| Poor Man’s Beach ball Volleyball | | | | Water Ball |
| Outdoor, Big Room, or Pool. Use staff as the net (all | | | | You can play this game like Dodge Ball or have wars |
| lined up across the court with hands in the air) and play | | | | using boxes as forts. Get a bunch of pool water balls |
| normal volleyball with a beach ball. Allow as many hits | | | | (the kind that are super absorbent or use water |
| per side as needed and allow as many players as | | | | balloons. Water balls save time and can be used over. |
| needed (your whole group, in other words). | | | | Fill buckets with water and give each team a bunch of |
| River Crossing (Pool) | | | | balls or one ball each. Keep them far enough apart |
| ONLY DO THIS if you have a pool wide enough that | | | | that it won’t hurt and tell them no head shots. |
| someone falling in CAN’T hit the edge! Play this | | | | When a player is hit, they are out. |
| with guys in the pool and girls on the side. Guys stand | | | | Water Ballet |
| back to back as girls try to walk across their shoulders | | | | Give each team of 4-8 people a certain amount of |
| – holding guys outstretched arms for balance – | | | | time to perform a water ballet that involves EVERY |
| to the opposite side of the pool without falling in. | | | | team member. Play classical music through a boom |
| If there are not enough guys to cross the pool, they | | | | box, if possible. |
| have to slowly move from back to front of line in pool | | | | Water Frisbee |
| to form a “moving” bridge. You can play two | | | | This game is played in water with as many people as |
| teams against each other or one group which is | | | | you want. You will need a Frisbee and two laundry |
| required to get all the girls to cross safely to complete | | | | baskets for the goals. |
| game. | | | | Split your group into two teams. One side defends, and |
| Safety Note: Pools by Design Woodlands your | | | | one tries to score. Toss a coin to see which team |
| Woodlands Pool Builder wants you to be safe!!! | | | | goes first. You will need someone positioned outside of |
| Have adults near edges of pool for safety as well. | | | | the pool to retrieve the Frisbee as needed. |
| The Point: Use this activity prior to a discussion with | | | | Once the scoring side is chosen, one person from their |
| the guys about being gentlemen. | | | | team throws the Frisbee from outside of the pool to a |
| Swimming Pool Bowling | | | | fellow team member. The thrower may then join their |
| This is a fun swimming pool game that is great for | | | | team in the pool. Once someone catches the Frisbee |
| groups of 6 to 20 students. All you need is some sort | | | | they have to hold it like they are a waiter. They can |
| of flotation device (an inner tube, air mattress, or | | | | have NO grasp on the Frisbee! It must be resting on |
| inflatable raft). Here’s how you play. | | | | the tips of their fingers. They also can’t swim once |
| Get everybody into the shallow end, about waist-deep | | | | in possession of the Frisbee. They can only walk or |
| water. Choose one person to be the “bowler” | | | | pass it. The Frisbee can be thrown when passing. |
| and one person to be the “bowling ball.” The | | | | Repeat this until you score a goal by getting the |
| rest of the groups are pins. The person who is the | | | | Frisbee into your team’s laundry basket. Then |
| bowler helps but the person who’s the bowling ball | | | | it’s the next team’s turn. |
| ONTO the raft/tube. The two of them stand about 8 | | | | Waterbottle Underwater |
| feet away from the rest of the group. | | | | A small group of kids stand in the shallow end of the |
| The rest of the group (the pins) should cluster together | | | | pool, and is each given 1 bottle of water. They then |
| and, when told to, do a synchronized handstand. (So, | | | | have to take off the cap and stick the top of the |
| their heads are underwater, and their feet are sticking | | | | bottle in their mouths. When you say GO, they go |
| out of the water…thus making pins.) | | | | underwater and try to drink the whole bottle of water. |
| At that point, the bowler pushes the raft/tube toward | | | | The first person to drink their water and go to the |
| the pins. The bowler gets points for knocking the pins | | | | surface wins! |
| over. (If a pins’ knees goes underwater, they are | | | | Wet Sweatshirt Relay |
| considered “knocked down.”) | | | | Supply two teams with a large or extra large |
| Give everyone a turn and be safe. | | | | sweatshirt. Half of each team will go to the opposite |
| NOTE: For safety, make sure that all “pins” are | | | | end of the pool. At the whistle the first person of each |
| far enough from the walls that when they get knocked | | | | team must put on the sweatshirt (over their bathing |
| over, they do not hit their legs. | | | | suit of course) and swim to the other side where their |
| Trash Bag Rafts | | | | teammates are. Then they have to remove the |
| Give each group a certain number of the largest trash | | | | sweatshirt and give it to the next person on their team. |
| can bags you can find and some tape/rope etc. See | | | | Teammates can help remove and put on the |
| who can build the strongest raft and then race across | | | | sweatshirt. First team who gets their whole team on |
| the width of the pool. | | | | the opposite side they started from wins. |