The Olympic Games are the perfect excuse to bring your teams together around sporting challenges in the purest Olympic tradition! On the programme: wild, simple yet genuinely effective activities that fire up team spirit, cohesion and mutual support between your employees. At Arcane Experience, specialists in games and innovative team building, we’ve put together a selection of 5 colourful activities inspired by legendary Olympic events. Here they are.
5. Bubble Foot: fun, chaotic and unforgettable
The game of Bubble Foot is an offbeat challenge that promises plenty of laughter and a real boost to team spirit. In this wacky take on football, players climb inside huge inflatable bubbles that cover the whole upper body, leaving only their legs free to move. The aim of the game is to knock your opponents over by bumping into them while scoring goals.
This hilarious activity calls for agility and team spirit as you move up the pitch, coordinating with team-mates trapped inside their own bubbles. Between the comic collisions, the wobbles and the unpredictable bounces of the ball, Bubble Foot creates a warm and relaxed atmosphere that brings teams closer together.
By encouraging collaboration, good humour and mutual support between players, Bubble Foot fits the Olympic spirit perfectly. A sporting experience that unites your people, somewhere between football and a giant pillow fight.
4. Archery: an Olympic classic
The sport of archery is a true Olympic classic, calling on focus, precision and team spirit. In this version reimagined for companies, players aim at a target with a bow, individually or in teams. It’s a demanding activity that requires perseverance and coordination between team-mates. Guided by a professional facilitator, you’ll learn the technical basics of archery before taking on a friendly competition. The goal: score as many points as possible by landing your arrows as close to the centre of the target as you can.
Beyond the sporting challenge, archery develops qualities that matter at work: managing stress, focusing on a clear objective and supporting your colleagues. Precision and composure are essential when adjusting your aim and releasing the arrow. Whether you take part solo or in teams, archery lets you push your limits in a playful setting, in line with the values of excellence and self-improvement championed by the Olympic Games.
3. Synthetic Curling: the perfect team spirit booster
Our Synthetic Curling is a game of skill and strategy, ideal for building team spirit and coordination. Inspired by curling on ice, this version is played on a synthetic surface that recreates the same sliding conditions.
Split into teams, players need dexterity and tactical thinking to slide a heavy curling stone as close as possible to the centre of a target marked on the floor. While one player aims and releases the stone, team-mates use brooms to influence its path by sweeping ahead of it. The key to winning is excellent communication between team members to work out the best strategy for every throw. Speed the stone up or slow it down? Nudge it off course or let it run? Every decision counts if you want to score points and get ahead of your rivals. This playful activity highlights coordinated teamwork, situational awareness and a shared objective — values at the heart of the Olympic Games. A must for strengthening cohesion in your company.
2. The Olympic Relay: customise it however you like
Inspired by the Olympic Games’ blue-riband event, the Relay brings in flat-out racing and baton passing between members of the same team. This activity strings together a series of challenges that are as crazy as they are fast-paced.
The concept of this version is simple: your employees are split into teams, and each team into pairs. One after another, the pairs take on a course packed with outrageous challenges against the clock. To hand over to the next pair, they’ll have to complete an epic dash across the field while carrying or dragging their partner.
In fancy dress, running backwards, wearing a sumo suit or giant shoes — this activity is easy to customise however you like. What matters is agility, speed and teamwork to clear the obstacles in sync with your partner. Between improbable challenges, guaranteed laughter and shared effort, this high-energy activity brings to life the values of fair play, solidarity and self-improvement at the heart of the Olympic spirit.
1. En Route vers la Flamme: the ultimate game
The finest Olympic-inspired game is without doubt our flagship activity, “ En Route vers la Flamme ”. Combining the best of everything above, it takes you on a tour of cultures from around the world, echoing the universality the Olympics stand for.
The concept is simple. In teams, you’ll take on 4 challenges, each one as madcap as it is exotic and each rooted in a different civilisation. Agility, memory, dexterity and general knowledge will be your best allies as you tackle Ninja Memory in Japan, the Crazy Waiter in France, the USA Blind Test and the Spice Route in Europe. Teams go head to head, knocking each other out until a single winner is crowned. The beauty of this activity is that it can be customised endlessly and played indoors or outdoors — even in a different location for each challenge.
Thanks to our close partnership with “ Paris Je t’aime ”, the capital’s tourist office, you’ll uncover the most unexpected charms of the City of Light along this fast-moving route. Get ready to see iconic neighbourhoods in a whole new light on this immersive, interactive journey. Part treasure hunt, part outrageous challenge, part cultural discovery, “En Route vers la Flamme” delivers the Olympic values in concentrated form: pushing your limits, fair play and team spirit.
