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* Students

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Hours of Operation:

Ziplines:

Spring & Fall:

Open  weekends  

9am to dusk

and by appointment with groups of 4 or more

Summer:

Open  Mon - Sun

8am to dusk

Leadership Center:

Tailored to your needs

Call to Schedule

Zipline Pricing:

$65 per person

Discounts for groups of

10 or more

Special pricing for youth

and nonprofit groups

Call 812-594-2727 or

email us today for more information

Dagaz Acres Leadership Challenge Course

Comfort Zone

Comfort zone is a concept that many people are familiar with. Ideas associated with the comfort zone include personal space, familiarity, competence, non-threatening, congruence, predictability, relaxation or calmness. Ideas not linked to the comfort zone are Growth, Change and Learning.

During Challenge course experiences, participants are given the choice to stay in their comfort zone or venture out to the edge and discover new things. The challenge and experiences offered by Dagaz Acres Leadership Center are one way for a participant to discover new parts of themselves and to explore meaning and purpose in new areas of their lives.

You will be asked to do many unfamiliar and often difficult things. You will be asked to reflect on those experiences and share your thoughts and feelings with others. All of your challenges are by choice, no one will be forced to undertake any challenge, but if you do, you may find yourself breaking through into an area of new awareness, learning and behaviors that you can take with you that can help you in ever facet of your life.

How is the Challenge Course Used?

The Challenge Course structures are used as tools to present a specific problem to in individual or group to overcome. When presented with the problem, the individual or group must follow specific rules (safety rules and rules of the challenge) to overcome the problem. Each challenge draws on every team member's contributions—their ideas, their support, and their efforts. The course is structured so that the activities gradually increase in level of difficulty so that the team continually extends its aspirations and its reach.

Course activities are run by a facilitator. The facilitator is trained in the safety management aspect of the ropes course, and has experience with typical responses and outcomes from the participants. The facilitator also manages a debrief session at the end of each activity.

The effectiveness of any element lies with the ability to clearly present the goal of the activity and effectively debrief how the group functioned in the initiative attempt. The facilitator brings the group together after the activity and the group discusses the process. In other words, the elements are tools that the facilitator uses to bring the individual/group to teachable moments. The
elements are an intense situation that quickly breaks down inhibitions and creates an accelerated and positive learning environment. The debrief brings the issues to relevance.

Challenge Course activities are designed to help participants (as individuals and as groups) enhance:

The Course

The Spider Web

Spider's Web - Participants must together get everyone through the web without rattling it and disturbing the large sleeping spider. Two people cannot pass through the same hole in the web.

Mohawk Walk - Participants must navigate the narrow up and down wood beam course as either individuals or a group.

The Zig Zag

Zig Zag - Participants must work as a team to problem-solve the navigation of the entire team from one end of a narrow obstacle to the other with fewer beams than actual course segments.

The Islands - The group uses two boards to go from island to island. The platforms are placed at a specified distance so that, in order to reach the next island, the group must utilize both of the boards. The group must utilize teamwork and communication to get all members and both boards from the starting island to the final island.

TheTrolley

The Trolley - Participants must utilize communication and cooperation skills to move the obstacle around the course.

All Aboard - Participants attempt to get their entire team aboard obstacles that gradually decrease in size. Communication, teamwork and problem-solving are put to use.

The Whalewatch

Whalewatch - A teetering board simulates a small boat in which participants must balance without hitting the rocks below. An impossible task without everyone being on the same page.

Trust Fall - An excercise in cooperation and trust to complete your transformational journey from individuals to a team.

The High Wall

High Wall - Participants must together get everyone over the 12’ high wall without the aid of any apparatus. The initiative is complete when every team member completes the task.

Four-Way Traffic Jam - Individuals are tasked with traversing from mutiple obstacles to one another through a single conduit.  Participants must work together and problem solve to complete the course successfully.

Tailorable Programs
We tailor our programs for every group that attends. Any of our activities can be added to any of our packages. Each initiative can stand alone, be expanded into a full-day experience or be combined with any of the other teambuilding adventures.