Swimming Pool Games – There Is More To It Than Swimming

Are you aware that the swimming pool can be used for more than swimming and relaxing? Along with family and friends, you can use it as a setting for interactive games. Beach balls, some rope, floaters, people, and imagination are all you need to have fun, fun, fun!

Next time you are hosting a pool party, why not try the following games and see how much fun everyone will have:

1. Wet Sweatshirt Race – Provide 2 sweatshirts for 2 teams with an equal number of participants (preferably strong swimmers.) You can use the short length and shallow portion of the pool in case you have kids joining in or there are weak swimmers. Give one sweatshirt per team.~Require the participants to line up.~instruct the first player that he|she must wear the sweatshirt. As soon as the signal is given, the first player shall swim across the pool and back. The sweatshirt will then be given to the next player, who in turn will wear the wet sweatshirt and repeat the procedure. This routine will continue until the last team member has swum across the pool and back.
2. Wrestling Team – A number of teams can be created as long as each team is composed only of 2 players. Keeping a safe distance from the pool’s ledge, one player will sit atop the shoulder of the other. The players sitting at the top of the shoulder will try to make the opponent lose their balance. The last team standing is declared as the winner.
3. Race That Float – Inflate two floaters. Participants should be divided into two teams. Instruct the players to divide themselves accordingly at the opposite ends of the swimming pool. In case teams are comprised of mixed adults and kids, allow the kids to begin the race. Let’s say one team has four players. Two members each will stay on the opposite side of the pool at the start of the race. Team member A will ride the floater and paddle it using their bare hands towards the opposite side of the pool where team member B will then take the place of team member A and paddle back to team member C. All the team members will undergo the same routine. The winning team is the quickest one to finish the race.
4. Tug In The Water – You’ll need a durable rope for this particular game. The rules are quite simple because you only need to have a knowledge of the Tug-of-War rules with a slight difference where the pool becomes the playing ground. The pool’s shallow end is quite safe for the children to have a go at this game too. Always be on alert and make sure that every player is at a safe distance from the pool ledge.
5. Whisper Is The Word – Build two teams with as much members as possible. Choose a single word, write it down on a piece of paper, and show the word to the team leaders making sure they do not tell any of their teammates yet. As soon as the signal is given, the team leader goes underwater and says the word out loud while underwater. The ‘passing of the word underwater will continue until it reaches the last person who’s task is to say the word out loud but above the water.
6. Diver’s Breath – Participants (minimum of two) are required to hold their breath and stay beneath the water at the same time. The last person to come up for air is declared the winner.

Having fun and being cautious, like making sure that none of the swimming pool chemicals are easily accessible, can equate to an impressive pool party.

The use of swimming pool and spa chemicals to clean and decontaminate swimming pools is a necessity particularly in public swimming pools because of the number of people using the pool the entire day.

Mid-day is usually the time where there are less numbers of people and the pool has already been well-treated with swimming pool chemicals.