Man Overboard

Game Instructions

How To Play: Students are divided into groups of 4, play loud music and tell the students to mix and mingle with other teams. Then stop music and yell out a formation for the teams to get into. Teams need to find each other and go into formation.

Formations:

• Man overboard – 2 people stand facing each other and hold hands, 1 person lays across the hands like the are falling out of the boat, the last person yells “Man Overboard”
• Land ahoy – 2 people on hands and knees line up behind each other. The other 2 climb on top of them on hands and knees. The back top person points ahead and yells “Land Ahoy”
• Hit the deck – Whole team lay down alternating head to toe then toe to head, to make floor planks of the deck.
• Sea Monster – Whole team combines right arms in center of group, then bounce on right foot while left foot and arm wiggle like a crazy sea monster.
• Row your Boat – Whole team sits down behind each other in a line and pretend to row a boat.
• Polly Want a Cracker – 2 people hold arms tightly as 1 students sits on there arms(the bird), the last student feeds the bird imaginary crackers.
• Shark infested waters – 1 person is the the middle of the other 3 people(sharks). The sharks put one hand up as a fin on their head and use the other hand to bite (tap/hit) the center person.

How to Win Last team to complete formation is out, last team standing wins.