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Associated sport: Athletics
Indoor-friendly: Yes
Pool-friendly: No

Game description

Players continuously jump from lily pad to lily pad using a two-foot forward jump. (Play in groups of 4 – 8.)

What you need (setting up)

• 4 x cones or markers to mark a 10 x 10 metre square (the pond).
• 8 - 10 x hoops.
• Optional: small sized boxes low enough for players to jump onto.
  

What to do

• Randomly distribute the hoops (lily pads) inside the pond, making sure they are not too far away from each other, i.e. jumping distance.
• Players jump from lily pad to lily pad and see how many they can land on in a given amount of time, e.g. 60 seconds.
• If there is more than one frog on the lily pad, it will sink. If a player jumps onto a lily pad with another player already on it, the original player must immediately find another lily pad to jump onto.
• Players may jump into the pond as well as onto the lily pads.

Change it

• Increase or decrease the distance between the lily pads to vary the jumps, e.g. jump for height and jump for distance.
• Introduce a tagger. Players must jump around the pond and avoid the tagger. Players are safe if they are standing on a lily pad, but as soon as another player jumps on that lily pad the original player must find a new one. If a player is tagged, they become the new tagger.
• Use low boxes, mats or sand as lily pads for children to jump onto, instead of hoops.
  

Safety

• Encourage players to look before they jump, so they don’t collide with others.
• Ensure appropriate jumping distance for the ability levels of the players.