Team 11

To kick things off, we briefly introduce all participants to the topic: Team 11 is a soccer tournament, but above all, it shows how teams make decisions, communicate, and stick together under pressure. Roles are assigned within the teams (e.g. coach, sports director, scout, analyst, active players) so that it is clear from the outset who is responsible for what and how decisions are made. A short warm-up with a soccer-related mini-impulse (e.g., goal wall budget boost) provides energy, initial successes, and immediately reveals how coordination and motivation work within the team.

Then the transfer window opens: each team receives a fixed budget and uses it to put together its own starting eleven plus substitutes. At the players’ table, discussions take place, considerations are weighed up, priorities are set, and this is where the first strong team moments arise: What is more important to us, star power or balance? Do we take risks or do we play it safe? In addition, teams can trade or swap players within clearly defined time slots. This makes negotiation skills, communication style, and cooperation immediately tangible – without it feeling like “training.”

In the tournament phase, each team plays against the others in league mode. Each match consists of several duels in which the teams decide tactically whether to focus on attack or defence. The values of the cards played determine who comes out on top in the duel – but the game doesn’t just stay at the table: the losing side can fight back via a short, soccer-related team game and defend against or equalize a goal. This creates a dynamic mix of strategy, pace, and emotion: teams experience firsthand how clear communication, role allocation, and a “next action” mentality make all the difference.

A professional referee framework ensures fair play and makes responsibility visible: clear rules, respectful communication, and clean behavior count, just as they do in everyday working life. At the end, the results and table are evaluated, and in a moderated debriefing, we translate the experience into concrete insights: How did you deal with setbacks? Where did communication speed you up—and where did it slow you down? What patterns in cooperation and decision-making did you recognize? From this, we derive 1–2 realistic team commitments that can be directly transferred to everyday life. (If Team 11 is booked as Level 1, this part is deliberately kept short or omitted—then the focus is on the experience.)