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7.01 Castle Game

 

Skills: Cooperation

Aim of the game:

Use swimming techniques and cooperate in a team to score points by throwing a ball over a traffic cone. 

Rules of the game:

At the bow of the boat there is a tall traffic cone. There are 2 teams, swimming around the boat. The members of each team pass a ball 4 times and then throw it over the traffic cone. Then the other team takes the ball and does the same.

Variation:

Instead of a traffic cone, each team has one member standing on the boat who has to catch the ball.

 

Number of participants:

8 - 20 participants

Age range:

10 - 17 years

Place:

Water which is too deep to stand in

Duration:

20 minutes

Materials:

  • 1 anchored boat or 1 buoy
  • 1 tall traffic cone
  • 1 ball
  • Swimming costumes
  • Different coloured headbands or swimming caps to distinguish between each team
 
 

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