Pirates of the Caribbean – Jumping and Tag

Pirates of the Caribbean: Spread jump ropes aroundthe gymnasium and place a few hula hoops throughoutthe gymnasium as well. The “cracken” is the evil seacreature which in this game is the taggers that have afoam noodle. The remainder of the students are “blackpearls” which is Captain Jack Sparrow’s pirate ship. Ifthe cracken tags a student, the student has to go nearthe wall, find a jump rope, and then do 5 jumps (notconsecutive). The black pearls can hide on an islandwhich is a hula hoop. When a student comes to anisland the student presently on the island must leave.With older classes you can have the students do morejumps or a more difficult jumping pattern.