The Kangaroo Court!

Sticking with the theme from my previous post on team cohesion this post is going to look at a really fun way of developing a really tight cohesive community at your box. As I mentioned before, my experience with some of the best coaches in Welsh rugby has thrown up some great ideas that can easily be incorporated into a CrossFit community.
One of the first things you need to do is set up a "committee". The roles within this "committee"can include anything you like, but the best "committees" all have some common roles!!

• The Judge - as the name suggests the judge rules on EVERYTHING his word is the LAW(this could be you the affiliate owner or one of your senior members)
• Entertainment Secretary - responsible for organising any social events for the members.
• The Prosectution - Put forward any "cases" to the Judge (chalk on floor, bars not stripped and weights returned to stack after every session-repeat offender!!!!)
• The Defence - Defend any cases that the Prosectution put forward
• Cheif Weights & Measures - Ensures what exactly the punishment will be (50 burpees. 2 pints, 2 shots on the head etc etc)
• The Bailiffs/Enforcers - Ensures that punishments are carried out by whatever means nesscessary!!
• Chief Snitch - Reports/spies/rats on/ snitches on EVERYONE except the Judge and reports to the prosecution, their identity must remain hidden from other members.

Once you have assigned these roles you can hold a monthly "Kangaroo Court" maybe at the same time that you annouce your member of the month and basically let rip!!! You can deal with all sorts of stuff - turning up late to class, not putting euipment back, knocking teeth out on the pullup bar, innappropriate / offensive workout clothing(Ron Hills) the list is endless.
I think the best way to explain what I mean is to show you a clip of a real old school Kangaroo Court! Have a watch and post your thoughts to comments!!!