs wrapped around the person in front, and race to a marked line using only their hands to push along the floor. A team that comes apart has to reassemble before continuing.
Hold with care
- Close, sustained, whole-body contact in a seated chain — among the most physically intimate games in this batch and not neutral for every group
- Sliding along a floor on the body; surfaces and clothing matter
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- 8–∞ · small-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- Masking tape to mark an end line; a floor that can be slid along
- Mechanisms
- behavioral-rehearsal, somatic-awareness
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- improvencyclopedia.org/games/Bobsledding_Bodies.html — Improv Encyclopedia, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Unattributed; compiled by Improv Encyclopedia — Improvisational theatre
In this directory via Improv Encyclopedia
status: checked · added 2026-08-31