29) Dolphin*

Supplies
*swimming pool with diving board

How to Play
This game has the same concept as Horse, only instead of basketball, it involves diving. Make sure you set any rules before hand, regarding what kind of diving/jumping you will allow or not allow. Have participants line up to dive/jump, around the perimeter of the pool so that they can watch the divers. The first person to go may jump/dive however they choose, within the rules. The next participant then attempts to do the same jump/dive as the first person. If successful, the third person then does the same, and so on. If the entire group does the same move, then the person who was first does so one more time, and the person who was second, starts off with the jump/dive of his her choice. When someone misses, however, whether because he/she didn't want to try it, messed up, or didn't see the dive, he/she obtains the first letter of the word, "Dolphin," or, "D," and goes to the back of the line. Each time this person misses on the attempted dive, he/she obtains the next letter in the word, until he/she has spelled "Dolphin," and is out. Any time someone misses on a dive/jump, the next person is free to start a new dive/jump.

Note
Some participants may be afraid to do much more than a pencil dive or jump. If they don't want to try the fancier dives, that is okay. Let them jump however they wish. They will get the D-O-L..., and may be out after seven jumps, but they have participated, and this will encourage them to try again next time.

Jumps can involve arms raised, arms down, "jumping jack style," holding toes, or anything else you can think of.

*(my invention)