826-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, August 13 1994 FFA Leadership Conference (Continued from Pago B2S) The ASE was an obstacle course, challenging teams of FFA participants to work together to eli minate mental obstacles in order to cooperatively overcome a physical obstacle. The members of the teams were randomly selected, and state offic ers also were divided among the teams and held no special rank. Hamish said that the first obsta cle in the course was a sort of teeter-totter made from a plank bound to a cut log. The object of the obstacle was to get all team members onto the plank and bring the plank into i state of balance for a period of 30 seconds. “You had to consider every body’s ability,” Harnish said, adding that the test also required team membes to honestly consider the effect that each individual From the left, front, a blindfolded Joel Fox, of Garden Spot FFA, gets instructions from Matt Strickler, of the Sol anco FFA Chapter, on how to navigate a maze, while Heidi Dalhammer, the current state FFA secretary, gets instruc tion from Michelle Cornman, of Big Spring FFA. TOWN AND COUNTRY POURED WALLS • Manure Pits . Retaining Walls • House Basements • Trench Silo Walls (215) 593-5794 tMigSjjD Ask For Ike would have on the balance. “Everyone had an important part,” Hamish said. “If you took one person away, there wouldn’t be any balance.” The next obstacle was a type of maze constructed not only with directional twists, but with various-height hurdles. The test was to have one person go through the course blindfolded while a partner provided instruc tions on how to safely and success fully get through. Hamish said that part of the ASE reinforced the responsibili ties of those being led. ‘That developed trust. The per son blindfolded had to trust the other person. That’s a big thing on a team. You have to trust other people,” Hamish said. She said that those who would lead others need to gain the respect igUt |QOOI and trust of those they wish to help by leading, to communicate effec tively, and to establish a clear understanding of the real common goal that creates the bond between leader and follower. Another type of cooperative task was for a team to successfully “walk” as a group, using common “feet.” The instructors told the students that they were traveling through a forest and came upon a watery obstacle that wouldn’t support the weight of each individual separately. Given two long planks, each outfitted with six loops of rope, the groups were to all get on the two planks and use the rope loops as handholds. The groups then were to “walk” foward, as one unit. Hamish said she was pleased with how well the group she was in worked together. 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