Argh. Responsibility #1: keep your group members safe!
I actually enjoyed working with groups with different levels of ability or fitness. I remember in the beginning when I was getting trained and we had a group member in a wheelchair, so I asked if we should adjust the rules. The experienced person said nope -- but it forced the group to acknowledge things and figure out how to get through as a team. Our job as facilitators was to help them through that problem-solving, and to make sure everyone stayed physically and emotionally safe.
We didn't have umpires or scorecard either, which I suspect is another significant difference. And if a group failed to complete an activity, that provided some great discussion and learning opportunities too.
I loved the groups that looked for ways to bend and stretch the rules, though. The more creative, the better. Every once in a while they'd even come up with something I hadn't thought of or seen before :-)
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I actually enjoyed working with groups with different levels of ability or fitness. I remember in the beginning when I was getting trained and we had a group member in a wheelchair, so I asked if we should adjust the rules. The experienced person said nope -- but it forced the group to acknowledge things and figure out how to get through as a team. Our job as facilitators was to help them through that problem-solving, and to make sure everyone stayed physically and emotionally safe.
We didn't have umpires or scorecard either, which I suspect is another significant difference. And if a group failed to complete an activity, that provided some great discussion and learning opportunities too.
I loved the groups that looked for ways to bend and stretch the rules, though. The more creative, the better. Every once in a while they'd even come up with something I hadn't thought of or seen before :-)