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Space Counting
Fast-paced energiser game to build energy & competition.
- Generates energy
- Promotes collaboration
- Inspires teachable moments
- Multiple variations
- No props
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Fast-Paced Energiser Game
This fun partner energiser builds instant energy and excitement through a simple race that gets everyone moving and engaged. Space Counting is a hilarious and fast-paced energiser game that will trigger immediate energy boosts and playful interaction, building group enthusiasm through a series of short, high-energy challenges. Its friendly, competitive format creates laughter and connection between participants.
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Original post October 2015, last updated October 2025.
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I also use this activity a lot – especially when I am opening a leadership development programme.
In its simple way, Space Counting (stage 2) offers quite profound learnings about “How I lead” and “How I follow”.
What do I take for granted about the people I am leading and what do I think they understand about my messaging?
At what pace do I lead? Do I even give my follower a chance to keep up or do I just assume that they already know what to do? Or do I assume that they know what I know?
Another prompt for conversation is, as a follower, do I just switch off and obey the directions of the leader – how much leeway do I have to express myself or set the agenda?
All the best to you guys at Playmeo!
I love this activity and appreciate it for building a common language, and preparing people for collaboration. I start with a race to 21 competing against your partner, and let folks switch partners a few times. I then move into a few rounds of competing WITH your partner (finger tracing above), and the first pair to 21 “wins.” in a final round I add, “you and your partner are going to continue working together, facing each other, and counting out loud and writing those numbers 1-21. At the same time, your team will be working with every other team in the room who are participating in the same way. It is your teams responsibility to ensure your team starts together, works together, and ends together all at the same time. Is there anything you need to discuss before we get started?” In process I like to discuss considerations when you are working by or for yourself. then, what changes when you start working with another person, or a small group? then, what has to be considered when we start working as a large group or a whole community, etc…
Awesome stuff Floyd, I really like the way you embraced collaboration in this variation.
I really like this, Floyd.
Moving from individual to pair to group/organisation/community really resonates with my work.
I’ll definitely be doing this.
I use this activity at the start of most of my corporate team events. Everyone participates. There is a lot of laughter. And there are so many applications! I typically start with the “mirrored” part and then do the “race” to 30 simply because it works well with my programming. And oftentimes I follow this with an activity the divides my group in half. Winners of the activity are one group and …non winners are the other.
Love the metaphors that come along with this. Powerful way to shift a perspective from “me” to “we.”