Say My Name Backwards

My name backwards is ideal for new teams who don’t know each other yet and for participants to learn each other’s names. With this activity, you inject a little humor into your team’s presentation, making it a great team-building activity for new teams just getting together.

To play, have each team member introduce themselves by saying their name backwards. Then, the other players on the team must try to say their name correctly.

First the group is asked to sit in a large circle. Then the facilitator begins by expressing his
name backwards.

The group tries to guess the correct name of the facilitator. Next, the person on the left repeats the facilitator’s name and says their name backwards.

Again the group tries to guess the name of the participant and the game continues with the next player. The game goes around the circle until it concludes with the last person in the round.

At the end of the activity, the people introduced themselves to the others and a fun atmosphere was generated.

The topics of this publication: integration, interactions, distension, disinhibition